IGL Roots 1 Flashcards
aden/o
gland
arthr/o
joint
bi/o
life
carcin/o
cancer
cardi/o
heart
cephal/o
head
cerebr/o
cerebrum
cis/o
to cut
crin/o
secrete
cyst/o
urinary bladder
cyt/o/o
cell
derm/o
skin
dermat/o
skin
electr/o
electricity
encephal/o
brain
enter/o
intestines
erythr/o
red
gastr/o
stomach
gnos/o
knowledge
gynec
woman/female
hem/o
blood
hemat/o
blood
leuk/o
white
nephr/o
kidney
neur/o
nerve
onc/o
tumor
opthalm/o
eye
oste/o
bone
path/o
disease
ped/o
child
psych/o
mind
radi/o
x-rays
ren/o
kidney
rhin, rrhin
nose
sarc/o
flesh
sect/o
to cut
thromb/o
clot, clotting
ur/o, ure
urine, urinary
abdomin/o
abodmen
adip/o
fat
anter/o
front
bol/o
to cast, throw
cervic/o
neck, uterus
chondr/o, chondri
cartilage
chrom/o, chromato
color
coccyg/o
coccyx
carni/o
skull
cyt/o
cell
dist/o
far
dors/o
back portion of body
hist/o, histi
tissue
ili/o
ilium(part of pelvic bone)
inguin/o
groin
kary/o
nucleus
later/o
side
lumb/o
lower back, loin
medi/o
middle
nucle/o
nucleus
pelv/o
pelvic cavity, hip
poster/o
back, behind
proxim/o
near
sacr/o
sacrum
spin/o
spine, backbone
thel/o
nipple
thorac/o
chest
umbilic/o
navel, umbilicus
ventr/o
belly side of body
vertebr/o
vertebrae
viscer/o
internal organs
acr/o
extremities, top, extreme point
acu/o
sharp, severe, sudden
agor/a
marketplace
amni/o
amnion
angi/o
vessel
arteri/o
artery
axill/o
armpit
blephar/o
eyelid
bronch/o
bronchial tubes
chem/o
drug, chemical
chron/o
time
col/o
colon
hydr/o
water, fluid
isch/o
to hold back
lapr/o
abdomen, abdominal wall
laryng/o
larynx
lymph/o
lymph
mast/o
breast
morph/o
shape, form
muc/o
mucus
myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow
my/o, mys, myos
muscle
necr/o
death, corpse, dead tissue
ot/o
ear
path/o
disease
peritone/o
peritoneum
phag/o
to eat, swallow
plas/o
formation, development
pleur/o
pleura
pneumon/o, pneum
lungs
plumon/o
lungs
rect/o
rectum
sarc/o
flesh
splen/o
spleen
staphyl/o
clusters
strept/o
twisted chains
tonsill/o
tonsils
trache/o
trachea
ven/o
vein
alg
pain
ball, bol, ble
to throw or put
brady
slow
crypt
hidden
drom
running, course
ge
earth
hod, od
road, way
mne
to remember
morph
form
odon, odont
teeth
phor, pher
to bear, to go
plex
stroke
pleg
paralysis
pod, pus
foot
proct
anus, rectum
stol, stal, stle
to send, to contract
stom, stomat
mouth, opening, stomach
trop, trep
to turn, response to stimulus
bul, boul
will
dem
people, country
gam
marriage, union
lecith
yolk
phyll
leaf
phyt
plant, growth
plas(t)
to form, mold
som, somato
body
thec(a)
case, sheath
tom
to cut, section
troph
nourishment, development
zo
animal, living being
acou, acu
to hear
ambly
dull
anth
flower
dactyl
finger, toe
desm
ligament
erg
work
esthe, aesthe
to feel, to perceive
ger, geront
old person, old age
gnath
jaw
graph
to write
hepat, hepar
liver
kine, cine
to move
lex
to read
osm
smell
the
to put, to place
amylgdal
almond, tonsil
andro
man, male
anthrop
man, human being
clad
branch
dynam, dyn
power
eme
to vomit
gymn
naked
gyn(e), gynec, gynaec
female
helic, helix
spinal
iatr
physician, medical treatment
melan
black, dark
olig
few, scanty
phil
to love, have an affinity for
poly
many, much
tars
instep, edge of the eye
amyl
starch
bar
weight, pressure
blenn
mucus
dips
thirst
drephan
sickle
glyc
sugar
hyster
uterus, hysteria
ichthy
fish
irid, iris
iris, rainbow
isch
to supress
lapar
abodomen, flank
lip
fat
phren
mind, diaphragm
py
pus
thanat
death
acanth
thorn, prickle
aer
air, gas
aut
self
cheil, chil
lip
copr
excrement
cry, crym
cold, ice
dacry
tear
helminth
worm
heter
other, different
hygr
moisture
men
moon, menstruation
tac, tax
to arrange, to put in order
actin
ray
argyr
silver
ba
to step, to go, to walk
brom
stench, bromine
chol(e)
bile, gall
clas
to break
crani
cranium, skull
cri
to separate, distinguish
eury(s)
wide
hidro(s)
sweat
lith, lite
stone
myi
fly
prosop
face
orth
straight, correct
pha, phan,
to appear, to show
rhe, rrh
to flow, current
scop
to view
sta
to stand, stop, fix, regulate
styl
pillar
blep
to see
cor(e)
pupil of the eye
cra
to mix
cyan
blue
cye
to be pregnant
galact, gala
milk
idi
one’s own, peculiar, distinct
is
equal, same
lal
to talk
mega, megal
large, one million
mogi
difficult
ne
new, different from
odyn
pain
onych
finger or toenail, claw
pep(s), pept
to digest
pseudo
false
tele
afar, operating at a distance
arachn
spider
astr, aster
star
blast
bud, germ , embryonic cell
chlor
green, chlorine
cocc
berry-shaped organism
coni
dust
eo(s)
dawn or early age, rosy
ly
to loosen, dissolve, break up
mening
membrane
metr
uterus
myc, mycet
fungus
orch(i), orchid
testicle
pan, pant
all, complete
poli
gray
agog(ue)
inducing the flow of, expelling
arch(e)
ancient, beginning, primitive
didym
twin, testicle
gyr
circle, ring
hipp
horse
ischi
hip
lep
to seize
macr
large, long
mel
limb
micro
small, one millionth
narc
stupor
omphal
navel
pex
to fasten
pag
united
platy(s)
broad, flat
sapr
rotten
sial
saliva
sthen
strength
tach(y)
swift
ur
tail
