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
claustr/o
barrier
clav/i
key
clavicul/o
clavicle
cleid/o
clavicle
climacter/o
crisis, ladder rung
clin/o
sloping, bent
clitor/o
clitoris
clus/o
close
coagul/o
coagulation, clotting
coarct/o
narrow
cocc/o
spherical bacteria
coccyg/o
coccyx (tailbone)
cochle/o
cochlea
coher/o
cling together
coit/o
coming together
col/o
colon
coll/a
glue
colon/o
colon
colp/o
vagina
column/o
pillar
comat/o
deep sleep
comminut/o
break into pieces
communic/o
share, make common
compatibil/o
sympathize with
concav/o
hollow
concentr/o
condense, intensify
concept/o
become pregnant
conch/o
shell
concuss/o
shake violently
condyl/o
condyle (round prominence at end of bones)
confus/o
confusion
coni/o
dust
conjunctiv/o
conjunctiva
consci/o
awareness, aware
consolid/o
become solid
constipat/o
pressed together
constrict/o
narrowing, binding
contact/o
touched, infected
contagi/o
infection, touching
contaminat/o
pollute, contaminate
contine/o
restrain, hold back
continent/o
restrain
contracept/o
prevention of conception
contus/o
bruise
convalesc/o
recover
convex/o
arched, vaulted
copi/o
plentiful
copulat/o
coming together
cor/o
pupil
cordi/o
heart
core/o
pupil
cori/o
leather, skin
corne/o
cornea
coron/o
heart
corpor/o
body
corpuscul/o
little body
cortic/o
cortex
cost/o
ribs
cox/o
hip
crani/o
skull
creatin/o
creatine
crepit/o
crackling
cric/o
ring
crin/o
secrete
cris/o
turning point
critic/o
crisis, dangerous
cry/o
cold
crypt/o
hidden
crystall/o
crystal, transparent
cubit/o
elbow, forearm
cuboid/o
square-like
culd/o
cul-de-sac
cult/o
cultivate
cune/o
wedge-shaped
cupr/o
copper
cusp/i
flap
cutane/o
skin
cyan/o
blue
cycl/o
circular, ciliary bodies
cyst/o
bladder, cyst
cyt/o, -cyte
cell
dacry/o
tear
dacryocyst/o
lacrimal (tear) sac
dactyl/o
digit (finger or toe)
deaphor/o
sweat
debrid/e
open a wound
decidu/o
shedding, falling off
decubit/o
lying down
defec/o
free from waste, defecate
defer/o
carrying down or out
deglutit/o
swallow
dehisce/o
burst open, split
deliri/o
mind wandering
delt/o
triangular
delus/o
mock, cheat, delude
dem/o
people
dendr/o
tree
dent/o
tooth
depilate/o
hair removal
depress/o
lower
derm/o
skin
dermat/o
skin
desicc/o
dry
desm/o
ligament
deteriorat/o
worsening, gradual impairment
deuter/o
secondary, second
dextr/o
right
diaphor/o
sweat
diaphragmat/o
diaphragm
diastole/o
standing apart, expansion
didym/o
testis, twin
diffus/o
spread out
digest/o
divide, distribute
digit/o
finger, toe
dilat/o
enlarge, expand
dilut/o
dissolve, separate
diphther/o
membrane
dipl/o
double
dips/o
thirst
disk/o
disk
dislocat/o
displacement
dissect/o
cut apart
disseminat/o
widely scattered
dist/o
distant
distend/o
stretch apart
diur/o
increasing urine output
divert/o
turning aside
dolich/o
long
dolor/o
pain
domin/o
controlling, ruling
don/o
give
dors/o
back
drom/o
running
duct/o
to lead, tube
duoden/o
duodenum (first part of small intestine)
dynam/o
power, strength
ecchym/o
bruise
echin/o
spiny, prickly
eclamps/o
shining forth
ectr/o
congenital absence
eczemat/o
eruption
edemat/o
swelling
edentul/o
without teeth
effect/o
activate, bring a response
effus/o
pouring out
ejaculat/o
throw out
ele/o
oil
electr/o
electricity
eliminat/o
