Medical Terminology Root Words Flashcards by Kdance b

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Tens/o

A

Stretch out, extend, strain

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Arteri/o

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Artery

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Path/o

A

Disease, suffering, feeling, emotion

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Crani/o

A

Skull

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Poli/o

A

Grey

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Cyan/o

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Blue

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Erythr/o

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Red

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Leuk/o

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White

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Melan/o

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Black

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Cost/o

A

Ribs

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Enter/o

A

Small intestine

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Rhin/o

A

Nose

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Ot/o

A

Ear

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Neur/o

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Nerve, nervous system

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Laryng/o

A

Larynx or throat

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Oste/o

A

Bone

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Arthr/o

A

Joint

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Ather/o

A

Plaque or fatty substance

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My/o

A

Muscle

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Myel/o

A

Spinal cord or bone marrow

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Myc/o

A

Fungus

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Aden/o

A

Gland

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Adip/o

A

Fat

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Anter/o

A

Before, front

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Caud/o

A

Lower part of body, tail

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Cephal/o

A

Head

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Cyt/o

A

Cell

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Hist/o

A

Tissue

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Plas/i, plas/o, -plasia

A

Development, growth, formation

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Poster/o

A

Behind, toward the back

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Physi/o

A

Nature or physical

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Ventr

A

Belly side of the body

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Dors

A

Back of the body

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Megal/o

A

Large, great

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Periton

A

Peritoneum

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Home/o

A

Constant

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Carcin

A

Cancerous

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Idi/o

A

Peculiar

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Chondr/i

A

Cartilage

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Lumb

A

Lower back

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Ili

A

Hip bone

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Embry/o

A

Fertilized ovum

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Gene

A

Producing

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Dem/i

A

Population

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Tele

A

Distant

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Ankyl/o

A

Crooked, bent, stiff

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Burs/o

A

Bursa

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Chondr/o

A

Cartilage

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Kyph/o

A

Bent/hump

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Lord/o

A

Curve, swayback, bent

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Oss/e

A

Bone

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Oss/i

A

Bone

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Ost/o

A

Bone

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Scoli/o

A

Curved, bent

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Spondyl/o

A

Vertebrae, vertebral column or backbone

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Synovi/o

A

Synovial membrane, synovial fluid

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Synov/o

A

Synovial membrane, synovial fluid