Root Words Flashcards
aden/o
gland
arthr/o
joint
bi/o
life
carcin/o
cancer
cardi/o
heart
cephal/o
head
cerebr/o
cerebrum (largest part of the brain)
cis/o
to cut
crin/o
to secrete (to form and give off)
cyst/o
urinary bladder; a sac or a cyst (sac containing fluid)
cyt/o
cell
derm/o, dermat/o
skin
electr/o
electricity
encephal/o
brain
enter/o
intestines (usually the small intestine)
erythr/o
red
gastr/o
stomach
glyc/o
sugar
gnos/o
knowledge
gynec/o
female
hem/o, hemat/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 (cancerous)
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 (connective tissue)
sect/o
to cut
thromb/o
clot, clotting
ur/o
urinary tract, urine
abdomin/o
abdomen
acr/o
extremities, top, extreme point
acu/o
sharp, severe, sudden
adip/o
fat
amni/o
amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)
angi/o
vessel
arteri/o
artery
axill/o
armpit
blephar/o
eyelid
bronch/o
bronchial tubes (2 tubes that branch from the trachea to enter the lungs)
chem/o
drug, chemical
chondr/
cartilage
chron/o
time
col/o
colon (large intestine)
hydr/o
water, fluid
inguin/o
groin
isch/o
to hold back
lapar/o
abdomen, abdomen wall
laryng/o
layrnx
lymph/o
lymph
mamm/o
breast
mast/o
breast
morph/o
shape, form
muc/o
mucus
my/o
muscle
myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow
necr/o
death (of cells or whole body)
neutr/o
neutrophil (a kind of white blood cell)
nucle/o
nucleus
ot/o
ear
peritone/o
peritoneum (membrane lining abdomen cavity)
phag/o
to eat, swallow
phleb/o
vein
plas/o
formation, development
pleur/o
pleura (membrane surrounding lungs
pneumon/o
lungs
pulmon/o
lungs
rect/o
rectum
splen/o
spleen
staphyl/o
clusters
strept/o
twisted chains
thorac/o
chest
tonsil/o
tonsils
trache/o
trachea
ven/o
vein
omphal/o
umbilicus, navel
eosin/o
rosy
bas/o
basic [think blue granulocyte]
carp/o
wrist bones
cost/o
rib
cutane/o
skin
dactyl/o
fingers/toes
duct/o
to lead, carry
flex/o
to bend
gloss/o
tongue
immun/o
protection
mort/o
death
nat/o
birth
norm/o
rule, order
ox/o
oxygen
pub/o
pubis (pubic bone); anterior (front) portion of pelvic or hipbone
seps/o
infection
somn/o
sleep
son/o
sound
the/o
to put, place
thel/o, theli/o
nipple
thyr/o
thyroid gland; shield (shape of thyroid gland)
top/o
place, position, location
tox/o
poison
urethr/o
urethra
anter/o
front
cervic/o
neck; cervix (neck of uterus)
chrom/o
color
coccyg/o
coccyx (tailbone)
crani/o
skull
dist/o
far; distant
dors/o
back (of body)
hist/o, histi/o
tissue
ili/o
ilium (broad bone forming upper part of the pelvis)
kary/o
nucleus
later/o
side
lumb/o
lower back; loin
medi/o
middle
pelv/i
pelvis; hip region
poster/o
back (of body) behind
proxim/o
near
sacr/o
sacrum
spin/o
spine
umbilic/o
umbilicus (navel)
ventr/o
belly side of body
vertebr/o
vertebra
bartholin/o
Bartholin glands
chori/o, chorion/o
chorion
colp/o
vagina
culd/o
cul-de-sac
episi/o
vulva
galact/o
milk
gynec/o
woman
hyster/o
uterus
lact/o
milk
mamm/o
breast
mast/o
breast
men/o
menses
metr/o, metri/o
uterus
myom/o
muscle tumor
nat/i
birth
obstetr/o
pregnancy
olig/o
scanty
o/o
egg
oophor/o
ovary
ov/o
egg
ovari/o
ovary
ovul/o
egg
perine/o
perineum
phor/o
to bear
py/o
pus
salping/o
fallopian tubes
uter/o
uterus
vagin/o
vagina
vulv/o
vulva
andr/o
male
balan/o
glans penis
cry/o
cold
crypt/o
hidden
epididym/o
epididymis
gon/o
seed
orch/o, orchi/o, orchid/o
testis
pen/o
penis
prostat/o
prostate gland
semin/i
semen
sperm/o, spermat/o
spermatozoa
terat/o
monster
test/o
testis
varic/o
varicose veins
vas/o
vessel
zo/o
animal life
