Root Words Flashcards by Leigh Rothgeb

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abdomin

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abdomen

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aden

A

gland

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angi

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vessel

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arterio

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artery

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arthr

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joint

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brachi

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arm

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bronchi, bronch

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bronchus (lungs)

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card, cardi

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heart

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cerebr

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cerebrum (brain and spinal cord)

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cephal

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head

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chole, chol

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bile

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colo

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colon

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cost

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rib

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crani

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skull

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cyan

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blue

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cyst

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bladder, cyst

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derm, derma

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skin

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duoden

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duodenum (1st part of small intestines)

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encephal

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brain

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gaster, gastro

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stomach

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geron

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aged

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gluco

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sweet

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glyco, glyc

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sweet

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gyneco, gyno

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woman

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hema, hemato, hemo

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blood

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hepato

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liver

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hyster

A

uterus

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ile, ili

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ileum

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laryng

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larynx

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lymph

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lymph

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mamm

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breast

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mast

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breast

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melan

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black (mole or tumor)

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mening

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meninges; membranes covering the spinal cord and brain

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necro

A

death

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nephr

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kidney

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neur

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nerve

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onc

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tumor

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ophthalm

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eye

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oste

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bone

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ot

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ear

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pharyng

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pharynx

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phleb

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vein

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pneo

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breathing

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pneum

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air, gas, respiration

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pod

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food

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proct

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anus, rectum

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pulm

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lung

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splen

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spleen

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stomat

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mouth

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therm

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hot, heat

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thorac

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chest

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thromb

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blood clot

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toxic, tox

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poison

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trache

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trachea, windpipe

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urethr

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urethra