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Root words Flashcards

1
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actino-

A

ray, radiated structure

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adipo

A

fat

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aer-

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air, gas

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4
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aneurys

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widening

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5
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ankyl-

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crooked, attached

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6
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blast

A

bud, germ (osteoblast)

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7
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blenno

A

mucus

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8
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bucc

A

cheek

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9
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clas

A

smash, break

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10
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cyt-

A

cell

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11
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gero-

A

aged (gerontology)

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12
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gust

A

taste

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13
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iatro

A

medicine, physician

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14
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ictero

A

jaundice

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15
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kinesio

A

movement

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16
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macro

A

large, long

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17
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mal

A

ill, bad

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18
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megalo-

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large

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19
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myco-

A

fungi

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20
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myx-

A

mucus

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21
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nocto-, nycto

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night

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22
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oligo

A

few, little

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23
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pachy-

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thick

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24
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paleo

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old

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25
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pedia

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child

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26
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pedo-, pod-

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foot

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27
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phago

A

devour, eat

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28
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platy

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flat, broad

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29
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pur-, pyo-

A

pus

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scirrh-, scler-

A

hard

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31
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sphygmo-

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pulse

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32
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splanchn

A

viscera

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33
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staphylo-

A

grapelike cluster

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34
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stear-, steat-

A

fat

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35
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steno-

A

narrow, contracted (stenosis)

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36
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sthen

A

strength (myasthenia)

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37
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micro-

A

small

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38
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muco-

A

mucous

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39
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strepto-

A

twisted, vurved

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40
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viscer

A

organ

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41
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angio-

A

vessel

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42
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arterio-

A

artery

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43
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cardio-

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heart

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44
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hema, hemo, sangui-

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blood

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45
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bili-, chol-

A

bile

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46
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col-

A

colon

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47
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entero-

A

intestine

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48
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gloss-

A

tongue

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49
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oro-, stoma-

A

mouth

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50
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procto-

A

rectum

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51
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acro-

A

extremity

52
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chondr-

A

cartilage

53
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dactylo-

A

finger, toe

54
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myel-

A

marrow

55
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cutis-, derm-

A

skin

56
Q

pilo-, tricho-

A

hair

57
Q

varico-

A

dilated vein

58
Q

vaso-

A

vessel, duct

59
Q

phlebo-, veni-

A

vein

60
Q

cheil-, labio-

A

lip

61
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dent-, odont-

A

tooth

62
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gastro-

A

stomach

63
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hepato-

A

liver

64
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pharyngo-

A

pharynx

65
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pyloro-, sial-

A

pylorus, gatekeeper

66
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arth-

A

joint

67
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costa-

A

rib

68
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myo-

A

muscle

69
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spondyl-

A

vertebra

70
Q

onych-

A

nail

71
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seb-, sebi-

A

sebum, sebaceous

72
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omphalo-

A

navel

73
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naso-, rhino-

A

nose

74
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pleuro

A

pleura, side, rib

75
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pneum

A

air, lung

76
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thoraco-

A

chest

77
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sino-

A

sinus

78
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phreno-

A

diaphragm

79
Q

pneo

A

breath, breathing

80
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pulmo-

A

lung

81
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tracheo-

A

trachea

82
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spiro-

A

coil, breathe (spirometer)

83
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colpo-

A

vagina

84
Q

gravi-

A

pregnant

85
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masto-

A

breast

86
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oophor-

A

ovary

87
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para-

A

to bear

88
Q

galact-

A

milk

89
Q

hyter-

A

uterus

90
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meno-

A

menses

91
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orchi-

A

testis

92
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salpingo-

A

fallopian tube

93
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cysto-

A

bladder, sac

94
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pyelo-

A

pelvis

95
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nephro-

A

kidney

96
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vesico-

A

bladder

97
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cephal-

A

head

98
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meningo-

A

membrane (of spine and brain)

99
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cerebro-, encephalo-

A

brain

100
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neuro

A

nerve

101
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auri-

A

ear

102
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cilio-

A

eyelid

103
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irido-

A

iris

104
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lacri-

A

tears

105
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ocul-, aothal-

A

eye

106
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photo-

A

light

107
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tympano-

A

eardrum, middle ear

108
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blephar-

A

eyelid

109
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dacry

A

tear duct

110
Q

kerato-

A

cornea

111
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myringo-

A

eardrum

112
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oto-

A

ear

113
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osmo-, osphresio-

A

smell

114
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aden-, sial-

A

gland

115
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cyt-

A

cell

116
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leuk

A

white

117
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phleb

A

vein

118
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thrombo-

A

clot

119
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splen-, lieno-

A

spleen

120
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carcin-

A

cancer

121
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onco-

A

mass, swelling

122
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neo-

A

new, strange

123
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chemo-

A

chemistry

124
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orexia-

A

appetite

125
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troph-

A

nourishment

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