root words Flashcards
1
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anxi/o
A
anxious; uneasy
2
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cephal/o
A
head
3
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cerebell/o
A
cerebellum
4
Q
cerebr/o
A
cerebrum
5
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contus/o
A
to bruise
6
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crani/o
A
skull
7
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dendr/o
A
tree-like; branches
8
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dur/o
A
dura mater
9
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encephal/o
A
brain
10
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esthes/o, esthesi/o
A
nervous; sensation
11
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gangli/o
A
tumor; cystic tumor
12
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gli/o
A
glue
13
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hormon/o
A
hormone
14
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hydr/o
A
water
15
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hypn/o
A
sleep
16
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iatr/o
A
physician; treatment
17
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isch/o
A
back; to hold back
18
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lamin/o
A
lamind
19
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lex/o
A
world
20
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medull/o
A
medulla oblonga
21
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megal/o
A
large; great; grand
22
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mening/o, meningi/o
A
meninges
23
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ment/o
A
mind
24
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myel/o
A
bone marrow; spinal cord
25
narc/o
numbness; sleep; stupor
26
neur/o
nerve
27
phas/o
speech
28
phob/o
fear
29
phren/o
mind
30
pol/o
extreme
31
poli/ o
gray matter
32
pont/o
pons
33
psych/o
mind
34
radicul/o
nerve root
35
schiz/o
split
36
somat/o
body
37
synaps/o, synapt/o
point of contact; to join
38
syncop/o
cut off; cut short; faint
39
tax/o
coordination; order
40
tempor/o
the temples
41
thalam/o
thalamus
42
thec/o
sheath
43
traumat/o
trama; injury; wound
44
troph/o
development; nourishment
45
ventricul/o
ventricle
46
vertebr/o
vertebrae; spinal cord
