General Vocab List Flashcards
1
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Adip/o
A
fat
2
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albin/o, alb/o
A
white
3
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atel/o
A
imperfect, incomplete
4
Q
azo/to
A
nitrogenous compound
5
Q
blast/o
A
budding by cells or tissue
6
Q
calc/e
A
calcium
7
Q
cephal/o
A
head
8
Q
cervic/o
A
1) neck
2) cervix (neck of uterus)
9
Q
cheir/o, chir/o
A
hand
10
Q
chem/o
A
chemistry, drug
11
Q
chlor/o
A
green
12
Q
chrom/o
A
color(ed), pigment
13
Q
chron/o
A
time
14
Q
conio-
A
dust
15
Q
coron/o
A
coronary, crown
16
Q
cry/o
A
cold
17
Q
crypt/o
A
hidden
18
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cyan/o
A
blue
19
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cyt/o
A
cell
20
Q
dactyl/o
A
finger, toe
21
Q
de-
A
away from, cessation
22
Q
dextr/o -
A
right, toward or on the right side
23
Q
ergo
A
work
24
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erythr/o
A
red
25
fibr/o
fiber
26
galact/o
milk
27
genu
knee
28
gnath/o
jaw
29
gonio
angle
30
hist/o
tissue
31
homeo, homoe/o, homoio
similar
32
inguino
groin
33
kal/i
potassium
34
karyo
nucleus, Gr. "nut"
35
kin/e/o
movement
36
lact/i/o
milk
37
.lapara/o
abdomen, abdominal wall
38
lateri-, latero-
to one side, side
39
-lepsis, -lepsy
seizure, attack
40
lepto-
light, slender, thin, frail
41
leuk/o
white
42
levo-
left, toward or on the left side
43
lip/o
fat, lipid, fatty tissue
44
lys/o
dissolution
45
macr/o
long, large
46
mal
bad, abnormal inadequate
47
meg/a
great, large
48
melan/o
black, dark
49
ment/o
chin
50
mes/o
1) middle
| 2) attaching membrane
51
meta-
1) change
| 2) after
52
micr/o
small, short
53
morph/o
form, shape, structure
54
myc/o
fungus
55
myx/o
mucus
56
nas/o
nose
57
natr/i
sodium
58
necr/o
dead
59
nigr-
black
60
odont/o
tooth
61
om/o
shoulder
62
pachy
thick
63
pan, pant/o
all, entire
64
path/o
disease, suffering, feeling, emotion
65
ped/i/o
1) child
| 2) foot
66
peni/a
deficiency
67
phag/o
to eat
68
phili/a
love, tendency toward, liking for
69
phylax
guard
70
polio-
gray
71
porphyr/o, purpur/eo
purple
72
pseud/o
false, temporary, resembling
73
py/o
pus, suppuration
74
pyel/o
pelvis; needs "nephr/o" to infer renal pelvis
75
pyr/o
fever, fire
76
rhin/o
nose
77
rub-, rubr-
red
78
sarc/o
flesh (connective tissue)
79
schisto, schizo
split, divided, cleft
80
sial/o-
saliva, salivary gland
81
sider/o
iron
82
somno
sleep
83
staphyl
grapelike clusters
84
steato
fat
85
stetho
chest
86
trich/o, trichi/a
hair
87
xanth/o
yellow
88
xeno
foreign, strange
89
Zo, zoo
1) animal
| 2) life