Root Words Flashcards by Savannah Seiverth

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acro

A

extremity

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ambi

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both

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bio

A

life

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cephalo

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head

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cordo

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cord

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encephalo

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brain

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karyo

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cell’s nucleus

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lemma

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rind

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lord

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bending

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ment

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mind

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metr

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to measure

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scop

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to examine

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spondylo

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vertebra

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tendo

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tendon

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tentori

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tentorium, tent

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ulno

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elbow

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vago

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wandering

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stomato

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mouth

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dento

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teeth

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glosso/linguo

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tongue

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gingivo

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gums

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encephalo

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brain

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gastro

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stomach

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entero

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intestine

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colo

A

large intestine

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procto

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anus/rectum

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hepato

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liver

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nephro/rene

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kidney

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orchido

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testis

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oophoro

A

ovary

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hystero/metro

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uterus

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salpingo

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uterine tubes

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dermo

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skin

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masto/mammo

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breast

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osteo

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bones

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cardio

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heart

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cysto

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bladder

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rhino

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nose

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phlebo/veno

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veins

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pneumo/pulmo

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lung

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hemo/emia

A

blood

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aden/o

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gland

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lip/o

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fat

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my/o

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muscle

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lymph/o

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lymph tissue

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carcin/o

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malignant

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osteo/o

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bone

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cardi/o

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heart

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brady

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slow

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tachy

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fast

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angi/o

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vessel

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cephal/o

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head

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encephal/o

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inside the head (brain)

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mening/o

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membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord

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myel/o

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spinal cord

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neur/o

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nerve

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dys

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difficult, painful, abnormal

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chol/e

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gall, bile

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emes/o

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vomit

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lith/o

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stone

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lapar/o

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abdominal wall

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laryng/o

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larynx, “voice box”

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trache/o

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trachea, “windpipe”

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bronch/o

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lung air passageways

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pne/u

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breath, air, lung

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pulmo

A

lung

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hydro

A

water

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pyel/o

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renal collecting ducts

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ur/o

A

urine

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olig/o

A

scanty, less than normal

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orchid/o

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testes

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test/o

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testes

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balan/o

A

head of the penis

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andro/o

A

male

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prostat/o

A

prostate

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vas/o

A

vessel, duct

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salping/o

A

uterine tube

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colp/o

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vagina

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oophor/o

A

ovary

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men/o

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menstruation

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momm/o, mast/o

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breast

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coitus

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intercourse

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part/o

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labor/birth/delivery

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toc/o

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labor/birth/delivery

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chondr/o

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cartilage

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arthr/o

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joint

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myel/o

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bone marrow

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ten/o

A

tendon (binds muscle to bone)

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tendin/o

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tendon (binds muscle to bone)

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ligament/o

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ligament (binds bone to bone)

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burs/o

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bursa, “bag”, shock absorber between tendons and bones