Root Words Body Parts or Elements Flashcards
1
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aer/o
A
air, gas
2
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ather/o
A
plaque, fatty substance (inside of a blood vessel)
3
Q
blast/o
A
immature cells
4
Q
calc/o, calcium/o
A
calcium
5
Q
chondrio, chondro
A
cartilage, grainy, gritty
6
Q
chyl/o
A
chyle, a digestive juice
7
Q
cyst/o, cysti
A
bladder, cyst, cystic duct
8
Q
cyt/o
A
cell
9
Q
ethm/o
A
ethmoid bone
10
Q
gli/o
A
glue
11
Q
gluc/o
A
glucose
12
Q
glyc/o
A
sugars
13
Q
hydr/o
A
hydrogen, water
14
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ket/o, keton/o
A
ketone, acetone
15
Q
lip/o
A
fat (outside of a blood vessel)
16
Q
nucle/o
A
nucleus
17
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plasma, plasmo
A
formative, plasma
18
Q
salping/o
A
tube
19
Q
sider/o
A
iron
20
Q
somat/o
A
body
21
Q
squam/o
A
scale, squamous (meaning scaly)
22
Q
syring/o
A
tube
23
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