Common Root Words

Question 1

abdomino-

Answer 1

belly or abdominal wall

Question 2

acou-

Answer 2

to hear

Question 3

acq-

Answer 3

water

Question 4

acro-

Answer 4

extreme ends of a part

Question 5

aden-

Answer 5

a gland

Question 6

adip-

Answer 6

soft fat of animals

Question 7

alb-

Answer 7

white

Question 8

alg-

Answer 8

pain

Question 9

all-

Answer 9

other, different

Question 10

anc-, ang-, ank-

Answer 10

bend or hollow

Question 11

andr-

Answer 11

male

Question 12

angi-

Answer 12

blood vessel

Question 13

aort-

Answer 13

large artery exiting from the left ventricle

Question 14

arter-

Answer 14

artery

Question 15

arth-

Answer 15

joint

Question 16

artic-

Answer 16

joint

Question 17

asphyxia

Answer 17

unconsciousness due to suffocation

Question 17

asth-

Answer 17

short drawn breath, panting

Question 18

asthenia

Answer 18

weakness

Question 19

aud-, aur-, aus-

Answer 19

to hear

Question 20

bio-

Answer 20

life

Question 21

brachy-

Answer 21

short

Question 22

branchi-

Answer 22

arm

Question 23

bronch-

Answer 23

one of the major divisions of the trachea

Question 24

bucc-

Answer 24

cheek

Question 25

burs-

Answer 25

pouch or sac

Question 26

caes-, cis

Answer 26

cut

Question 27

call-

Answer 27

hard, thick skin

Question 28

calx, calca-

Answer 28

heel

Question 29

can-

Answer 29

malignant tumor

Question 30

caput, capitis

Answer 30

head

Question 31

carc-

Answer 31

cancer

Question 32

card-, cardia

Answer 32

heart

Question 33

carotid

Answer 33

great arteries of the neck

Question 34

carpus

Answer 34

wrist

Question 35

caus-, caut-

Answer 35

to burn

Question 36

celi-

Answer 36

hollow or cavity, specifically the abdomen

Question 37

cent-

Answer 37

center/centimeter/centigrade

Question 38

-centesis

Answer 38

puncture of a cavity

Question 39

ceph-

Answer 39

head

Question 40

cerv-

Answer 40

neck

Question 41

chol-

Answer 41

bile

Question 42

chond-

Answer 42

cartilage

Question 43

chrom-

Answer 43

color

Question 44

cil-

Answer 44

hairlike process

Question 45

cleid-

Answer 45

collarbone (clavicle)

