Word roots, General Flashcards
(56 cards)
1
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aden/o
A
gland
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al
A
pertaining to
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arche/o
A
first, beginning
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cancer/o, carcin/o
A
cancer
5
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chlor/o
A
green
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chrom/o
A
color
7
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cyan/o
A
blue
8
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cyt/o
A
cell
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cyte
A
cell
10
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dia
A
through, complete
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dys
A
painful, abnormal, difficult, labored
12
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epitheli/o
A
epithelium. Epithelium is one of the four basic types of animal tissue, along with connective tissue, muscle tissue and nervous tissue. Epithelial tissues line the cavities and surfaces of structures throughout the body.
13
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erythr/o
A
red
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eti/o
A
cause (of disease)
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fibr/o
A
fiber
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gen
A
substance or agent that produces or causes
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genesis
A
origin, cause
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genic
A
producing, originating, causing
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gno/o
A
knowledge
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hist/o
A
tissue
21
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hyper
A
above, excessive
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hypo
A
below, incomplete, deficient
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iatr/o
A
physician, medicine (also means treatment)
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ic
A
pertaining to
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kary/o
nucleus
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lei/o
smooth
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leuk/o
white
28
lip/o
fat
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logist
one who studies & treats (specialist, physician)
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logy
study of
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megaly
enlargement
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melan/o
black
33
meta
after, beyond, change
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my/o
muscle
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neo
new
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neur/o
nerve
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oid
resembling
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oma
tumor, swelling
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onc/o
tumor, mass
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organ/o
organ
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osis
abnormal condition
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ous
pertaining to
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path/o
disease
44
pathy
disease
45
plasia
condition of formation, development, growth
46
plasm
growth, substance, formation
47
pro
before
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rhabd/o
rod-shaped, striated
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sarc/o
flesh, connective tissue
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sarcoma
malignant tumor
51
sis
state of
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somat/o
body
53
stasis
control, stop, standing
54
system/o
system
55
viscer/o
internal organs
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xanth/o
yellow
