IGL Roots 2 Flashcards
an-
anus, rectum
bucc-
cheek
celi-
belly, abdomen
cholecyst-
gallbladder
choledoch-
bile duct
dent-
tooth
gingiv-
gums
labi-
lip
lapar-
abdomen
lingu-
tongue
mandibul-
jaw
or-
mouth
pharyng-
throat
sialaden-
salivary gland
amyl-
starch
bil-
gall, bile
chol-
gall, bile
cali-, calic-
calyx (cup-like collecting region of renal pelvis)
cyst-
urinary bladder
glomerul-
glomeruli (collection of capillaries)
meat-
meatus (opening, canal)
nephr-
kidney
pyel-
renal pelvis
ren-
kidney
trigon-
trigone (region of bladder where ureters enter and urethra exits)
ureter-
ureters (carry urine from kidney to bladder)
urethr-
urethra (carries urine from bladder to meatus)
vesic-
urinary bladder
azot-
nitrogen
bacteri-
bacteria
dips-
thirst
ket-, keton-
ketone bodies, acids
noct-
night
olig-
few, scanty
py-
pus
amni-
amnion
cervic-
cervix, neck
chori-
chorion
colp-
vagina
episi-
vulva
galact-
milk
gynec-
woman, female
hyster-
uterus
lact-
milk
mamm-
breast
mast-
breast
men-
menstruation
metr-, metri-
uterus
my-
muscle
myom-
muscle tumor
nat-
birth
o-, oo-
egg
oophor-
ovary
ov-, ovul-
egg
perine-
perinium
salping-
uterine tubes, oviducts, fallopian tubes
uter-
uterus
vagin-
vagina
vulv-
vulva
asc-
bag, sac
branchi-
gills
carp-
fruit
cele-
hernia, swelling
colp-
vagina
gen(e)-, gon-
to be produced, to produce
heli-
sun
mer-
part, segment
nyct-
night
onym-
name
pachy-
thick
pen-
deficient, want
phleb-
vein
phthi-
to waste away
phyc-
seaweed, algae
pto-
to fall
saur-
lizard
xanth-
yellow
agra-
painful
brachi-
arm
cente-
to puncture
chir-, cheir-
hand
cel(i)-, coel-, -coel
cavity, abdominal cavity
dendr-
tree
hyal-
glass, vitreous body of the eye
laryng-
larynx, throat
lei-
smooth
malac-
soft
mastig-, mastix-
whip, flagellum
mis-
hate
pter-, pteryc(i)-
wing, fin
schiz-, schis(t)-
to split
splanchn-
entrails, viscera
thi-
sulfur
thorac-
chest, thorax
tox-
poison
trich-, thrix-
hair (cilia, flagella)
xer-
dry
all-
other, different
ankyl-
bent, stiff, adhesions of parts
cycl-
circle, wheel, ciliary body of the eye
er-, erot-
love (sexual)
geny-
jaw, cheek
geni-
chin
hol-
whole, entire
hom-, home-
same, similar
hypn-
sleep
ide-
idea, mental image
leuk-, leuc-
white
ont-
being, individual
phyl-
race, class
pyel-
pelvis
pyg-
buttocks
stear-, steat-
fat, tallow
strept-, stroph-
turned, twisted
thall-
young shoot
thym-
mind, emotions
trib-, trip-
to rub, crush
zyg-
yoke
hemi-
half
mon-
single, one
prot-
first, original, primitive
di-
twice, double
dich-
in two
deut-, deuter-
second
tri-
three
tetr(a)-
four
pent(a)-
five
hex(a)-
six
hept(a)-
seven
oct(a)-
eight
enne(a)-
nine
dec(a)-
ten
hect(a)-
hundred
kilo-
one thousand
brachy-
short
cac-, kak-
bad
cau-, caus-, caut-
to burn
cli-, clei-, cleist-
to close, closed
cly(s)-
to wash
crot-
pulse, beat
dolich-
long
ede-
to swell
lept-
thin, delicate
log-
word, speech, reason
mes-
middle
myx-
mucus, slime
oxy-, ox-
sharp, acid, oxygen
petr-
rock
phon-
sound, voice
phot-
light
presby-
old
pyr-, pyret-, pyrex
fire, fever
rhiz-, rrhiz-
root
glauc-
silvery, gray-green
gon(y)-, gonat-
knee
(h)apt-, (h)aph-
to touch, sense of touch
kary-, cary-
nucleus, nut
kerrat-, cerat-, ker-, cer-
horn, horny tissue, cornea
lepid-
scale
nem-, nemat-
thread
nos-
disease
onc-, oncus-
tumor, swelling
phra-
to speak
pneum-, pneumat-
air, gas
pneumon-, pneum-
lung
phylac(t)-
to guard, to protect
porphyr-
purple
sarc-
flesh
scler-
hard
sep-
to rot, purify
sit-
food
splen-
spleen
sten-
narrow
stere-
solid, three-dimensional
cyn-
dog
hapl-
single
kyn-, cym-
wave
lemm(a)-
sheath, husk, membrane
loph-
crest, ridge, tuft
lymph-
water, lymph
mit-
thread
ornis-, ornith-
bird
pha-
to speak
phem-
voice
phrag(m)-
to block, to wall up
plan-
wandering
pleur-
side, rib, pleura
plo-
folded, fold
pne(a)-, pneust-
breathing
rhaph-, rrhaph-
to sew, to suture
spa-
to draw, to jerk
staphyl-
bunch of grapes, uvula
steth-
chest
xen-
host, stranger, foreigner
balan-
acorn, glans penis
bry-
moss
camp(t)-, campyl-
bent
carp-
wrist
cerc-
tail
cleid-
clavicle
doch-
to take or receive (duct)
ech-
echo, repetition
gangli-
mass of nerve tissue, small cyst or swelling
gli-
glue (support)
in-
fiber, muscle
rhach(i)-, rach(i)-, rrhach-
spine
rrhag-
excessive discharge, usually of blood
sphygm-
pulse
spondyl-
vertebra
stern-
chest, breastbone
thel-
nipple
toc-, tok-
childbirth
tre(t)-
to bore, to perforate
adelph-
brother (sibling)
ancon-
elbow
calypt(r)-
hidden
chord-
cord
chor(i)-
fetal membrane (chorion), tunic of eyeball (choroid)
clon(us)-
muscle spasm
coll(a)-
glue
ec-, oec-, oek-, oik-
house, enclosure
oic-
surroundings
not-
the back
om-
shoulder
opisth-
behind
phy-
to grow
por-
passage, pore
pty-
to spit
ptyal-
saliva
rhabd-
rod
spor-
seed, spore
stig-
pricking, mark, point
tel(e)-
completion, end, purpose
troch-
wheel, disk
xyl-
wood
alex-
to ward off
antr-
cavity, sinus
bronch(i)-
air tube
chlamyd-
cloak, enevelope
chym-, chyl-
juice
condyl-
knob, knuckle
corm-
trunk of tree or body
gon(i)-
angle
hal-
salt
pali(n)-
again, back
poikil-
varied, irregular, mottled
pycn-, pykn-
thick, frequent
pyl(e)-
gate, entrance
sperm(a)-, spermat-
seed, sperm
sphen-
wedge
spir-
coil
syring-, syrinx-
pipe, tube
ta-
to stretch
ton-
stretching, tension
trachel-
neck