Medical Root Words Flashcards by Genesis Ulloa

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A-

A

Not

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Ab-

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Away

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Ad-

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Toward

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Arthr-

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Joints

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Adip-

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Fat

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Anti-

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Against

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Auto-

A

Self

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Axill-

A

Armpit

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Bi-

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Two

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Cardi-

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Heart

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Cepha-

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Head

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Cerebr-

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Brain

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Chord-

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Cartilage

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Cide-

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Kill

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Circum-

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Around a circle

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-Cyte

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Cell

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Derm-

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Skin

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Digit-

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Fingers

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Dys-

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Difficulty

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Ecto- or Exo-

A

Outside

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-Ectomy

A

Removal

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Endo-

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Inside

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Entero-

A

Intestines

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Erythr-

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Red

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Foramen

Hole

Gastro-

Stomach

Gen-

Produce

Gloss-

Tongue

-Grapg

Recording

Hepa-

Liver

Hema-

Blood

Hyper-

Extreme

Hypo-

Low

Infra-

Below

Inter-

Between

-Itis

Swelling of

Lacrim-

Tear

Lact-

Milk

Labi-

Lip

Macro-

Large

Mela-

Black

Leuk- or Alb-

White

Megalo-

Enlargement

Meta-

Beyond

Micro-

Small

Myo-

Muscle

Nas-

Nose

Necr-

Death

Neur-

Nerve

Ocul-

Eye

-Ology

Study of

-Opsy

Examination

-Oma

Tumor

Oo-/Ovi-

Egg

Or(o)-

Mouth

-Paresis

Sight Paralysis

Papill-

Nipple

-Osis

Disease

Oste-/Os

Bone

Pector-

Chest

Path-

Disease

Peri-

Around

-Phile

Lover

-Phage

East

Pre-

Before

-Poeisis

Production of

-Pod-/-Ped-

Foot

Post-

After

Psych-

Mind

Ptery-

Wing

Pulmon-

Lung

Pyr-

Fire

Quad-

Four

Re-

Backwards

Rect-

Straight

Ren-

Kidney

-Scler

Hardening

Scoli-

Twisting

-Scopy

Camera to view

Sep-

Wall

Semi-

Partially

-Stalsis

Contraction

-Stormy

Medically created hole

Strat-

Layers

Sub-

Below

Super-/Supra-

Above

Therm-

Heat

Thromb-

Clot

Trans-

Across

Tri-

Three

Trich-

Hair

-Trophy

Nourish

Vas-

Tubes