Question 46

coll-

Answer 46

gelatin, neck

Question 47

Cochlea

Answer 47

part of the inner ear

Question 47

cond-

Answer 47

knuckle

Question 48

core

Answer 48

pupil

Question 49

cori-

Answer 49

skin

Question 50

corp-

Answer 50

the body

Question 51

cry-

Answer 51

cold

Question 52

cubitus

Answer 52

elbow

Question 53

-cuss

Answer 53

shake violently

Question 54

cyan-

Answer 54

blue

Question 55

cyc-

Answer 55

circle

Question 56

cyst

Answer 56

bladder, cyst

Question 57

dent-

Answer 57

tooth

Question 58

derm-

Answer 58

skin

Question 59

digit

Answer 59

finger

Question 60

duct

Answer 60

to lead or guide

Question 61

edem-

Answer 61

swelling

Question 62

embryo

Answer 62

fetus

Question 63

enter-

Answer 63

intestines

Question 64

eryth-

Answer 64

red

Question 65

-esth

Answer 65

sensation

Question 66

eti-

Answer 66

cause

Question 67

facil-

Answer 67

easy

Question 68

febr-

Answer 68

fever

Question 69

flex

Answer 69

to bend

Question 70

foramen

Answer 70

opening

Question 71

fract-

Answer 71

to break into pieces

Question 72

gangl-

Answer 72

tumor under the skin, junction of nerve cells

Question 73

gangr-

Answer 73

gnawing sore

Question 74

gast-

Answer 74

stomach, belly

Question 75

gen-, gon-

Answer 75

become, produce

Question 76

gest-

Answer 76

carry, produce

Question 77

glomerulus

Answer 77

plexus of capillaries

Question 78

gnosis

Answer 78

knowledge

Question 79

-gram

Answer 79

something written

Question 80

-graph

Answer 80

to write

Question 81

gyn-

Answer 81

female

Question 82

hem-, em

Answer 82

blood

Question 83

hepat-

Answer 83

liver

Question 84

heter-

Answer 84

other, different

Question 85

homo-

Answer 85

the same

Question 86

humerus

Answer 86

upper arm

Question 87

hydr-

Answer 87

water

Question 88

hyster-

Answer 88

the womb

Question 89

idi-

Answer 89

personal, one’s own

Question 90

idio-

Answer 90

distinct

Question 91

ingui-

Answer 91

front of body between hips and groin

Question 92

lact-

Answer 92

milk

Question 93

lev-

Answer 93

left side

Question 94

ligament

Answer 94

band of fibrous tissue connecting two bones

Question 95

ling-

Answer 95

tongue

Question 96

-lith-

Answer 96

stone

Question 97

mal-

Answer 97

bad

Question 98

meatus

Answer 98

external opening

Question 99

med-

Answer 99

middle

Question 100

mega-

Answer 100

large

Question 101

melan-, melen-

Answer 101

black

Question 102

men-, mena-

Answer 102

monthly

Question 103

menin-

Answer 103

membrane covering brain and spinal cord

Question 104

morb-

Answer 104

disease

Question 105

myel-

Answer 105

marrow or spinal cord

Question 106

myo-

Answer 106

muscle

Question 107

nephr-

Answer 107

kidney

Question 108

noct-

Answer 108

night

Question 109

nomen-, nomin-

Answer 109

name

Question 110

oa-, oss-, ost-

Answer 110

bone

Question 111

ocul-

Answer 111

eye

Question 112

odon-

Answer 112

tooth

Question 113

oo-, ov-

Answer 113

egg

Question 114

ophthalm-

Answer 114

eye

Question 115

orch-

Answer 115

testis

Question 116

ot-

Answer 116

ear

Question 117

pari-, part-

Answer 117

to bear

Question 118

pariet-

Answer 118

wall

Question 119

palpate

Answer 119

to touch

Question 119

path-

Answer 119

disease

Question 120

pea-, ped-

Answer 120

foot

Question 121

ped-

Answer 121

child

Question 122

percuss

Answer 122

to strike

Question 123

phag-

Answer 123

to eat

Question 124

photo-

Answer 124

light

Question 125

placenta

Answer 125

organ supplying nutrients to the fetus during gestation

Question 126

pleur-

Answer 126

membrane surrounding lung and lining the thoracic cavity

Question 127

pneum-

Answer 127

breathing

Question 128

pod-

Answer 128

foot

Question 129

pseud-

Answer 129

false

Question 130

psych-

Answer 130

mind

Question 131

ptosis

Answer 131

falling down

Question 132

pty-

Answer 132

spit out

Question 133

pur-, pus-, py-

Answer 133

pus

Question 134

pyel-

Answer 134

pelvis (including pelvis of kidney)

Question 135

pyr-

Answer 135

fever

Question 136

quad-, quar-, quat-

Answer 136

four

Question 137

radius

Answer 137

rod

Question 138

ren-

Answer 138

kidney

Question 139

reticulum

Answer 139

network

Question 140

rhin-

Answer 140

nose

Question 141

rub-

Answer 141

red

Question 142

salpinx

Answer 142

tube

Question 143

retina

Answer 143

inner nerve-containing layer of the eye

Question 143

sang-

Answer 143

blood

Question 144

scler-

Answer 144

hard

Question 145

sebum

Answer 145

hard fat of animals

Question 146

sect-, seg-

Answer 146

to cut

Question 147

sepsis

Answer 147

containing growing bacteria

Question 148

sept-

Answer 148

wall

Question 149

serum

Answer 149

fluid formed when blood clots

Question 150

sinus

Answer 150

cavity or hollow

Question 151

somat-

Answer 151

body

Question 152

spir-

Answer 152

coil

Question 153

stasis

Answer 153

standing

Question 154

stature

Answer 154

height

Question 155

stern-

Answer 155

chest

Question 156

sphincter

Answer 156

muscle that closes an opening when it contracts

Question 156

stoma

Answer 156

opening or mouth

Question 157

sulc-

Answer 157

groove on surface of brain

Question 158

tact-

Answer 158

to touch

Question 159

talus

Answer 159

heel

Question 160

status

Answer 160

condition

Question 160

tarsus

Answer 160

bones of the forefoot

Question 161

tel-

Answer 161

distance

Question 162

temp-

Answer 162

time, or temple of the head

Question 163

tendon

Answer 163

fibrous tissue connecting muscle to bone

Question 164

tachy-

Answer 164

rapid

Question 164

tom-

Answer 164

to cut

Question 165

trich-

Answer 165

hair

Question 166

ur-, urin-

Answer 166

urine

Question 167

varic-

Answer 167

dilated vein

Question 168

vertex

Answer 168

top of the skull

Question 169

viscera

Answer 169

internal organs

Question 170

viscous

Answer 170

sticky

Question 171

tetr-

Answer 171

four

Question 171

xen-

Answer 171

foreign

Question 172

xer-

Answer 172

dry

Question 173

toxic

Answer 173

poisonous

Question 174

trachea

Answer 174

windpipe

Question 177

vagina

Answer 177

female genital canal

Question 179

vertebra

Answer 179

bone supporting the spinal column

Question 181

vertigo

Answer 181

dizziness