expel from the body
emaciat/o
wasted by disease
embol/o
embolus
embry/o
embryo
emet/o
vomit
emmetr/o
correct measure, proportioned
emolli/o
to soften
encephal/o
brain
endocrin/o
internal secretion
enem/o
end in, inject
enter/o
small intestine
eosin/o
rosy, dawn
epidemi/o
epidemic, among the people
epididym/o
epididymis
epiglott/o
epiglottus
epipl/o
omentum
episi/o
vulva
epitheli/o
epithelium (outer layer of skin)
equin/o
horse
erect/o
upright
erethism/o
irritation
erg/o
work
erot/o
sexual love
eruct/o
belch forth
erupt/o
break out
erythem/o
flushed, redness
erythr/o
red
eschar/o
scab
esophag/o
esophagus
esthesi/o, -esthesia
sensation, feeling
esthet/o
sense of feeling
estr/o
female
ethm/o
sieve
eti/o
cause
evacu/o
empty out
exacerbat/o
aggravate
exanthemat/o
rash
excis/o
cutting out
excit/o
arouse
excori/o
abrasion
excret/o
separate, discharge
excruciat/o
intense pain
exhal/o
breathe out
expir/o
breathe out
exstroph/o
turned out, twisted out
extern/o
outside
extreme/o
extremity, outermost
extrins/o
from the outside, contained outside
exud/o
sweat out
faci/o
face
fasci/o
fascia (layer of fibrous tissue)
fascicul/o
little bundle
fatal/o
death
fauc/I
narrow pass, throat
febr/i
fever
fec/I, fec/o
waste
femor/o
femur
fenestr/o
window
fer/o
carry
ferr/o
iron
fertil/o
fertile, productive
fet/o
fetus
fibr/o
fiber
fibrill/o
muscular twitching
fibrin/o
fibrin, threads of a clot
fibros/o
fibrous connective tissue
fibul/o
fibula
fic/o
making, producing
fil/o
thread, thread-like
filament/o
thread, thread-like
filtr/o
to strain through, filtration
fimbri/o
fringe
fimbria/e
finger-like, thread-like
fiss/o
crack, split
fistul/o
tube, pipe
flat/o
flatus, rectal gas
flav/o
yellow
flect/o
to bend
flex/o
to bend
flu/o
to flow
fluor/o
fluorine
flux/o
to flow
foc/o
focus, point
foll/I
bag, sac
follicul/o
small sac, follicle
foramen/o
opening
fornic/o
arch, vault
foss/o
ditch, shallow depression
fove/o
pit
fract/o
break, broken
fren/o
device that limits movement
frig/o
cold
frigid/o
cold
funct/o
function
fund/o
bottom, base
fung/i
fungus
furuncul/o
furunculus, boil
fusc/o
dark brown
galact/o
milk
gam/o
marriage, sexual union
gamet/o
gamete
gangli/o, ganglion/o
ganglion (mass of nerve tissue)
gangren/o
eating sore, gangrene
gastr/o
stomach
gastrocnemi/o
calf muscle (gastrocnemius)
ge/o
earth, soil
gel/o
to freeze
gemell/o
twins
gen/o
producing
geni/o
chin
genit/o
reproduction
ger/o
old age
germin/o
bud, sprout
geront/o
old age
gest/o
to bear
gestat/o
to bear
gigant/o
huge
gingiv/o
gums
glauc/o
gray, bluish green
glen/o
socket, pit
gli/o
glue
globin/o
protein
globul/o
little ball
glomerul/o
glomerulus (tubular structure in kidney)
gloss/o
tongue
glott/o
back of the tongue
gluc/o
sugar, glucose
glyc/o
sugar
glycer/o
sweet
glycogen/o
glycogen, animal starch
gnath/o
jaw
gnos/o
knowledge
goitr/o
goiter, thyroid enlargement
gon/o
genitals, semen
gonad/o
gonads
goni/o
angle
gracil/o
slender
grad/I
step, go
granul/o
granule
graph/o
writing
gravid/o
pregnancy
gust/o
taste
gustat/o
taste
gynec/o
woman, female
gyr/o
circle, spiral
hal/o
breath
halit/o
breath
halluc/o
big toe
hallucin/o
hallucination
haph/e
touch
hapl/o
single
hect/o
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