root terms Flashcards
A
without
Ab
Away from
Ad
Toward
Adip
fat
Anti
Against
Arthr
joint
auto
self
axill
Armpit
bi
two
cardi
heart
cepha
head
cerebr
brain
Chond
cartilage
cide
to kill
circum
around
cyte
cell
derm
skin
digit
finger, toe
dys
bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
ecto or exo
outer
ectomy
removal
endo
in, within
enter
Intestines
erythr
red blood cell
foramen
a hole
gastro
stomach
gen
creation
gloss
tongue
graph
recording
hema
blood
hepa
liver
hyper
above normal
hypo
below normal
infra
below, inferior
inter
between
itis
inflammation
labi
lips
lacrim
tears
lact
milk
leuk or alb
white
macro
large
megalo
enlargement
mela
black
meta
beyond
micro
small
myo
musscle
nas
nose
necr
death
neur
nerve
ocul
of the eye
ology
the study of
oma
Tumor
oo/ovi
Egg
opsy
examination
or(o)
mouth
osis
a disease
oste/os
bone
papill
nipple-like
paresis
sight paralysis
path
Disease
pector
chest
peri
around
phage
of eating
phile
Lover
pod/ped
feet
poeisis
production
post
behind, after a event
pre
In front of , before
psych
the mind
ptery
wings
pulmon
lungs
pyr
Fire
quad
four
re
backwards
rect
straight up
ren
kidney
scler
hardening
scoli
Twisting
scopy
camera
sep
wall
semi
one-half
stalsis
contractions
stomy
created hole
strat
layers
sub
below
super/supra
above, excessive
therm
heat
thromb
blood clot
trans
through, across
tri
three
trich
Hair
trophy
nourishment
vas
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