Root Words Flashcards
1
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acr/o
A
extremities
2
Q
aden/o
A
gland
3
Q
adip/o
A
fat
4
Q
adren/o
A
adrenal glands
5
Q
aer/o
A
air
6
Q
angi/o
A
vessel
7
Q
anter/o
A
front, anterior
8
Q
aort/o
A
aorta
9
Q
arteri/o
A
artery
10
Q
arthr/o
A
joint
11
Q
audi/o
A
sound
12
Q
bronchi/o
A
bronch/o bronchus
13
Q
calc/o
A
calicum
14
Q
carcin/o
A
cancer
15
Q
cardi/o
A
heart
16
Q
cephal/o
A
head
17
Q
cerebr/o
A
brain, cerebrum
18
Q
chondr/o
A
cartilage
19
Q
col/o
A
colon/o -colon
20
Q
cost/o
A
ribs
21
Q
crani/o
A
cranium, skull
22
Q
cutane/o
A
skin
23
Q
cyan/o
A
blue
24
Q
cyst/o
A
bladder
25
cyt/o
cell
26
dent/o
teeth
27
derm/o
skin
28
dipl/o
double
29
dist/o
far, farthest
30
dors/o
back (of body)
31
encephal/o
brain
32
enter/o
intestine
33
erythr/o
red
34
esophag/o
esophagus
35
gastr/o
stomach
36
gingiv/o
gum
37
gloss/o
tongue
38
gluc/o, glyc/o
sugar, glucose
39
hema, hemat/o, hem/o
blood
40
hepat/o
liver
41
hidr/o
sweat
42
hist/o
tissue
43
hydr/o
water
44
lapar/o
abdominal
45
laryng/o c
larynx (voice box)
46
latr/o
side
47
leuk/o
white
48
lingu/o
tongue
49
lip/o
fat
50
lith/o
stone
51
lumb/o
lower back
52
lymph/o
lymph
53
melan/o
black
54
mening/o
meninges
55
myc/o
fungus
56
myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow
57
my/o
muscle
58
nas/o
nose
59
necr/o
death
60
nephr/o
kidneys
61
neur/o
nerve
62
noct/o
night
63
odont/o
teeth
64
olig/o
scanty, little
65
ophthalm/o, ocul/o, opt/o
eye
66
or/o, stomat/o
mouth
67
orth/o
straight
68
oste/o
bone
69
ot/o
ear
70
pelv/o
pelv/i pelvis
71
phalang/o
fingers and toes
72
pharyng/o
pharynx (throat)
73
phleb/o
vein
74
pleur/o
pleura
75
pneum/o
lung
76
poster/o
back (of body), behind, posterior
77
proxim/o
near, nearest
78
py/o
pus
79
radi/o
x-rays, radiation
80
rhin/o
nose
81
scler/o
hardening, white of eye
82
tend/o
tendons
83
therm/o
heat
84
thorac/o
chest
85
thromb/o
blood clot
86
toxic/o, tox/o
poison
87
trache/o
-trachea (windpipe)
88
ur/o
urine
89
vascul/o
blood vessel
90
vertebr/o
vertebra (backbone)
