Root Words Flashcards by Trisidy Fowler

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A-

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not

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Ab-

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away

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Ad-

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toward

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Adip-

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fat

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Anti-

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against

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Arthr-

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joint

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Auto-

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self

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Axill-

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armpit

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Bi-

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two

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Cardi-

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heart

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Cepha-

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head

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Cerebr-

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brain

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Chond-

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cartilage

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-cide

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kill

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Circum-

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around a circle

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-cyte

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cell

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Derm-

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skin

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Digit-

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finger

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Dys-

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difficulty

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Exto- / Exo-

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outside

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-ectomy

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removal

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Endo-

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inside

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Entero-

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intestines

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Erythr-

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red

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Foramen

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hole

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Gastro-

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stomach

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Gen-

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produce

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Gloss-

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tongue

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-graph

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recording

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Hema-

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blood

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Hepa-

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liver

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Hyper-

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extreme

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Hypo-

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low

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Infra-

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below

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Inter-

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between

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-itis

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swelling of

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Labi-

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lip

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Lacrim-

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tear

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Lact-

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milk

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Leuk- / Alb-

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white

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Macro-

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large

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Megalo-

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enlargement

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Mela-

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black

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Meta-

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beyond

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Micro-

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small

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Myo-

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muscle

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Nas-

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nose

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Necr-

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death

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Neur-

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nerve

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Ocul-

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eye

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-ology

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the study of

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-oma

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tumor

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Oo- / Ovi-

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egg

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-opsy

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examination of

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Or(o)-

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mouth

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-osis

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disease

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Oste- / Os-

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bone

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Papill-

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nipple

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-paresis

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slight paralysis

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Path-

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disease

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Pector-

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chest

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Peri-

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around

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-phange

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eat

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-phile

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lover

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-Pod- / -Ped-

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foot

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-poeisis

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production of

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Post-

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after

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Pre-

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before

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Psych-

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mind

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Ptery-

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wing

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Pulmon-

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lung

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Pyr-

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fire

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Quad-

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four

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Re-

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backwards

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Rect-

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straight

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Ren-

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kidney

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-scler

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hardening

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Scoli-

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twisting

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-scopy

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using a camera to view

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Sep-

A

wall

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Semi-

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partially

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-stalsis

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contraction

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-stomy

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medically created hole

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Strat-

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Layers

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Sub-

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below

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Super- / Supra-

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above

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Therm-

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heat

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Thromb-

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clot

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Trans-

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across

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Tri-

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three

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Trich-

A

hair

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-trophy

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nourish

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Vas-

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tubes