Chapter 5: Common Root Words / Combining Forms Flashcards
1
Q
define the word root / combining form.
dips/o
A
thirst
2
Q
define the word root / combining form.
pharyng/o
A
throat
3
Q
define the word root / combining form.
aort/o
A
aorta
4
Q
define the word root / combining form.
mal/o
A
abnormal
bad
5
Q
define the word root / combining form.
leuk/o
A
white
6
Q
define the word root / combining form.
varic/o
A
dilated vein
7
Q
define the word root / combining form.
aden/o
A
gland
8
Q
define the word root / combining form.
uter/o
A
uterus
womb
9
Q
define the word root / combining form.
pharyng/o
A
throat
10
Q
define the word root / combining form.
arthr/o
A
joint
11
Q
define the word root / combining form.
glyc/o
A
sugar
sweet
12
Q
define the word root / combining form.
alb/o
A
white
13
Q
define the word root / combining form.
men/o
A
month
menstruation
14
Q
define the word root / combining form.
hydr/o
A
water
15
Q
define the word root / combining form.
cor/o
A
pupil
16
Q
define the word root / combining form.
burs/o
A
pouch
sac
17
Q
define the word root / combining form.
cent/e
A
to puncture (a body cavity)
18
Q
define the word root / combining form.
bronch/i
A
airway
bronchus
19
Q
define the word root / combining form.
diverticul/o
A
diverticulum
a small blind pouch
20
Q
define the word root / combining form.
hem(at)/o
A
blood
21
Q
define the word root / combining form.
cirrh/o
A
yellow-orange
22
Q
define the word root / combining form.
gno
A
know
23
Q
define the word root / combining form.
adip/o
A
fat
24
Q
define the word root / combining form.
arteri/o
A
artery
25
# define the word root / combining form.
lact/o
milk
26
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digit
finger
toe
27
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asthen/o
weak
28
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brachi/o
arm
29
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path/o
disease
30
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toxic/o
poisonous
31
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foramen
opening
32
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psych/o
mind
33
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elast/o
change shape
34
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embol/o
a plug
35
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oste/o
bone
36
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bi
life
two
37
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cost/o
rib
38
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col/o
colon
39
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cleid/o
clavicle
40
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pyr/o
fire
heat
41
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caud/o
tail
42
# define the word root / combining form.
chondr/o
cartilage
43
# define the word root / combining form.
gest
carry
produce
congestion
44
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duoden/o
duodenum
45
# define the word root / combining form.
ped/o
child
foot
46
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thorac/o
chest
47
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pod(i)
foot
48
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gyn/o
woman
female
49
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chrom/o
color
50
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append/o
appendix
51
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my/o
muscle
52
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cartil/o
cartilage
gristle
53
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erythr/o
red
54
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ptyal/o
saliva
55
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cycl/o
circle
cycle
56
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pulmon/o
lungs
57
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ren/o
kindney
58
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sangui(n)/o
blood
59
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dors/o
back
60
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gastr/o
stomach
61
# define the word root / combining form.
sebum
fatty secretion of the sebacious glands
62
# define the word root / combining form.
corne/o
cornea
63
# define the word root / combining form.
blephar/o
eyelid
64
# define the word root / combining form.
pto
fall
65
# define the word root / combining form.
nephr/o
kidney
66
# define the word root / combining form.
hepat/o
liver
67
# define the word root / combining form.
poli/o
gray
68
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phag/o
eat
69
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ov/o
egg
70
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cubitus
elbow
71
# define the word root / combining form.
blast/o
germ
bud
developing cell
72
# define the word root / combining form.
pneum(at)/o
lungs
air
73
# define the word root / combining form.
abdomin/o
abdomen
74
# define the word root / combining form.
stern/o
sternum (breastbone)
75
# define the word root / combining form.
ophthalm/o
eye
76
# define the word root / combining form.
neur/o
nerves
77
# define the word root / combining form.
audi/o
to hear
78
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angin/o
blood vessel
79
# define the word root / combining form.
emesis
vomit
80
# define the word root / combining form.
bacteri/o
bacteria
81
# define the word root / combining form.
sinus
cavity
channel
hollow space
82
# define the word root / combining form.
trich/o
hair
83
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flex
bend
84
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pseud/o
false
85
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cutane/o
skin
86
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ot/o
ear
87
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dipl/o
two
double
88
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spir/o
coil
to breathe
89
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derm(at)/o
skin
90
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dist/o
distant
away
91
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hom/o
the same
92
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enter/o
small intestine
93
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quadr/o
quar
four
94
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serum
clear portion of blood
95
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ech/o
to bound
sound
96
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cyst/o
bladder
97
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myel/o
marrow
spinal cord
98
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acou/o
hear
99
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cent/i
one-hundredth
100
100
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scler/o
hard
101
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cerebr/o
brain
cerebrum
102
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episi/o
vulva
103
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carp/o
wrist
104
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aur/o
ear
105
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emmetr/o
according to measure
106
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febr
fever
107
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encephal/o
brain
108
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cardi/o
heart
109
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cyt/o
cyst
110
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ur/o
urine
111
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viscer/o
internal organs
112
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tom/o
cut
113
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capn/o
carbon dioxide
114
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crin/o
to secrete
115
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sect/o
cut
116
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crani/o
cranium
skull
117
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stomat/o
mouth
118
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pleur/o
rib
side
119
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idi/o
person
self
120
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carcin/o
cancer
121
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medi/o
middle
122
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duct/o
lead
move
123
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heter/o
other
different
124
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xen/o
foreign (material)
125
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cel/o
hernia
protrusion
126
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embry/o
embryo
127
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bil/i
bile
128
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ocul/o
eye
129
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sept/o
wall
divider
seven
130
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colp/o
vagina
131
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palpate
to examine by touch
132
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electr/o
electricity
133
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andr/o
man
male
134
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esthesi
sensation
perception
135
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ather/o
fat
136
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calc/i
calcium
137
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atel/o
incomplete
138
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percuss
to examine by striking
139
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melan/o
black
140
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rhin/o
nose
141
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ede
swellling
142
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atri/o
atrium
143
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condyl/o
knuckle of a joint
144
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pur, py
pus
145
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chron/o
time
146
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chol/e
bile
147
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cervic/o
neck
148
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som(at)
body
149
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lingu/o
tongue
150
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anter/o
front
151
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mening/o
usually refers to the mininges
152
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alges/o
pain
153
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fract
break
154
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chlor/o
green
155
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cec/o
blind intestine
cecum
156
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pneumo(n)/o
lung
157
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angi/o
vessel
158
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cyan/o
blue
159
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bucc/o
cheek
160
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vas/o
blood vessel
161
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ankyl/o
fused
stiff
162
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xer/o
dry
163
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cephal/o
head
164
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disk/o
flat shape
intervertebral disk
165
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phot/o
light
