Final Exam Roots Flashcards
acr/o
extremities, top, extreme point
aden/o
gland
adenoid/o
adenoids
aer/o
air
ambly/o
dim, dull
angi/o
vessel (blood, lymph)
ankyl/o
stiffness, bent, crooked
arteri/o
artery
arthr/o
joint
atel/o
incomplete, imperfect
ather/o
fatty plaque
blephar/o
eyelid
bronchi/o
bronchus (bronchi)
bronch/o
bronchus (bronchi)
calc/o
calcium
carcin/o
cancer
cardi/o
heart
card/o
heart
caus/o
burning, burn
cephal/o
head
cerebr/o
cerebrum
cervic/o
neck, cervix uteri
col/o
bile, gall
colp/o
vagina
cost/o
ribs
crani/o
cranium
crin/o
secrete
cyan/o
blue
crypt/o
hidden
cyst/o
bladder, cyst, sac of fluid
cyt/o
cell
dermat/o
skin
derm/o
skin
dipl/o
double
diaphor/o
profuse sweating
electr/o
electricity
encephal/o
brain
enter/o
intestine (usually small)
esthesi/o
feeling
erythr/o
red
fasci/o
fascia, band
gastr/o
stomach
gangli/o
ganglion
glauc/o
grey
glyc/o
sugar, sweetness, glucose
glycos/o
sugar, sweetness, glucose
hem/o
blood
hemat/o
blood
hidr/o
sweat