Ch 4 Word Parts: Root Words Flashcards
1
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aden/o
A
gland
2
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adip/o
A
fat
3
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albin/o
A
white
4
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aut/o
A
self
5
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bi/o
A
life
6
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blephar/o
A
eyelid
7
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carcin/o
A
cancer
8
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caus/o
A
burn; burning; heat
9
Q
cauter/o
A
heat; burn
10
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cis/o
A
to cut
11
Q
cry/o
A
cold
12
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cutane/o
A
skin
13
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cyan/o
A
blue
14
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cyt/o
A
cell
15
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derm/a, dermat/o, derm/o
A
skin
16
Q
diaphor/o
A
profuse sweating
17
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ecchym/o
A
blood in the tissues
18
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erythem/o; erythemat/o
A
redness
19
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erythr/o
A
red
20
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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
jaund/o
yellow
26
kerat/o
hard; horn-shaped tissue
27
lip/o
fat
28
melan/o
black
29
myc/o
fungus
30
necr/o
death
31
onych/o
nail
32
papill/o
nipple-like
33
pil/o
hair; hair follicle
34
prurit/o
itching
35
psor/o
itching
36
py/o
pus
37
rhytid/o
wrinkle
38
scler/o
hardening
39
seb/o
sebum (oily secretion from sebaceous glands)
40
squam/o
scale
41
steat/o
fat; sebum
42
trich/o
hair
43
ungu/o
nail
44
xer/o
dry
