Root Words Flashcards
oculo, oculus
eye
ex: oculomotor
Occiput
back part of the head
ex: occipital
odont
tooth
ex: orthodontist
-oid
like
ex: cushingoid
-oma
tumor, neoplasm
ex: sarcoma
omos
shoulder
ex: omohyoidius
ophthalmos
eye
ex: ophthalmoscope
orchio, orchis
testis
ex: mesorchium
orgio
beginning
ex: origin
ortho
straight
ex: orthodontist
os
mouth
ex: ostium
os
bone
ex: os coxae
osteo
bone
ex: osteocyte
oto
ear
ex: otoscope
ova
egg
ex: oviduct
-oxia
oxygen
ex: hypoxia
palma
palm
ex: palmar
pan
all
ex: panophtahalmitis
para
beside
ex: paracondylar
paresis, -paresis
incomplete paralysis
ex: paraparesis
parieto
wall
ex: parietal
path
disease
ex: pathology
pectoralis, pectus
breast, chest
ex: pectoral
pedo, pedalis
food
ex: biped
peri
around
“perimysium”
phago
to eat
“phagocytic”
phalanx
line or array of soldiers
“phalanges”
phobia
fear
“photophobia”
photo
light
“photophobia”
phrenic
pertaining to the diaphragm
“phrenic nerve”
pia
tender
“pia mater”
pirum
pear
“piriformis”
plantare
to plant
“plantar”
plasia
formation
“hyperplasia”
plegia, -plegia
paralysis
“quadriplegic”
pleuro
side, rib
“pleural”
pneumo
air, lung
“pneumonia”
pod
foot
“podiatrist”
pollex
thumb
“pollicus”
poly
many
“polyarthritis”
porta
gate
“portal”
post
after
“postsurgical”
pre, pro
before
“prenatal”
procto
rectum
“proctologist”
proximus
next
“proximal”
pseudo
false
“pseduopregnancy”
ptergion
wing
“pterygoid”
pulmo
lung
“pulmonary”
pyo
pus
“pyometra”
pyro
fire
“pyrogenic”
quadr
four
“quadriplegic”
radius
spoke
“radius”
Ram
branch
“ramus”
rect
straight
“rectus”
ren
kidney
“renal”
retinaculum
rope, cable
“retinaculum”
retro
backwards
“retroarticular”
rhino
nose
“rhinitis”
rostra, rostrum
beak, nose
“rostral”
rotare
to turn
“rotate”
-rrhage
bustforth, flow
“hemorhrage”
sagitta
arrow
“sagittal”
sarco
flesh
“sarcoid”
sclera
hard
“sclerosis”
Scope
see
“microscope”
sect
to cut
“dissect”
semi
half
“semicircular”
sept
wall
“septum”
serra
a saw
“serrated”
soma
body
“somatic”
sperm
seed
“speratid”
splanchno
viscera
“splanchnic”
squam
scale
“squamous”
stasis
standing still
“homeostasis”
stetho
chest
“stethoscope”
-stomy
provide opening or mouth
“tracheostomy”
strati
layered
“stratified”
stylos
pillar, column
“styloid”
sub
under
“subscapular”
super, supra
over, above
“suprascapular”
supinus
lying on back, face upward
“supinate”
sym, syn
together
“synthesis”
systole
a drawing together, contracting
“asystoloe”
tachy
rapid
“tachycardia”
tamnien
to cut
“anatomy”
teno
tendon
“tenotomy”
teres
long and round
“teres minor”
thermo
heat
“thermometer”
thrombo
clot
“thrombocyte”
toxo
poison
“toxic”
-tome, -tomy, tomo
a cutting
“enterotomy”
transverses
placed crosswise
“transverse”
tri
three
“triceps”
troch, trochilia
pulley
“trochlear”
-trophic, -trophy
nourishing
“hypertrophic”
tuber
a swelling, protuberance
“tubercle”
tunic
covering or coat
“vaginal tunic”
tympano
drum
“tympanic membrane”
ulna
the arm
“ulna”
unguis
the nail
“ungual”
uni
one
“unicorn”
-uria
urine
“Polyuria”
uro
urinary
“uroltih”
vaginae
sheath
“invaginate”
vagus
wandering
“vagus n.”
vaso
vessel
“vascular”
vastus
great, vast
“vast”
ven
vein
vena cava
venter
belly
“ventral”
villus
tuft of hair
“villi”
vita
live
“vital”
vivi
alive
“vivparous”
xiphos
sword
“xiphoid process”
zoo
animal
“zoology”
zygo
yoke, join
“zygote”
a (an)
without, not
“acephalia”
ab
of, off, away from
“abduct”
acro
extremity
“acromegaly”
ad
to, toward
“adduct”
adeno
gland or glandular
“adenoma”
adipo
fat
“adipose”
aer, aero
related to air or oxygen
“anaerobic”
ala, alaris
wing (pertaining to a wing)
“alar notch”
alba
white
“linea alba”
-algia
pain
“neuralgia”
ambi
both
“ambidextrous”
ana
again
“anatomy”
angi
vessel
“angiogram”
ankon
elbow
“anconeal”
ankylo
bent
“ankylosis”
annularis
ring
“annular”
ante
before
“antemortem”
anti
against
“antibiotic”
aqua
water
“aqueous”
arthro
joing
“arthritis”
articularis
jointed
“articular”
auris, auriculo
ear, little ear
“auricular mm.”
auto
self
“autopsy”
