3a Word Parts - CELLS, TISSUES, ORGANS, SKIN word parts Flashcards
aden/o
gland
adip/o
fat
amyl/o
starch
blast/o
immature cell
calc/i
calcium
cyt/o
cell
fibr/o
fiber
gen/-genic
produced by or in (e.g. photoGENIC)
gluc/o
glucose, sugarglyc/o
gluc/o
glucose, sugar
glyc/o
glucose, sugar
hist/o
tissure
histi/o
tissue
hydr/o
water
kal/i
potassium
kary/o
nucleus
lip/o
lipid, fat
morph/o
shape, form
muc/o
mucus
myx/o
mucus
natr/o
sodium
papill/o
nipple-like, optic disc
phag/o
eat, swallow
phil/o
like, attraction for
plas/o
development, formation, growth
prote/o
protein
reticul/o
network
saccar/o
sugar
somat/o
body
steat/o
fat, sebum
trop/o
act on, affect
troph/o
nourishment, development
-ase
enzyme
-blast
immature cell
-cyte
cell
-ose
full of, pertaining to, sugar (e.g. glucOSE)
-some
body (e.g. chromoSOME)
derm/o
skin
hidr/o
sweat, perspiration
kerat/o
cornea, hard, horny tissue
melan/o
dark, black, melanin
onych/o
nail
seb/o
sebum
trich/o
hair