Ch 4 Word Parts: Root Words Flashcards

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1
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aden/o

A

gland

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adip/o

A

fat

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3
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albin/o

A

white

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4
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aut/o

A

self

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5
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bi/o

A

life

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blephar/o

A

eyelid

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7
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carcin/o

A

cancer

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8
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caus/o

A

burn; burning; heat

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9
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cauter/o

A

heat; burn

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10
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cis/o

A

to cut

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cry/o

A

cold

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12
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cutane/o

A

skin

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cyan/o

A

blue

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14
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cyt/o

A

cell

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15
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derm/a, dermat/o, derm/o

A

skin

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16
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diaphor/o

A

profuse sweating

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17
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ecchym/o

A

blood in the tissues

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18
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erythem/o; erythemat/o

A

redness

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erythr/o

A

red

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hidr/o

A

sweat

21
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hist/o

A

tissue

22
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ichthy/o

A

dry; scaly

23
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immun/o

A

immune; protection

24
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integument/o

A

covering

25
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jaund/o

A

yellow

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kerat/o

A

hard; horn-shaped tissue

27
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lip/o

A

fat

28
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melan/o

A

black

29
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myc/o

A

fungus

30
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necr/o

A

death

31
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onych/o

A

nail

32
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papill/o

A

nipple-like

33
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pil/o

A

hair; hair follicle

34
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prurit/o

A

itching

35
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psor/o

A

itching

36
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py/o

A

pus

37
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rhytid/o

A

wrinkle

38
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scler/o

A

hardening

39
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seb/o

A

sebum (oily secretion from sebaceous glands)

40
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squam/o

A

scale

41
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steat/o

A

fat; sebum

42
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trich/o

A

hair

43
Q

ungu/o

A

nail

44
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xer/o

A

dry