Root Words- Unit 2 Flashcards by Lindsey Beyeler

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Abdomin

A

Belly

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Acerb[o]/a

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Harsh, bitter

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Acute

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Sharp

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Side
Ease

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State of rest or wellbeing

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Alert

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Aware of surroundings

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Anter/i

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Front

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Antrum

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Cave

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Assur

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Secure

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Ausculta

A

Listen attentively to

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Benign

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Well-mannered

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Caud

A

Tail

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Charge

A

Obligation

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Chondr

A

Cartilage (as in the ribs)

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Chronic

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Pertaining to time

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Coron

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Crown

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Cran/i

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Head, skull

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Crino

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Secretion

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Different

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Set apart

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Dila

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Increase in size

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Dist

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Farther away

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Dors
Dorsum

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Back

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Drome

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Route, road

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Endo

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Inside

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Etio

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Cause

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Febr

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Fever

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Genera

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Ancestry

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Genet

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Birth

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Gn[us]

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Birth

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Gnos

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Knowing

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Graph

A

Device used for a test or procedure

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Hereditar

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Transmitted in a family line

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Horizon[t]

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Parallel to the ground

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Il[eum]

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Flank

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Infer

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Underneath

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Inguin

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Groin

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Later

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To the side

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Lesion

A

Damage, injury

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Lethargic

A

Drowsy

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Lipid

A

Fat

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Local

A

Place

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Lumbus

A

Lower back

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Marked

A

Making an impression

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Medi

A

Toward the middle

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Morbid

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Sick

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Mortal

A

Dead

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Observa

A

What is seen

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Occult

A

What is unseen

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Orient

A

Towards the east (from using a compass)

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Ox

A

Shortening of oxygen

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Palliat

A

Covering

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Palpa

A

Feeling with the fingers

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Path/o

A

Disease

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Pend

A

Hanging

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Percuss

A

Tapping

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Phylax

A

Protection

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Physi/o

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Function (literally “nature”)

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Plant

A

Bottom surface of foot

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Port

A

Carry

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Posi

A

Place

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Poster/i

A

Behind

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Press

A

Pressure, dent

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Produc

A

Giving rise to

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Progress

A

Moving forward

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Prone

A

Face down, bending forward

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Prox/im

A

Near

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Ptom

A

Something that falls on you

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Recurr

A

Happening again

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Remark

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Making a dent again

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Remiss

A

Diminishing, becoming less

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Rostr

A

Nose

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Rupt

A

Bursting

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Sagitt

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Arrow

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Sequel

A

What comes next

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Skelet

A

Bones

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Stas

A

Standing still

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Stem

A

Standing

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Sterile

A

Not producing offspring

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Super/i

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Toward the top

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Supine

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Face up, bending backward

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Tens

A

Stretching, pressure

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Tribut

A

To pay

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Vascul

A

Little vessel

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Ventr

A

Belly

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Vers

A

Across