Medical Root Words Flashcards

1
Q

A-

A

Not

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Ab-

A

Away

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3
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Ad-

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Toward

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4
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Arthr-

A

Joints

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5
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Adip-

A

Fat

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Anti-

A

Against

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7
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Auto-

A

Self

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8
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Axill-

A

Armpit

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8
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Bi-

A

Two

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9
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Cardi-

A

Heart

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10
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Cepha-

A

Head

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11
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Cerebr-

A

Brain

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12
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Chord-

A

Cartilage

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13
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Cide-

A

Kill

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14
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Circum-

A

Around a circle

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15
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-Cyte

A

Cell

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16
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Derm-

A

Skin

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17
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Digit-

A

Fingers

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18
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Dys-

A

Difficulty

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19
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Ecto- or Exo-

A

Outside

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20
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-Ectomy

A

Removal

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21
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Endo-

A

Inside

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22
Q

Entero-

A

Intestines

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23
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Erythr-

A

Red

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24
Q

Foramen

A

Hole

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25
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Gastro-

A

Stomach

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26
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Gen-

A

Produce

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27
Q

Gloss-

A

Tongue

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28
Q

-Grapg

A

Recording

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28
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Hepa-

A

Liver

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29
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Hema-

A

Blood

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30
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Hyper-

A

Extreme

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31
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Hypo-

A

Low

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32
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Infra-

A

Below

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33
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Inter-

A

Between

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33
Q

-Itis

A

Swelling of

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34
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Lacrim-

A

Tear

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35
Q

Lact-

A

Milk

35
Q

Labi-

A

Lip

36
Q

Macro-

A

Large

37
Q

Mela-

A

Black

37
Q

Leuk- or Alb-

A

White

37
Q

Megalo-

A

Enlargement

38
Q

Meta-

A

Beyond

38
Q

Micro-

A

Small

39
Q

Myo-

A

Muscle

40
Q

Nas-

A

Nose

40
Q

Necr-

A

Death

41
Q

Neur-

A

Nerve

41
Q

Ocul-

A

Eye

41
Q

-Ology

A

Study of

41
Q

-Opsy

A

Examination

42
Q

-Oma

A

Tumor

42
Q

Oo-/Ovi-

A

Egg

43
Q

Or(o)-

A

Mouth

43
Q

-Paresis

A

Sight Paralysis

43
Q

Papill-

A

Nipple

43
Q

-Osis

A

Disease

44
Q

Oste-/Os

A

Bone

44
Q

Pector-

A

Chest

44
Q

Path-

A

Disease

44
Q

Peri-

A

Around

45
Q

-Phile

A

Lover

45
Q

-Phage

A

East

46
Q

Pre-

A

Before

47
Q

-Poeisis

A

Production of

47
Q

-Pod-/-Ped-

A

Foot

48
Q

Post-

A

After

49
Q

Psych-

A

Mind

50
Q

Ptery-

A

Wing

51
Q

Pulmon-

A

Lung

52
Q

Pyr-

A

Fire

53
Q

Quad-

A

Four

54
Q

Re-

A

Backwards

55
Q

Rect-

A

Straight

56
Q

Ren-

A

Kidney

57
Q

-Scler

A

Hardening

58
Q

Scoli-

A

Twisting

59
Q

-Scopy

A

Camera to view

60
Q

Sep-

A

Wall

61
Q

Semi-

A

Partially

62
Q

-Stalsis

A

Contraction

63
Q

-Stormy

A

Medically created hole

64
Q

Strat-

A

Layers

65
Q

Sub-

A

Below

66
Q

Super-/Supra-

A

Above

67
Q

Therm-

A

Heat

68
Q

Thromb-

A

Clot

69
Q

Trans-

A

Across

70
Q

Tri-

A

Three

70
Q

Trich-

A

Hair

71
Q

-Trophy

A

Nourish

72
Q

Vas-

A

Tubes