Root Words Flashcards by Destany Benboe | Brainscape

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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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Cholesyst/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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Hepato/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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Cancerous

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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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Hidro/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

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Uterus

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Men/o

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Menstruation, menses

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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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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

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Spondyl/o

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Vertebrae, vertebral column, backbone

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Retin/o

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Retina

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Scler/o

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Sclera, White of the eye, hard

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Tympan/o

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Tympanic membrane, eardrum

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Cyst/o

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Urinary bladder, cyst, sack of fluid

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Lith/o

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Stone, calculus

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Nephr/o

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Kidney

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Pyel/o

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Renal pelvis, bowl of the kidney

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ren/o

A

Kidney

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Ureter/o

A

Ureter

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Urethr/o

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Urethra

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Angi/o

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Pertaining to blood or lymph vessels