Complete Roots Flashcards
abdomin/o
abdomen
ablat/o
to take away
abort/o
miscarriage
abrad/o, abras/o
to scrape
abrupt/o
broken away from
abscess/o
pus collection, going away
absorpt/o
suck up, suck in
acanth/o
spiky, thorny
acar/o
mites
acetabul/o
acetabulum (hip socket)
acid/o
acid, sour
acne/o
point, peak
acous/o
hearing
acoust/o
hearing, sound
acquir/o
obtain
acr/o
extremities
acromi/o
acromion (process of scapula)
actin/o
ray, radiation
acu/o, acut/o
sharp, severe
acuit/o
sharp
acust/o
hearing
aden/o
gland
adenoid/o
adenoids
adhes/o
stick to
adip/o
fat
adnex/o
bound to
adren/o
adrenal glands
aer/o
air, gas
aesthet/o
sensation
affect/o
influence
agglutin/o
clumping
aggress/o
attack
agit/o
rapidity, restlessness
agor/a
marketplace
alb/o, albin/o
white
albumin/o
albumin
algesi/o, algi/o
pain
align/o
straighten
aliment/o
food, nutrition
alopec/o
baldness
alveol/o
alveolus
ambly/o
dim, dull
ambul/o
to walk
ametr/o
out of proportion
ammon/o
ammonium
amni/o
amnion
amput/o
to cut off
amyl/o
starch
an/o
anus
andr/o
male
aneurysm/o
aneurysm
angi/o
vessel
angin/o
angina, choking, strangling
anis/o
unequal
ankyl/o
bent, crooked, stiff
anomal/o
irregular
anter/o
front
anthrac/o
coal dust, carbuncle, carbon
anthrop/o
human, male
antr/o
antrum
anxi/o
anxiety
aort/o
aorta
aphth/o
ulcer
apic/o
apex
aplast/o
defective development
aponeur/o
aponeurosis, flat sheet of connective tissue
apoplect/o
stroke (apoplexy)
aque/o
water
arachn/o
spider
arc/o
bow, arch
arch/e, arch/I
first
areat/o
occuring in patches
areol/o
little open space
arrect/o
upright, raised
arteri/o
artery
arteriol/o
arteriole
arthr/o
joint
articul/o
joint
asbest/o
asbestos
aspir/o, aspirat/o
inhaling, removal
asthen/o
weakness
asthmat/o
gasping, choking
astr/o
star
atel/o
incomplete, imperfect
ather/o
fatty plaque
athet/o
uncontrolled
atop/o
out of place
atri/o
atrium
attenuat/o
weakened, diluted
audi/o
sound, hearing
aur/o
ear
auricul/o
ear
auscult/o, auscultat/o
listening
aux/o
growth
axi/o
axis
axill/o
armpit
azot/o
nitrogen, urea
bacill/o
rod-shaped bacterium
bacteri/o
bacteria
balan/o
glans penis
balne/o
bath
bar/o
pressure
bartholin/o
Bartholin’s gland
bas/o
base (not acidic)
bas/o
foundation, base
bibli/o
book
bifid/o
split, bifurcated
bifurcat/o
forked, divided, two branches
bil/i
bile
bilirubin/o
bilirubin (yellow product of heme catabolism)
bin
two
bio-, bi/o
life
blast/o, -blast
embryonic cell, forming cell
blenn/o
mucus
blephar/o
eyelid
borborygm/o
rumbling sound
brachi/o
arm
brev/o
short
brom/o
bromine compound, odor
bronch/o
bronchus
bronchiol/o
bronchiole
brux/o
grind
bucc/o
cheek
burs/o
bursa (fluid filled sac)
byssin/o
cotton dust
cac/o
bad, ill
cadaver/o
corpse
calc/o
calcium
calcane/o
heel
calcul/o
calculating
cali/o
calyx (cup-like area or structure)
call/i
hardened, thickened
callos/o
hardened, thickened
calor/i
heat
campt/o
bent
canalicul/o
little canal
canth/o
corner of the eye
capill/o
hair
capit/o
head
capn/o
carbon dioxide
caps/o
container, capsule
capsul/o
container, capsule
carb/o
carbon
carbuncl/o
carbuncle
carcin/o
cancer
cardi/o
heart
cari/o
caries (decaying and crumbling)
carot/o
numbness, stupor, sleep
carp/o
wrist
cartilag/o
cartilage
caruncul/o
bit of flesh
catabol/o
breaking down
cathar/o, cathart/o
purging, cleansing
cathet/o
send down, insert
caud/o
tail
caus/o
burn
cauter/o
burn
cav/o
hollow, cavity
cavern/o
containing hollow space
cavit/o
hollow, cavity
cec/o
cecum
celi/o
abdomen
cement/o
cementum
centr/o
center
cephal/o
head
cerebell/o
cerebellum
cerebr/o
cerebrum
cerumin/o
earwax
cervic/o
cervix, neck of uterus, neck
cheil/o, chil/o
lip
cheir/o
hand
chem/o
chemical
chir/o
hand
chlor/o
green
chlorhydr/o
hydrochloric acid
chol/e
bile, gall
cholangi/o
bile vessel
cholecyst/o
gallbladder
choledoch/o
common bile duct
cholesterol/o
cholesterol
chondr/o
cartilage
chord/o
spinal cord
chore/o
dance
chori/o
chorion (outer fetal membrane)
choroid/o
choroid (layer of eye)
chrom/o
color
chron/o
time
chrys/o
gold
chyl/o
chyle (milky body fluid)
chym/o
to pour, juice
cib/o
meal
cicatric/o
scar
cili/o
cilia, eyelashes
circ/I
ring, circle
circulat/o
to circulate
circumcis/o
cutting around
circumscrib/o
confined
cirrh/o
orange-yellow
cis/o
to cut
claudicat/o
limping