Root Words Flashcards
root words
1
Q
Aden/o
A
gland
2
Q
adip/o
A
fat
3
Q
albin/o
A
white
4
Q
aut/o
A
self
5
Q
bi/o
A
biology
6
Q
blephar/o
A
eyelid
7
Q
carcin/o
A
cancer
8
Q
caus/o
A
burn/burning/heat
9
Q
cauter/o
A
burning
10
Q
cis/o
A
to cut
11
Q
cry/o
A
cold
12
Q
cutane/o
A
skin
13
Q
cyan/o
A
blue
14
Q
cyt/o
A
cell
15
Q
derma/a,dermat/o, derma/o
A
skin
16
Q
diaphor/o
A
profuse sweating
17
Q
ecchym/o
A
blood in tissues
18
Q
erythema/o, erythemat/o
A
redness
19
Q
erythr/o
A
red
20
Q
hidr/o
A
sweat
21
Q
hist/o
A
tissue
22
Q
ichthy/o
A
scaly,dry
23
Q
immun/o
A
immune
24
Q
integument/o
A
covering (like skin in the integumentary system)
25
Q
jaund/o
A
yellow
26
Q
keratin/o
A
hard, horned shaped tissue
27
Q
lip/o
A
fat (liposuction)
28
Q
melan/o
A
black
29
Q
myc/o
A
fungus
30
Q
necr/o
A
death
31
Q
onych/o
A
nail
32
Q
papill/o
A
nipple - like
33
Q
pil/o
A
hair
34
Q
Pruitt/o, psor/o
A
itching
35
Q
py/o
A
pus
36
Q
rhytid/o
A
wrinkle
37
Q
scler/o
A
hardening
38
Q
seb/o
A
sebum (oily secretion)
39
Q
squam/o
A
scale
40
Q
steat/o
A
fat
41
Q
trich/o
A
hair
42
Q
ungu/o
A
nail
43
Q
xer/o
A
dry
