Root Words Flashcards by Tessa Buckingham

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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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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 blood

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Pheb/o

A

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

A

sound

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Radi/o

A

radiation, x-rays

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Cholecyst/o

A

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 Thryoid/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 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

Mening/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 body

Pneum/o Pneumon/o

lung, air

Pulm/o Pulmon/o

lung

Trache/o

trachea, windpipe

Ankly/o

crooked, bend, 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