Root Words Flashcards by Lauren Krivec

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angi/o

A

pertaining to blood and lymph vessels

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aort/o

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aorta

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arter/o

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artery

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ather/o

A

plaque, or fatty substance

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card/o

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heart

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hem/o

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blood, or 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

A

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

A

gallbladder

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Col/o, colon/o

A

colon, large intestine

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Duoden/i

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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 gland

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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

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

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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

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

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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-

A

pus

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Pyr/o

A

faver, 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

A

tumor

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Cutane/o

A

skin

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Derm/o, Dermat/o

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skin

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Hidr/o

A

sweat

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Seb/o

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sebum

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Ungu/o

A

muscle

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Xer/o

A

dry

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Aden/o

A

gland

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Splen/o

A

spleen

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Fasci/o

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fascia, fibrous band

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My/o

A

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

A

meninges, membranes

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Neur/i, Neur/o

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nerve, nervous tissue

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Hyster/o

A

uterus

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Men/o

A

menstruation, menses

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Oo/o, Ov/i, Ov/o

A

egg

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Oophor/o, Ovari/o

A

ovary

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Salping/o

A

uterine (fallopian) tube, auditory (eustachian) tube

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Uter/o

A

uterus

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Bronch/o, Bronchio/o

A

bronchial tube, bronchus

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Laryng/o

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larynx, voice box

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Pharyng/o

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throat, pharynx

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Pleur/o

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pleura, side of the body

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Pneum/o, Pneumon/o

A

lung, air

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Trache/o

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trachea, windpipe

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Ankly/o

A

crooked, bent, stiff

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Arthr/o

A

joint

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Chrondr/o

A

cartilage

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Cost/o

A

rib

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Crani/o

A

skull

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Myel/o

A

spinal cord, bone marrow

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

A

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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Retin/o

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Scler/o- sclera

A

white of the eye, hard

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Tympan/o

A

tympanic membrane, eardrum

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Cyst/o

A

urinary bladder, cyst, sac of fluid

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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

A

urethra