Root Words Flashcards by Rachel Lyons

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my/o

A

muscle

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fibr/o

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fiber

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sacr/o

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sacrum

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rhabdomy/o

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skeletal muscle

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cerebr/o

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brain

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aden/o

A

gland

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andr/o

A

male, masculine

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anter/o

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front or before

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arthr/o or articul/o

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joint

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cardi/o

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heart

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cephal/o

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head or skull

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cervic/o

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neck

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chondr/o

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cartilage

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clast/o

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break in pieces

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corp/o

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body

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cost/o

A

ribs

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cox/o

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hip

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cutane/o

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skin

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cyt/o

A

cell

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dors/o

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back or top

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edem/o

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swelling

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fibr/o

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fiber

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gen/o

A

beginning

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genit/o

A

reproduction

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gloss/o

A

tongue

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gnath/o

A

jaw

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hem/o or hemat/o

A

blood

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heter/o

A

different

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histi/o or hist/o

A

tissue

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irid/o

A

iris

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is/o

A

equal

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kary/o

A

nucleus

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later/o

A

side

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lip/o

A

fat

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lys/o

A

destruction

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mast/o

A

mammary gland

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medi/o

A

middle

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muc/o

A

mucus

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myel/o

A

spinal cord or bone marrow

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neur/o

A

nerve

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o/o

A

ovum or egg

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olig/o

A

little or small

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onych/o

A

claw or nail

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oophor/o

A

ovary

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oste/o

A

bone

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os

A

bone

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oss/o

A

bone

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palm/o or palmar/o

A

the back surface of the forelimb distal to carpus

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path/o

A

disease

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phag/o

A

eat

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phleb/o

A

vein

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pil/o

A

hair

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plant/o or plantar/o

A

the back surface of the rear limb distal to the tarsus

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pleur/o

A

thin membrane with two layers that lines the lungs and chest cavity

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pne/o

A

breathe

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pod/o

A

foot

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poster/o

A

rear or behind

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proct/o

A

rectum

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ptyal/o

A

salivary gland

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rhin/o

A

nose

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rostr/o

A

nose

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sarc/o

A

fresh

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sinistr/o

A

left

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skelet/o

A

skeleton

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somat/o

A

body

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steth/o

A

chest

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tars/o

A

tarsus

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ten/o

A

tendon

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tendin/o

A

tendon

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tendon/o

A

tendon

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tenont/o

A

tendon

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trich/o

A

hair

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tuber/o

A

rounded projection

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vacu/o

A

to empty

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vas/o

A

vessel (blood or other fluids

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vascul/o

A

blood vessel

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ventr/o

A

belly

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zo/o

A

animal or living being