Medical Terminology Unit 1 - Roots Flashcards
1
Q
caud/o
A
tail
2
Q
cardi/o
A
heart
3
Q
carcin/o
A
cancer
4
Q
carc/i
A
cancer
5
Q
blast/o
A
rapidly dividing cell, immature cell, building cell
6
Q
bio
A
life
7
Q
bacteri/o
A
bacteria
8
Q
arthr/o
A
joint
9
Q
angi-
A
lymph or blood vessel
10
Q
cephal/o
A
head
11
Q
chole
A
bile
12
Q
cyst/o
A
bladder; fluid-filled space
13
Q
cyt/o
A
cell
14
Q
encephal/o
A
inside the head
15
Q
eti/o
A
cause; origin
16
Q
gastr/o
A
stomach
17
Q
gen/o
A
cause; origin; creating
18
Q
genetic
A
inheritance
19
Q
hem/o
A
blood
20
Q
hemat/o
A
blood
21
Q
heapt/o
A
liver
22
Q
hydr/o
A
water
23
Q
morph/o
A
change
24
Q
musucl/o
A
muscle
25
my/o
muscle
26
myc/o
fungus
27
necr/o
death
28
nucle/o
inner part
29
neur/o
nerve; nervous system
30
orth/o
straight
31
oste/o
bone
32
path/o
disease
33
ped/o
children
34
phag/o
eat
35
plas/o
formation
36
py/o
pus
37
sarc/o
muscle, flesh
38
scler/o
hard; hardening
39
sten/o
abnormal narrowing of an opening
40
stoma
mouth
41
stomat/o
mouth
42
therm/o
temperature
43
thora, thorac/o
chest (including upper back)
44
troph/o
nourishment
45
trop/o
moving towards or acting on
46
ur/o
urine
47
valvul/o
valve
