Root Word 1 Flashcards
aden/o
gland
arthr/o
joint
bi/o
life
carcin/o
cancerous, cancer
cardi/o
heart
cephal/o
head
cerebr/o
cerebrum
cis/o
to cut
crin/o
to secrete
cyst/o
urinary bladder; a sac or a cyst
cyt/o
cell
derm/o and dermat/o
skin
electr/o
electricity
encephal/o
brain
enter/o
intestines
erythr/o
red
gastr/o
stomach
glyc/o
sugar
gnos/o
knowledge
gynec/o
woman, female
hemat/o; hem/o
blood
hepat/o
liver
iatr/o
treatment, physician
leuk/o
white
log/o
study of
nephr/o
kidney
neur/o
nerve
onc/o
tumor, mass, swelling
ophthalm/o
eye
oste/o
bone
path/o
disease
ped/o
child
psych/o
mind
radi/o
x-rays
ren/o
kidney
rhin/o
nose
sarc/o
flesh
sect/o
to cut
thromb/o
clot, clotting
ur/o
urinary tract, urine
arteri/o
artery
audi/o
hearing
blephar/o
eyelid
bucc/o
cheek
burs/o
bursa
calc/i, calc/o
stone
cervic/o
neck, neck of an organ
cholecyst/o
gallbladder
conjunctiv/o
conjunctiva
cost/o
rib
crani/o
skull
cutane/o
skin
cyan/o
blue
dors/o
back
fasci/o
fibrous tissue
fibr/o
connective tissue
gingiv/o
gums
hist/o
tissue
hyster/o
uterus, (hysterical, crazy)
ir/o
iris
kal/i
potassium
lacrim/o
tear
lamin/o
lamina
lapar/o
abdomen
lip/o
fat
metr/o
uterus
myel/o
spinal cord
my/o
muscle
myc/o
fungus
opt/o
vision
ophth/o, ophthalmo
eye
pector/o
chest
pneumon/o
air
pulmon/o
air, lung
retin/o
retina
synovi/o
lining of the joint
tend/o
tendon
ven/o
vein