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Root Words Flashcards

1
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Angi/o

A

Pertaining to blood or lymph vessels

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2
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Aort/o

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Aorta

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3
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Ather/o

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Plague, fatty substance

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4
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Arter/o, Arteri/o

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Artery

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5
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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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7
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Pheb/o

A

Vein

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8
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Thromb/o

A

Clot

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9
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Ven/o

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Vein

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10
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Ech/o

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Sound

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11
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Radi/o

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Radiation, x-rays

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12
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Cholecyst/o

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Gallbladder

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13
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Col/o, Colon/o

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Colon, large intestine

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14
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Duoden/i, Duoden/o

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Dueodenum

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15
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Enter/o

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Small intestine

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16
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Esophag/o

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Esophagus

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17
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Gastr/o

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Stomach

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18
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Hepat/o

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Liver

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19
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Sigmoid/o

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Sigmoid colon

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20
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Adredn/o, Adrenal/o

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Adrenal glands

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21
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Gonad/o

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Sex gland

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22
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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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24
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Adip/o

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Fat

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25
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Albin/o

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White

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26
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Cephal/o

A

HEad

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27
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Cervic/o

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Neck, cervix (neck of the uterus)

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28
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Coron/o

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Coronary, crown

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29
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Cyan/o

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Blue

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30
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Cyt/o

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Cell

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31
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Erythr/o

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Red

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32
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Hist/o

A

Tissue

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33
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Lapar/o

A

Abdomen, abdominal wall

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34
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Leuk/o

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White

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35
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Lip/o

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Fat,lipid

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36
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Melan/o

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Black, dark

37
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Myc/o

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Fungus

38
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Path/o

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Disease, suffering, feeling, emotion

39
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Py/o

A

Pus

40
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Pyr/o

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Fever, fire

41
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Sarc/o

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Flesh (connective tissue)

42
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Carcin/o

A

Cancerous

43
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Onc/o

A

Tumor

44
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Cutane/o

A

Skin

45
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Derm/o, Dermat/o

A

Skin

46
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Hidr/o

A

Sweat

47
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Seb/o

A

Sebum

48
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Ungu/o

A

Muscle

49
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Xer/o

A

Dry

50
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Aden/o

A

Gland

51
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Splen/o

A

Spleen

52
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Fasci/o

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Fascia, fibrous band

53
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My/o

A

Muscle

54
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Ten/o, Tend/o, Tendin/o

A

Tendon, stretch out, extend, strain

55
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Encephal/o

A

Brain

56
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Ening/o

A

Meninges, membranes

57
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Neur/i, Neur/o

A

nerve nervous tissue

58
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Hyster/o

A

uterus

59
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Men/o

A

menstruation, menses

60
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Oo/o Ov/i Ov/o

A

egg

61
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Oophor/o, Ovari/o

A

ovary

62
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Salping/o

A

uterine (fallopian) tube, Auditory (eustachian) tube

63
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uter/o

A

uterus

64
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Bronch/o, Bronchio/o

A

bronchial tube, bronchus

65
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Laryng/o

A

larynx, voice box

66
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Pharyng/o

A

throat, pharynx

67
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Pleur/o

A

pleura, side of the body

68
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Pneum/o, Pneumon/o

A

lung, air

69
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Pulm/o Pulmon/o

A

lung

70
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Trache/o

A

trachea windpipe

71
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Ankly/o

A

crooked, bent, stiff

72
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Arthr/o

A

joint

73
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Chrondr/o

A

cartilage

74
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Cost/o

A

rib

75
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Crani/o

A

skull

76
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Myel/o

A

spinal cord, bone marrow

77
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Oss/e, Oss/i, Ost/o, Oste/o

A

bone

78
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Spondyl/o

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vertebrae, vertebral column, backbone

79
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Retin/o

A

retina

80
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Scler/o

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sclera, white of the eye, hard

81
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Tympan/o

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tympanic membrane, eardrum

82
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Cyst/o

A

urinary bladder, cyst, sac of fluid

83
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Lith/o

A

stone, calculus

84
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Nephr/o

A

kidney

85
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Pyel/o

A

renal pelvis, bowl of the kidney

86
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Ren/o

A

kidney

87
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Ureter/o

A

ureter

88
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Urethr/o

A

urethra

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