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Chapter 3 root words Flashcards

Many are reapeated or from anatomy

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amni/o

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amnion (sac of fluid surrounding the embryo)

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aden/o

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gland

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angi/o

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vessel (usually a blood vessel)

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arteri/o

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artery

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ather/o

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plaque (a yellow fatty material)

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bronch/o

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bronchial tube

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arthr/o

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joint

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bronchi/o

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bronchial tube

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axill/o

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armpit (anderarm)

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carcin/o

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cancerous

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cardi/o

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heart

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chem/o

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drug; also chemical

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cholecyst/o

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gallbladder

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chron/o

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time

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crani/o

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skull

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cry/o

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cold

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erythr/o

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red

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cyst/o

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urinary bladder; also a sac of fluid or a cyst

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electr/o

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electricity

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encephal/o

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brain

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esophag/o

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esophagus (tube leading from the throat to the stomach)

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hem/o

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blood

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hepat/o

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liver

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hyster/o

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lapar/o

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abdomen (abdominal wall)

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hemat/o

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isch/o

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to hold back

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inguin/o

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groin (area in which the thigh meets the trunk of the body)

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mamm/o

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breast (use with -ary, -graphy, -gram, & -plasty)

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laryng/o

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voice box (larynx)

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leuk/o

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mast/o

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breast (use with -ectomy, & -itis)

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men/o

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menses (menstruation); month

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myel/o

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spinal cord (nervous tissue connected to the brain), can also mean bone marrow (soft, inner part of bones, where blood cells are made)

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mening/o

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meninges (membranes around the brain and spinal cord)

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my/o

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necr/o

A

death (of cells)

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nephr/o

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kidney (use with all suffixes expect -al & -gram)

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neur/o

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oophor/o

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oste/o

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ot/o

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pelv/o

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peritone/o

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peritoneum (membrane surrounding organs in the abdomen)

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phleb/o

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pneumon/o

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pulmon/o

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radi/o

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ren/o

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kidney (use with -al and -gram)

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rhin/o

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salping/o

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fallopian (uterine) tube

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sarc/o

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septic/o

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pertaining to infection

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thorac/o

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tonsill/o

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trache/o

A

windpipe; trachea

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ur/o

A

urine or urea (a waste material); urinary tract

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vascul/o

A

blood vessel

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