Common Word Roots Flashcards
1
Q
arter/i/o
A
artery
2
Q
arthr/o
A
joint
3
Q
card/i/o
A
heart
4
Q
derm/at/o
A
skin
5
Q
gen/i/o
A
origin, cause, formation
6
Q
ger/o/onto
A
old age
7
Q
hem/a/t/o
A
blood
8
Q
iatr/o
A
physician
9
Q
muscul/o
A
muscle
10
Q
neur/o
A
nerve
11
Q
ost/e/o
A
bone
12
Q
path/o
A
disease
13
Q
ped/i/o
A
child
14
Q
phren/o
A
mind
15
Q
psych/o
A
mind
16
Q
skelet/o
A
skeleton
17
Q
spin/o
A
spine
18
Q
tend/i/n/o
A
tendon
19
Q
carcin
A
cancer
20
Q
cyt
A
cell
21
Q
epitheli
A
epithelium
22
Q
hist
A
tissue
23
Q
lip
A
fat
24
Q
my
A
muscle
25
Q
onc
A
tumor
26
Q
enter/o
A
intestine
27
Q
hepat/o
A
liver
28
Q
pulmon/o
A
lung
29
Q
gen/o
A
creation, cause
30
Q
hydro/o
A
water
31
Q
morph/o
A
change
32
Q
necr/o
A
death
33
Q
orth/o
A
straight
34
Q
phag/o
A
eat
35
Q
plas/o
A
formation
36
Q
py/o
A
pus
37
Q
scler/o
A
hand
38
Q
sten/o
A
narrowing
39
Q
troph/o
A
nourishment
40
Q
xen/o
A
foreign
