Root Words Flashcards by kitana sukut

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angi/o

A

pertaining to blood or lymph vessels

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aort/o

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aorta

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arter/o, arteri/o

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artery

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ather/o

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plaque,fatty substance

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card/o, cardi/o

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heart

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hem/o. hemat/o

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blood pertaining to the blood

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pheb/o

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vein

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Thromb/o

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clot

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ven/o

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vein

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ech/o

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sound

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radi/o

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radiation, x-rays

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cholecyst/o

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gallbladder

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col/o , colon/o

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colon, large intestine

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duoden/i, duoden/o

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dueodenum

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enter/o

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small intestine

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esophag/o

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esophagus

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gastr/o

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stomach

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hepat/o

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liver

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sigmoid/o

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sigmoid colon

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adredn/o , adrenal/o

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adrenal glands

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gonad/o

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sex gland

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pancreat/o

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pancreas

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thyr/o, thyroid/o

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thyroid gland

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adip/o

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fat

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albin/o

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white

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cephal/o

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head

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cervic/o

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neck, cervix(neck of uterus)

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coron/o

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coronary, crown

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cyan/o

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blue

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cyt/o

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cell

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erythr/o

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red

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hist/o

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tissue

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lapar/o

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abdomen, abdominal wall

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leuk/o

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white

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lip/o

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fat, lipid

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melan/o

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black, dark

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myc/o

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fungus

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path/o

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disease, suffering,feeling,emotion

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py/o

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pus

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pyr/o

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fever, fire

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sarc/o

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flesh(connective tissue)

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carcin/o

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canverous

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onc/o

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tumor

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cutane/o

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skin

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derm/o, dermat/o

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skin

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hidr/o

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sweat

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seb/o

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sebum

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ungu/o

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muscle

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xer/o

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dry

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aden/o

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gland

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splen/o

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spleen

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fasci/o

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fascia, fibrous band

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my/o

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muscle

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ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o

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tendon, stretch out, extend, strain

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encephal/o

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brain

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mening/o

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meninges, membranes

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neur/i, neur/o

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nerve,nervous tissue

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hyster/o

A

uterus

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men/o

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menstruation, menses

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oo/o, ov/i, ov/o

A

egg

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oophor/o, ovari/o

A

ovary

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salping/o

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uterine(fallopian) tube, auditory (eustachian) tube

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uter/o

A

uterus

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bronch/o, bronchio.o

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bronchial tube, bronchus

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laryng/o

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larynx, voice box

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pharyng/o

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throat, pharynx

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pleur/o

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pleura, side of the body

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pneum/o, pneumon/o

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lung air

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pulm/o, pulmon/o

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lung

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trache/o

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trachea, windpipe

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ankly/o

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crooked, bent, stiff

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arthr/o

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joint

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chrondr/o

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cartilage

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cost/o

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rib

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crani/o

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skull

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myel/o

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spinal cord,bone marrow

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oss/e, oss/i, ost/o, oste/o

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bone