common word roots + combining forms Flashcards
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acou/o
A
hear
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aden/o
A
gland
3
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adip/o
A
fat
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alb/o
A
white
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alges/o
A
pain
6
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andr/o
A
man, male
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angi/o
A
vessel
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angin/o
A
blood vessel
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ankyl/o
A
fused, stiff, immobile
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append/o
A
appendix
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arthr/o
A
joint
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asthen/o
A
weak
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atel/o
A
incomplete
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ather/o
A
fat
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aur/o
A
ear
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aut/o
A
self
17
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bil/i
A
bile
18
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blast/o
A
germ, bud, developing cell
19
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blephar/o
A
eyelid
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brachi/o
A
arm
21
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bronch/i
A
airway, bronchus
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burs/o
A
purse, sac
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capn/o
A
carbon dioxide
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carcin/o
A
cancer
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carp/o
wrist
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caud/o
tail
27
cec/o
blind intestine, cecum (first part of large intestine)
28
cel/o
protrusion of an organ through an abnormal opening, protrusion
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cent/e
to puncture (a body cavity)
30
cent/i
1/100, or 100
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cephal/o
head
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cervic/o
neck
33
chol/e
bile
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chondr/o
cartilage
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cirrh/o
yellow-orange
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cleid/o
clavicle
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colp/o
vagina
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condyl/o
knuckle of a joint
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cor/o
pupil
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cost/o
rib
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crin/o
to secrete
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cubitus
elbow
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cyst/o
bladder
44
cyt/o
cell
45
dipl/o
double, two
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dips/o
thirst
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diverticul/o
a small blind pouch, small sac
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duct/o
lead, move
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ech/o
to bounce, reflected sound
50
ede
swelling
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embol/o
a plug
52
emmetr/o
according to measure
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encephal/o
brain
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enter/o
small intestine
55
episi/o
vulva
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erythr/o
red
57
esthesi
sense or perception
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febr
fever
59
hemat/o
blood
60
hepat/o
liver
61
heter/o
different
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idi/o
self
63
leuk/o
white
64
men/o
month, menstruation
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mening/o
refers to meninges, which are layers of tissue that protect the brain/spinal cord
66
myel/o
marrow
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my/o
muscle
68
nephr/o
kidney
69
opthalam/o
eye
70
ocul/o
eye
71
ot/o
ear
72
palpate
examine by touch
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path/o
disease
74
percuss
verb, examine by hitting/striking softly
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phag/o
eat
76
phot/o
light
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pleur/o
rib, side
78
pur, py
pus
79
pod
foot
80
pyr/o
fire
81
ren/o
kidney
82
rhin/o
nose
83
scler/o
hard
84
sect/o
cut
85
sinus
cavity, or hollow space
86
som(at)
body
87
tom/o
cut
88
trich/o
hair
89
varic/o
dilated vein
90
xen/o
foreign
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xer/o
dry
