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Module 5-Root Words Flashcards

1
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essential component of a word, the basic of medical

words.

A

Root word

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2
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Root words are most derived from

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Greek, Roman/Latin origins (MAIN)

Arabic, Anglo-Saxon, and German.

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Root words can be located:

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Root words can be located:

  • At the beginning of a word (angioedema)
  • In the middle of the word (encephalic)
  • At the end of a word (scleroderma)
  • A combination of root words (phototherapy)
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abdomen

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abdomin/o

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5
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extremity

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acr/o

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gland

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aden/o

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vessel

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angi/o

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artery

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arter/i/o

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joint

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arthr/o

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embryo

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blast/o

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eyelid

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blephar/o

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bronchus

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bronch/i, bronch/o

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calaneous

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calcane/o

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heart

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cardi/o

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carpal, wrist

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carp/o

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head

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cephal/o

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cerebrum

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cerebr/o

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lip

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cheil/o

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bile, gall

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chol/e

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cartilage

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chondr/o

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coccus

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cocc/i

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colon

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col/o

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vagina

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colp/o

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condyle

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condyl/o

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pupil

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core/o, cor/o

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cornea

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corne/o

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ribs

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cost/o

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cranium

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crani/o

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ciliary body

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cycl/o

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bladder, sac

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cyst/o

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cell

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cyt/o

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32
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fingers or toes

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dactyl/o

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tooth

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dent/o

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skin

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derm/o, dermat/o

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duodenum

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duoden/o

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intestine

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enter/o

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esophagus

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esophag/o

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fiber

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fibr/o

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ganglion

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gangli/o

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stomach

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gastr/o

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gums

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gingiv/o

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42
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tongue

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gloss/o

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women

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gynec/o

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blood

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hem/o, hemat/o

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liver

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hepat/o

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sweat

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hidr/o

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humerus

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humer/o

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water

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hydr/o

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uterus

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hyster/o

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ileum

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ile/o

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iris

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irid/o, ir/o

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ischium

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ischi/o

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jejunum

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jejun/o

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cornea

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kerat/o

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tear

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lacrim/o

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larynx

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laryng/o

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fat

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lip/o

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stone, calculus

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lith/o

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loin, lumbar area

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lumb/o

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chin

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ment/o

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muscle

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my/o

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spinal cord, bone marrow

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myel/o

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nose

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nas/o

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kidney

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nephr/o, ren/o, pyel/o

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nerve

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neur/o

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umbilicus, navel

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omphal/o

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nail

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onych/o

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ovary

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oophor/o

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eye

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opthalm/o

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testicles

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orchid/o

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bone

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oste/o

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ear

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ot/o

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pancreas

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pancreat/o

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pelvis

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pelv/i

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digestion

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peps/o, peps/ia

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phalanx

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phalang/o

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pharynx

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pharyng/o

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speech

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phas/o

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veins

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phleb/o

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pleura

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pleur/o

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air, breathing

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pne/o

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lung

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pneum/o, pneumon/o

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foot

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pod/o

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rectum and anus

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proct/o

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mind

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psych/o

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pubis

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pub/o

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pus

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py/o

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rectum

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rect/o

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retina

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retin/o

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nose

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rhin/o

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fallopian tube

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salping/o

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sclera

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scler/o

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sperm

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spermat/o

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spleen

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splen/o

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sternum, breastbone

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stern/o

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mouth

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stomat/o

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thorax, chest

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thorac/o

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trachea

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trache/o

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trauma

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traumat/o

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eardrum

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tympan/o

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urine

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ur/o

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ureter

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ureter/o

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urethra

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urethr/o

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vessel

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vas/o

105
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gut, contents of the abdomen

A

viscer/o

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