common root words Flashcards
(132 cards)
1
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What does the root word ‘abdomin-‘ refer to?
A
abdomen
2
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What does ‘acou-‘ mean?
A
hear
3
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What is the meaning of the root ‘aden-‘?
A
gland
4
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What does ‘adip-‘ refer to?
A
fat
5
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What does the root ‘alb-‘ signify?
A
white
6
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What does ‘alges-‘ mean?
A
pain
7
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What does ‘andr-‘ refer to?
A
male
8
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What is the meaning of ‘angi-‘?
A
vessel
9
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What is the aorta?
A
large artery exiting from the left ventricle of the heart
10
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What does ‘aqua-‘ mean?
A
water
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What is the meaning of the root ‘arteri-‘?
A
artery
12
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What does ‘arthr/o’ refer to?
A
joint
13
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What does ‘asphyxia’ mean?
A
lack of oxygen or excess of carbon dioxide in the body that results in unconsciousness
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What does ‘asthen-‘ signify?
A
weak
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What does ‘audi-‘ mean?
A
to hear
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What does ‘bi/o’ refer to?
A
life; also two
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What does ‘bronch-‘ signify?
A
windpipe
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What does ‘bucc-‘ refer to?
A
cheek
19
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What is a bursa?
A
pouch or sac
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What does ‘callus’ mean?
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hard, thick skin; also a meshwork of connective tissue that forms during the healing process after a fracture
21
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What does ‘carcin-‘ signify?
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cancer
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What does ‘cardi/o’ refer to?
A
heart
23
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What are carotid arteries?
A
great arteries of the neck
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What does ‘carpus’ mean?
A
wrist
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What does 'cent-' refer to?
a fraction in the metric system; one hundredth or 100
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What does 'cente-' mean?
to puncture (a body cavity)
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What does 'cephal-' signify?
head
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What does 'cervic-' refer to?
neck
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What does 'chol-' mean?
bile
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What does 'chondr-' refer to?
cartilage
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What does 'cili-' mean?
eyelid
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What does 'cirrh/o' signify?
yellow
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What does 'cleid(o)-' refer to?
clavicle
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What does 'cubitus' mean?
elbow
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What does 'cyan/o' signify?
blue
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What does 'cycl-' refer to?
circle or cycle
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What does 'cyst-' mean?
bladder
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What does 'cyt-' signify?
cell
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What does 'derm(at)-' refer to?
skin
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What does 'digit' mean?
finger or toe
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What does 'ede-' signify?
swelling
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What does 'enter-' refer to?
intestine
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What does 'erythr-' mean?
red
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What does 'esthe-' signify?
sensation or perception
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What does 'febr-' refer to?
fever
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What does 'flex' mean?
bend
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What does 'foramen' refer to?
opening
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What does 'fract-' signify?
break
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What does 'gastr/o' mean?
stomach
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What does 'gest-' refer to?
carry, produce, congestion
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What does 'glyc(y)-' mean?
sweet
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What does 'gno-' signify?
know
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What does 'graph-' refer to?
write or record
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What does 'gyn(ec)-' mean?
female
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What does 'hem(at)-' refer to?
blood
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What does 'hepat/o' signify?
liver
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What does 'heter-' mean?
other, different
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What does 'hom-' refer to?
same
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What does 'humerus' mean?
the bone in the upper arm
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What does 'hydr-' signify?
water
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What does 'idi-' mean?
separate, distinct
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What does 'iod(o)-' refer to?
iodine
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What does 'lact-' signify?
milk
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What does 'leuk/o' mean?
white
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What does 'lingu-' refer to?
tongue
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What does 'mal-' mean?
abnormal
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What does 'medi-' signify?
middle
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What does 'mega-' refer to?
large
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What does 'melan/o' mean?
black
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What does 'men-' signify?
month
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What does 'mening-' refer to?
membrane, usually refers to the meninges
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What does 'myel-' mean?
marrow or spinal cord
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What does 'my-' signify?
muscle
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What does 'nephr-' refer to?
kidney
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What does 'neur-' mean?
nerve
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What does 'ocul-' refer to?
eye
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What does 'opthalm-' signify?
eye
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What does 'oste/o' mean?
bone
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What does 'ot-' refer to?
ear
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What does 'ov-' signify?
egg
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What does 'palpate' mean?
to examine by touch
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What does 'path-' refer to?
disease
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What does 'ped-' mean?
child or foot
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What does 'percuss' signify?
to examine by striking
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What does 'phag-' refer to?
eat
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What does 'pharyng-' mean?
throat
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What does 'phot-' signify?
light
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What does 'pleur-' refer to?
rib, side
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What does 'pneum(at)-' mean?
breath
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What does 'pneumo(n)-' signify?
lung
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What does 'pod-' refer to?
foot
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What does 'pseud-' mean?
FALSE
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What does 'psych-' signify?
mind
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What does 'pto-' mean?
fall
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What does 'ptyal-' refer to?
saliva
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What does 'pulmon/o' mean?
lungs
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What does 'pur-, py-' signify?
pus
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What does 'pyr-' mean?
fire
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What does 'quadr, quar-, quat-' refer to?
four
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What does 'radius' mean?
the forearm bone on the thumb side; also a line from the center of a circle or sphere to the edge
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What does 'ren-' signify?
kidney
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What is the retina?
inner nerve-containing layer of the eye
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What does 'rhin-' refer to?
nose
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What does 'sanqui(n)-' mean?
blood
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What does 'scier-' signify?
hard
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What does 'sebum' refer to?
a fatty secretion of the sebaceous glands
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What does 'sect-' mean?
cut
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What does 'sepsis' signify?
the presence of microorganisms or their toxins in the blood; also the toxic condition caused by such presence
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What does 'sept-' refer to?
wall, divider; also seven
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What does 'serum' mean?
the clear portion of body fluids, including blood
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What does 'sinus' signify?
cavity, channel or hollow space
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What does 'som(a)-' refer to?
body
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What does 'spir-' mean?
coil
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What does 'stasis' signify?
slowing or stopping of the normal flow of a fluid, such as blood
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What does 'stature' refer to?
height
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What does 'stern(o)-' mean?
sternum (breastbone)
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What does 'stoma' refer to?
any small opening on the surface of the body, such as a pore; also the opening created in the abdominal wall for the passage of urine or feces
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What does 'tach(y)-' mean?
rapid
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What does 'tact-' refer to?
touch
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What does 'tetra-' signify?
four
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What does 'thorac-' refer to?
chest
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What does 'tom-' mean?
cut
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What does 'toxic' signify?
poisonous
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What does 'trich-' mean?
hair
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What does 'ur-' refer to?
urine
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What does 'varic-' mean?
varicose vein
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What does 'vas-' signify?
vessel
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What does 'vertigo' mean?
a disordered sensation in which one's own body or the surroundings are perceived as moving
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What does 'viscer-' refer to?
internal organs
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What does 'viscous' mean?
sticky
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What does 'xen-' signify?
foreign (material)
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What does 'xer-' refer to?
dry
