Root Words Flashcards by Rylee Hastings

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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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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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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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Adredno/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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Pancreatic/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

Head

Cervic/o

Neck

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, 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

Ungu/o

Muscle

Xer/o

Dry

Aden/o

Gland

Splen/o

Spleen

Fasci/o

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, mense

Oo/o, ov/i, ov/o

Egg

Oophor/o, ovari/o

Ovary

Salphing/ o

Uterine (fallopian) tube, auditory 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, bent, 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 is 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

Angi/o

Pertaining to blood or lymph vessels