Root Words Flashcards

1
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angi/o

A

pertaining to blood and lymph vessels

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2
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aort/o

A

aorta

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3
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arter/o

A

artery

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4
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ather/o

A

plaque, or fatty substance

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5
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card/o

A

heart

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6
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hem/o

A

blood, or 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

A

vein

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10
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Ech/o

A

sound

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11
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Radi/o

A

radiation, x-rays

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12
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Cholecyst/o

A

gallbladder

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13
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Col/o, colon/o

A

colon, large intestine

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14
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Duoden/i

A

dueodenum

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15
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Enter/o

A

small intestine

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16
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Esophag/o

A

esophagus

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17
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Gastr/o

A

stomach

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18
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Hepat/o

A

liver

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19
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Sigmoid/o

A

sigmoid colon

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20
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Adredn/o, Adrenal/o

A

adrenal gland

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21
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Gonad/o

A

sex gland

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22
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Pancreat/o

A

pancreas

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23
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Thyr/o, Thyroid/o

A

thyroid gland

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24
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Adip/o

A

fat

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25
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Albin/o

A

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-

A

neck, cervix (neck of uterus)

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28
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Coron/o

A

coronary, crown

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29
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Cyan/o

A

blue

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30
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Cyt/o

A

cell

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31
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Erythr/o

A

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

A

white

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35
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lip/o

A

fat, lipid

36
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Melan/o

A

black, dark

37
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Myc/o

A

fungus

38
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Path/o

A

disease, suffering, feeling, emotion

39
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Py/o-

A

pus

40
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Pyr/o

A

faver, fire

41
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Sarc/o

A

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

A

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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Mening/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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Trache/o

A

trachea, windpipe

70
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Ankly/o

A

crooked, bent, stiff

71
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Arthr/o

A

joint

72
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Chrondr/o

A

cartilage

73
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Cost/o

A

rib

74
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Crani/o

A

skull

75
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Myel/o

A

spinal cord, bone marrow

76
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Oss/e, Oss/i, Ost/o, Oste/o

A

bone

77
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Spondyl/o

A

vertebrae, vertebral column, backbone

78
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Retin/o

A

Retin/o

79
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Scler/o- sclera

A

white of the eye, hard

80
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Tympan/o

A

tympanic membrane, eardrum

81
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Cyst/o

A

urinary bladder, cyst, sac of fluid

82
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Nephr/o

A

kidney

83
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Pyel/o

A

renal pelvis, bowl of the kidney

84
Q

Ren/o

A

kidney

85
Q

Ureter/o

A

ureter

86
Q

Urethr/o

A

urethra