Root Words Flashcards

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Root word of: xanth

A

Yellow

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Root word of: vit

A

Life

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Root word of: vis

A

Seeing, sight

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Root word of: ven

A

Vein

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Root word of: vascul

A

Blood vessel, little vessel

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Root word of: valv, valvul

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Valve

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Root word of: trach, trache

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Trachea, windpipe

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Root word of: thorac

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Thorax, chest

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Root word of: thromb

A

Clot

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Root word of: therm

A

Heat

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Root word of: splen

A

Spleen

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12
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Root word of: scler

A

Sclera, white of the eye, hard

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Root word of: noct, nyct

A

Night

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Root word of: nephr

A

Kidney

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Root word of: neur

A

Nerve

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Root word of: necr

A

Death (cells/body)

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17
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Root word of: myel

A

Bone marrow, spinal cord

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Root word of: mes, meso

A

Middle

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Root word of: mening

A

Meninges

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20
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Root word of: melan

A

Black

21
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Root word of: lip

A

Fat

22
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Root word of: leuk

A

White

23
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Root word of: laryng

A

Larynx

24
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Root word of: lapar

A

Abdomen

25
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Root word of: hydr

A

Water

26
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Root word of: hidr

A

Sweat

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Root word of: hepat

A

Liver

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Root word of: hem, hemat

A

Blood

29
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Root word of: glyc, glycos

A

Sugar, glucose

30
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Root word of: enter

A

Intestines (usually small intestine)

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Root word of: encephal

A

Brain

32
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Root word of: edema

A

Swelling

33
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Root word of: cyt, cyte

A

Cell

34
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Root word of: cyst

A

Bladder, sac

35
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Root word of: cyan

A

Blue

36
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Root word of: crani

A

Cranium, skull

37
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Root word of: col

A

Colon, large intestine

38
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Root word of: cervic

A

Neck, cervix

39
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Root word of: cerebr

A

Cerebrum, brain

40
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Root word of: cephal

A

Head

41
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Root word of: cardi

A

Heart

42
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Root word of: bronch

A

Airway, bronchus

43
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Root word of: blephar

A

Eyelid

44
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Root word of: bio

A

Life

45
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Root word of: arthr

A

Joint

46
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Root word of: appendic

A

Appendix

47
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Root word of: angi

A

(Blood) vessel, (lymph) vessel

48
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Root word of: adren, adrenal

A

Adrenal gland

49
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Root word of: aden

A

Gland