Root Words Flashcards by Desi Baker

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Aort/o

A

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

A

Clot

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Ech/o

A

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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Angi/o

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Pertaining to blood or lymph vessels

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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

A

Adrenal glands

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Gonad/o

A

Sex gland

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Pancreat/o

A

Pancreas

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Thyr/o, thyroid/o

A

Thyroid gland

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Adip/o

A

Fat

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Albin/o

A

White

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Cephal/o

A

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

A

Blue

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Cyt/o

A

Cell

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Erythr/o

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Red

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Hist/o

A

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

A

Fat, lipid

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Melan/o

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Black, dark

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Myc/o

A

Fungus

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Path/o

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Disease, suffering, feeling, emotion

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Py/o

A

Pus

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Pyr/o

A

Fever, fire

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Sarc/o

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Flesh (connective tissue)

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Carcin/o

A

Cancerous

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Onc/o

A

Tumor