Root Words Flashcards by Alyssa Valdez

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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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Ather/o

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Plague, fatty substance

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Arter/o, Arteri/o

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Artery

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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

A

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

White

Cephal/o

HEad

Cervic/o

Neck, cervix (neck of the uterus)

Coron/o

Coronary, crown

Cyan/o

Blue

Cyt/o

Cell

Erythr/o

Red

Hist/o

Tissue

Lapar/o

Abdomen, abdominal wall

Leuk/o

White

Lip/o

Fat,lipid

Melan/o

Black, dark

Myc/o

Fungus

Path/o

Disease, suffering, feeling, emotion

Py/o

Pus

Pyr/o

Fever, fire

Sarc/o

Flesh (connective tissue)

Carcin/o

Cancerous

Onc/o

Tumor

Cutane/o

Skin

Derm/o, Dermat/o

Skin

Hidr/o

Sweat

Seb/o

Sebum

Ungu/o

Muscle

Xer/o

Dry

Aden/o

Gland

Splen/o

Spleen

Fasci/o

Fascia, fibrous band

My/o

Muscle

Ten/o, Tend/o, Tendin/o

Tendon, stretch out, extend, strain

Encephal/o

Brain

Ening/o

Meninges, membranes

Neur/i, Neur/o

nerve nervous tissue

Hyster/o

uterus

Men/o

menstruation, menses

Oo/o Ov/i Ov/o

egg

Oophor/o, Ovari/o

ovary

Salping/o

uterine (fallopian) tube, Auditory (eustachian) tube

uter/o

uterus

Bronch/o, Bronchio/o

bronchial tube, bronchus

Laryng/o

larynx, voice box

Pharyng/o

throat, pharynx

Pleur/o

pleura, side of the body

Pneum/o, Pneumon/o

lung, air

Pulm/o Pulmon/o

lung

Trache/o

trachea windpipe

Ankly/o

crooked, bent, stiff

Arthr/o

joint

Chrondr/o

cartilage

Cost/o

rib

Crani/o

skull

Myel/o

spinal cord, bone marrow

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

bone

Spondyl/o

vertebrae, vertebral column, backbone

Retin/o

retina

Scler/o

sclera, white of the eye, hard

Tympan/o

tympanic membrane, eardrum

Cyst/o

urinary bladder, cyst, sac of fluid

Lith/o

stone, calculus

Nephr/o

kidney

Pyel/o

renal pelvis, bowl of the kidney

Ren/o

kidney

Ureter/o

ureter

Urethr/o

urethra