Root Words Flashcards by Toria W

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Ventricul/o

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Ventricles; any hollow region inside an organ

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Orch/o

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Testes

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Mening/o

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Meninges

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Ureter/o

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Ureter

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Spondyl/o

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Pertaining to the spine/vertebra

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Men/o

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Menses; menstruation

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Pharyng/o

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Throat; pharynx

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Bucc/o

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Cheek

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Kerat/o

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Cornea; hard

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Tympan/o

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Eardrum

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Cardi/o

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Heart

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Salping/o

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Relating to tubes (fallopian tubes, eustachian tubes)

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Phleb/o

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Vein

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Granul/o

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Small particles; granules

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Chondr/o

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Cartilage

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Lymph/o

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Lymphatic tissue

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Lingu/o/a

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Tongue

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Hyster/o

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Uterus

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Cortic/o

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Cortex

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Enter/o

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Intestine

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Prostat/o

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Prostate

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Necr/o

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Dead

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Dys-

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Painful; faulty

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Optic/o

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Eye; vision

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Audi/o

Hearing

Melan/o

Darkness; blackness

Gastr/o

Stomach

Blephar/o

Eyelid

Ather/o

Fatty deposit; plaque

Cerebell/o

Cerebellum

Jejun/o

Jejunum (part of small intestine)

Thyr/o

Thyroid gland

Esophag/o

Esophagus

Dermat/o

Skin

Col/o

Lower intestine

Dipl/o

Double

Cyt/o

Cell

Cholecyst/o

Gallbladder

Ot/o

Ear

Neutr/o

Neutral

Ren/o

Kidney

Somat/o

Body

Angi/o

Vessel

Pituitar/o

Pituitary gland

Fibr/o

Fibers; fibrous

Mast/o

Breast

Labyrinth/o

A group of complex interconnecting anatomical cavities; inner ear

Hem/o

Blood

Glycos/o

Sugar; glucose

Leuk/o

White

Hepat/o

Liver

Hemat/o

Blood

Arthr/o

Joint

Cutane/o

Skin

Derm/o

Skin

Encephal/o

Brain

Oste/o

Bone

Olig/o

Few; scant

Aort/o

Aorta

Nephr/o

Kidney

Oophor/o

Ovary

Retin/o

Retina

Myel/o

Marrow; spinal cord

Adren/o

Relating to the adrenal glands

Scoli/o

Crooked; bent

Cerebr/o

Brain

Lip/o

Fat

Burs/o

Fluid sac

Erythr/o

Red

Thromb/o

Blood clot; coagulation

Esthesi/o/a

Sensation

Opthalm/o

Eye

Eosin/o

Rosy; red

Mamm/o

Breast

My/o

Muscle

Sanguin/o

Blood

Myring/o

Eardrum

Path/o

Disease

ile/o

Ileum (part of intestine)

Phalang/o

Finger or toe of bone

Arteri/o

Artery

Pyel/o

Renal; pelvis