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Chapter 5: Common Root Words / Combining Forms Flashcards

1
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define the word root / combining form.

dips/o

A

thirst

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2
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define the word root / combining form.

pharyng/o

A

throat

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3
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define the word root / combining form.

aort/o

A

aorta

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4
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define the word root / combining form.

mal/o

A

abnormal

bad

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5
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define the word root / combining form.

leuk/o

A

white

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6
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define the word root / combining form.

varic/o

A

dilated vein

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7
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define the word root / combining form.

aden/o

A

gland

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8
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define the word root / combining form.

uter/o

A

uterus

womb

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9
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define the word root / combining form.

pharyng/o

A

throat

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10
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define the word root / combining form.

arthr/o

A

joint

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11
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define the word root / combining form.

glyc/o

A

sugar

sweet

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12
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define the word root / combining form.

alb/o

A

white

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13
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define the word root / combining form.

men/o

A

month

menstruation

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14
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define the word root / combining form.

hydr/o

A

water

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15
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define the word root / combining form.

cor/o

A

pupil

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16
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define the word root / combining form.

burs/o

A

pouch

sac

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17
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define the word root / combining form.

cent/e

A

to puncture (a body cavity)

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18
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define the word root / combining form.

bronch/i

A

airway

bronchus

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19
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define the word root / combining form.

diverticul/o

A

diverticulum

a small blind pouch

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20
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define the word root / combining form.

hem(at)/o

A

blood

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21
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define the word root / combining form.

cirrh/o

A

yellow-orange

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22
Q

define the word root / combining form.

gno

A

know

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23
Q

define the word root / combining form.

adip/o

A

fat

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24
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define the word root / combining form.

arteri/o

A

artery

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25
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define the word root / combining form.

lact/o

A

milk

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26
Q

define the word root / combining form.

digit

A

finger

toe

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27
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define the word root / combining form.

asthen/o

A

weak

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28
Q

define the word root / combining form.

brachi/o

A

arm

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29
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define the word root / combining form.

path/o

A

disease

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30
Q

define the word root / combining form.

toxic/o

A

poisonous

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31
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define the word root / combining form.

foramen

A

opening

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32
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define the word root / combining form.

psych/o

A

mind

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33
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define the word root / combining form.

elast/o

A

change shape

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34
Q

define the word root / combining form.

embol/o

A

a plug

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35
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define the word root / combining form.

oste/o

A

bone

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36
Q

define the word root / combining form.

bi

A

life

two

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37
Q

define the word root / combining form.

cost/o

A

rib

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38
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define the word root / combining form.

col/o

A

colon

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39
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define the word root / combining form.

cleid/o

A

clavicle

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40
Q

define the word root / combining form.

pyr/o

A

fire

heat

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41
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define the word root / combining form.

caud/o

A

tail

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42
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define the word root / combining form.

chondr/o

A

cartilage

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43
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define the word root / combining form.

gest

A

carry

produce

congestion

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44
Q

define the word root / combining form.

duoden/o

A

duodenum

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45
Q

define the word root / combining form.

ped/o

A

child

foot

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46
Q

define the word root / combining form.

thorac/o

A

chest

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47
Q

define the word root / combining form.

pod(i)

A

foot

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48
Q

define the word root / combining form.

gyn/o

A

woman

female

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49
Q

define the word root / combining form.

chrom/o

A

color

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50
Q

define the word root / combining form.

append/o

A

appendix

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51
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define the word root / combining form.

my/o

A

muscle

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52
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define the word root / combining form.

cartil/o

A

cartilage

gristle

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53
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define the word root / combining form.

erythr/o

A

red

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54
Q

define the word root / combining form.

ptyal/o

A

saliva

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55
Q

define the word root / combining form.

cycl/o

A

circle

cycle

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56
Q

define the word root / combining form.

pulmon/o

A

lungs

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57
Q

define the word root / combining form.

ren/o

A

kindney

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58
Q

define the word root / combining form.

sangui(n)/o

A

blood

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59
Q

define the word root / combining form.

dors/o

A

back

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60
Q

define the word root / combining form.

gastr/o

A

stomach

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61
Q

define the word root / combining form.

sebum

A

fatty secretion of the sebacious glands

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62
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define the word root / combining form.

corne/o

A

cornea

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63
Q

define the word root / combining form.

blephar/o

A

eyelid

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64
Q

define the word root / combining form.

pto

A

fall

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65
Q

define the word root / combining form.

nephr/o

A

kidney

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66
Q

define the word root / combining form.

hepat/o

A

liver

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67
Q

define the word root / combining form.

poli/o

A

gray

68
Q

define the word root / combining form.

phag/o

A

eat

69
Q

define the word root / combining form.

ov/o

A

egg

70
Q

define the word root / combining form.

cubitus

A

elbow

71
Q

define the word root / combining form.

blast/o

A

germ

bud

developing cell

72
Q

define the word root / combining form.

pneum(at)/o

A

lungs

air

73
Q

define the word root / combining form.

abdomin/o

A

abdomen

74
Q

define the word root / combining form.

stern/o

A

sternum (breastbone)

75
Q

define the word root / combining form.

ophthalm/o

A

eye

76
Q

define the word root / combining form.

neur/o

A

nerves

77
Q

define the word root / combining form.

audi/o

A

to hear

78
Q

define the word root / combining form.

angin/o

A

blood vessel

79
Q

define the word root / combining form.

emesis

A

vomit

80
Q

define the word root / combining form.

bacteri/o

A

bacteria

81
Q

define the word root / combining form.

sinus

A

cavity

channel

hollow space

82
Q

define the word root / combining form.

