Root Word 1 Flashcards
1
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aden/o
A
gland
2
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arthr/o
A
joint
3
Q
bi/o
A
life
4
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carcin/o
A
cancerous, cancer
5
Q
cardi/o
A
heart
6
Q
cephal/o
A
head
7
Q
cerebr/o
A
cerebrum
8
Q
cis/o
A
to cut
9
Q
crin/o
A
to secrete
10
Q
cyst/o
A
urinary bladder; a sac or a cyst
11
Q
cyt/o
A
cell
12
Q
derm/o and dermat/o
A
skin
13
Q
electr/o
A
electricity
14
Q
encephal/o
A
brain
15
Q
enter/o
A
intestines
16
Q
erythr/o
A
red
17
Q
gastr/o
A
stomach
18
Q
glyc/o
A
sugar
19
Q
gnos/o
A
knowledge
20
Q
gynec/o
A
woman, female
21
Q
hemat/o; hem/o
A
blood
22
Q
hepat/o
A
liver
23
Q
iatr/o
A
treatment, physician
24
Q
leuk/o
A
white
25
log/o
study of
26
nephr/o
kidney
27
neur/o
nerve
28
onc/o
tumor, mass, swelling
29
ophthalm/o
eye
30
oste/o
bone
31
path/o
disease
32
ped/o
child
33
psych/o
mind
34
radi/o
x-rays
35
ren/o
kidney
36
rhin/o
nose
37
sarc/o
flesh
38
sect/o
to cut
39
thromb/o
clot, clotting
40
ur/o
urinary tract, urine
41
arteri/o
artery
42
audi/o
hearing
43
blephar/o
eyelid
44
bucc/o
cheek
45
burs/o
bursa
46
calc/i, calc/o
stone
47
cervic/o
neck, neck of an organ
48
cholecyst/o
gallbladder
49
conjunctiv/o
conjunctiva
50
cost/o
rib
51
crani/o
skull
52
cutane/o
skin
53
cyan/o
blue
54
dors/o
back
55
fasci/o
fibrous tissue
56
fibr/o
connective tissue
57
gingiv/o
gums
58
hist/o
tissue
59
hyster/o
uterus, (hysterical, crazy)
60
ir/o
iris
61
kal/i
potassium
62
lacrim/o
tear
63
lamin/o
lamina
64
lapar/o
abdomen
65
lip/o
fat
66
metr/o
uterus
67
myel/o
spinal cord
68
my/o
muscle
69
myc/o
fungus
70
opt/o
vision
71
ophth/o, ophthalmo
eye
72
pector/o
chest
73
pneumon/o
air
74
pulmon/o
air, lung
75
retin/o
retina
76
synovi/o
lining of the joint
77
tend/o
tendon
78
ven/o
vein
