1- Word Roots Flashcards
1
Q
afferent
A
going towards
2
Q
arthr/o
A
joint
3
Q
bacteri/o
A
bacteria
4
Q
bio
A
life
5
Q
blast
A
rapidly dividing cell
6
Q
carc/i
carc/in
carc/ino
A
cancer (Greek word that literally means “crab”)
7
Q
card/i
card/io
A
heart
8
Q
caud/o
A
tail
9
Q
cephal/o
A
head
10
Q
chole
A
bile (bodily humor in Greek medical practice)
11
Q
constrict
sten/o
A
narrowing; decreasing the size of an opening (constriction is generally normal where stenosis is generally abnormal)
12
Q
cyst/o
A
bladder, fluid-filled space
13
Q
dilate
A
increasing the size of an opening
14
Q
efferent
A
going away from
15
Q
eti/o
A
how something came to be, from Greek aitia, “cause” + o + -logy
16
Q
enceph/a
encephal/o
A
en- + -cephal- head, “inside the head”
17
Q
gastr/o
A
stomach
