CHAPTER 5 ROOTS Flashcards
cardi/o
heart
hepat/o
liver
nephr/o
kidney
neur/o
nerves
psych/o
mind
thorac/o
chest
cyan/o
blue
leuk/o
white
erythr/o
red
cirrh/o
yellow-orange
melan/o
black, dark
poli/o
gray
chlor/o
green
abdomin/o
abdomen
acou/o;acoust/o
hear
aden/o
gland
adip/o
fat
alb/o
white
alges/o
pain
andr/o
male/man
angi/o
vessel
angin/o
blood vessel
ankyl/o
fused/stiff
anter/o
front
aort/o
aorta
append/o
appendix
arteri/o
artery
arthr/o
joint
asthen/o
weak
atel/o
incomplete
ather/o
fat
atri/o
atrium
audi/o
to hear
aur/o
ear
aut/o
self
bacteri/o
bacteria
bi
life; also two
blast/o
germ, bud, developing cell
blephar/o
eyelid
brachi/o
arm
bronch/i
airway, bronchus
bucc/o
cheek
burs/o
pouch or sac
calc/i
calcium
carcin/o
cancer
carp/o
wrist
cartil/o
cartilage, gristle
caud/o
tail
cec/o
blind intestine, cecum
cel/o
hernia, protrusion
cent/e
to puncture (a body cavity)
cent/i
a fraction in the metric system; one hundredth or 100
cephal/o
head
cerebr/o
brain, cerebrum
cervic/o
neck
chol/e
bile
chondr/o
cartilage
chrom/o
color
chron/o
time
cleid/o
clavicle
col/o
colon
colp/o
vagina
condyl/o
knuckle of a joint pain
cor/o
pupil
corne/o
cornea
cost/o
rib
crani/o
cranium, skull
crin/o
to secrete
cubitus
elbow
cutane/o
skin
cycl/o
circle or cycle
cyst/o
bladder
cyt/o
cell
derm(at)/o
skin
digit
finger or toe
dipl/o
two, double
dips/o
thirst
disk/o
flat shape, intervertebral disk
dist/o
distant, away
diverticul/o
diverticulum, a small blind pouch
dors/o
back
duct/o
lead, move
duoden/o
duodenum
ech/o
to bounce, sound
ede
swelling
elast/o
change shape
electr/o
electricity
embol/o
plug
embry/o
embryo
emesis
vomit
emmetr/o
according to measure
enchephal/o
brain
enter/o
small intestine
episi/o
vulva
esthesi
sensation or perception
febr
fever
flex
bend
foramen
opening
fract
break
gastr/o
stomach
gest
carry, produce, congestion
glyc/o
sugar, sweet
gno
know
gyn/o
woman, female
hem(at)/o
blood
heter/o
other, different
hom/o
same
hyrd/o
water
idi/o
person, self
lact/o
milk
lingu/o
tongue
mal/o
abnormal, bad
medi/o
middle
men/o
month, menstration
mening/o
membrane, usually refers to the meninges
myel/o
marrow or spinal cord
my/o
muscle
ocul/o
eye
opthalm/o
eye
oste/o
bone
ot/o
ear
ov/o
egg
palpate
to examine by touch
path/o
disease
ped/o
child or foot
percuss
to examine by stroking
phag/o
eat
pharyng/o
throat
phot/o
light
pleur/o
rib, side
pneuma(at)/o
lungs, air
pneumo(n)/o
lung
pod(i)
foot
pseudo
false
pto
fall
ptyal/o
saliva
pulmon/o
lungs
put, py
pus
pyr/o
fire, heat
quadr/o; quar
four
ren/o
kidney
rhin/o
nose
sangui(n)o
blood
scler/o
hard
sebum
a fatty secretion of sebaceous glands
sect/o
cut
sept/o
wall, divider, also seven
serum
the clear portion of the body fluids, including blood
sinus
cavity, channel or hollow space
som(a)
body
spir/o
coil, to breathe
stern(o)-
sternum (breastbone)
stomat/o
mouth
tom/o
cut
toxic/o
poisionous
trich/o
hair
ur/o
urine
uter/o
uterus, womb
varic/o
dilated vein
vas/o
blood vessel
viscer/o
internal organs
xen/o
foreign (material)
xer/o
dry