trich/o

A

hair

83
Q

define the word root / combining form.

flex

A

bend

84
Q

define the word root / combining form.

pseud/o

A

false

85
Q

define the word root / combining form.

cutane/o

A

skin

86
Q

define the word root / combining form.

ot/o

A

ear

87
Q

define the word root / combining form.

dipl/o

A

two

double

88
Q

define the word root / combining form.

spir/o

A

coil

to breathe

89
Q

define the word root / combining form.

derm(at)/o

A

skin

90
Q

define the word root / combining form.

dist/o

A

distant

away

91
Q

define the word root / combining form.

hom/o

A

the same

92
Q

define the word root / combining form.

enter/o

A

small intestine

93
Q

define the word root / combining form.

quadr/o

quar

A

four

94
Q

define the word root / combining form.

serum

A

clear portion of blood

95
Q

define the word root / combining form.

ech/o

A

to bound

sound

96
Q

define the word root / combining form.

cyst/o

A

bladder

97
Q

define the word root / combining form.

myel/o

A

marrow

spinal cord

98
Q

define the word root / combining form.

acou/o

A

hear

99
Q

define the word root / combining form.

cent/i

A

one-hundredth

100

100
Q

define the word root / combining form.

scler/o

A

hard

101
Q

define the word root / combining form.

cerebr/o

A

brain

cerebrum

102
Q

define the word root / combining form.

episi/o

A

vulva

103
Q

define the word root / combining form.

carp/o

A

wrist

104
Q

define the word root / combining form.

aur/o

A

ear

105
Q

define the word root / combining form.

emmetr/o

A

according to measure

106
Q

define the word root / combining form.

febr

A

fever

107
Q

define the word root / combining form.

encephal/o

A

brain

108
Q

define the word root / combining form.

cardi/o

A

heart

109
Q

define the word root / combining form.

cyt/o

A

cyst

110
Q

define the word root / combining form.

ur/o

A

urine

111
Q

define the word root / combining form.

viscer/o

A

internal organs

112
Q

define the word root / combining form.

tom/o

A

cut

113
Q

define the word root / combining form.

capn/o

A

carbon dioxide

114
Q

define the word root / combining form.

crin/o

A

to secrete

115
Q

define the word root / combining form.

sect/o

A

cut

116
Q

define the word root / combining form.

crani/o

A

cranium

skull

117
Q

define the word root / combining form.

stomat/o

A

mouth

118
Q

define the word root / combining form.

pleur/o

A

rib

side

119
Q

define the word root / combining form.

idi/o

A

person

self

120
Q

define the word root / combining form.

carcin/o

A

cancer

121
Q

define the word root / combining form.

medi/o

A

middle

122
Q

define the word root / combining form.

duct/o

A

lead

move

123
Q

define the word root / combining form.

heter/o

A

other

different

124
Q

define the word root / combining form.

xen/o

A

foreign (material)

125
Q

define the word root / combining form.

cel/o

A

hernia

protrusion

126
Q

define the word root / combining form.

embry/o

A

embryo

127
Q

define the word root / combining form.

bil/i

A

bile

128
Q

define the word root / combining form.

ocul/o

A

eye

129
Q

define the word root / combining form.

sept/o

A

wall

divider

seven

130
Q

define the word root / combining form.

colp/o

A

vagina

131
Q

define the word root / combining form.

palpate

A

to examine by touch

132
Q

define the word root / combining form.

electr/o

A

electricity

133
Q

define the word root / combining form.

andr/o

A

man

male

134
Q

define the word root / combining form.

esthesi

A

sensation

perception

135
Q

define the word root / combining form.

ather/o

A

fat

136
Q

define the word root / combining form.

calc/i

A

calcium

137
Q

define the word root / combining form.

atel/o

A

incomplete

138
Q

define the word root / combining form.

percuss

A

to examine by striking

139
Q

define the word root / combining form.

melan/o

A

black

140
Q

define the word root / combining form.

rhin/o

A

nose

141
Q

define the word root / combining form.

ede

A

swellling

142
Q

define the word root / combining form.

atri/o

A

atrium

143
Q

define the word root / combining form.

condyl/o

A

knuckle of a joint

144
Q

define the word root / combining form.

pur, py

A

pus

145
Q

define the word root / combining form.

chron/o

A

time

146
Q

define the word root / combining form.

chol/e

A

bile

147
Q

define the word root / combining form.

cervic/o

A

neck

148
Q

define the word root / combining form.

som(at)

A

body

149
Q

define the word root / combining form.

lingu/o

A

tongue

150
Q

define the word root / combining form.

anter/o

A

front

151
Q

define the word root / combining form.

mening/o

A

usually refers to the mininges

152
Q

define the word root / combining form.

alges/o

A

pain

153
Q

define the word root / combining form.

fract

A

break

154
Q

define the word root / combining form.

chlor/o

A

green

155
Q

define the word root / combining form.

cec/o

A

blind intestine

cecum

156
Q

define the word root / combining form.

pneumo(n)/o

A

lung

157
Q

define the word root / combining form.

angi/o

A

vessel

158
Q

define the word root / combining form.

cyan/o

A

blue

159
Q

define the word root / combining form.

bucc/o

A

cheek

160
Q

define the word root / combining form.

vas/o

A

blood vessel

161
Q

define the word root / combining form.

ankyl/o

A

fused

stiff

162
Q

define the word root / combining form.

xer/o

A

dry

163
Q

define the word root / combining form.

cephal/o

A

head

164
Q

define the word root / combining form.

disk/o

A

flat shape

intervertebral disk

165
Q

define the word root / combining form.

phot/o

A

light

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