Roots Flashcards
Adrenal/
Adrenal glands
Aer/
Air
Alges/
Sensitivity to pain
Anxi/
Uneasy, anxious
Aut/
Self, own
Cac/
Bad
Carcin/
Cancerous, cancer
Cortic/
Cortex, outer region
Cras/
Mixture, temperament
Crin/
Secrete
Cry/
Cold
Cutane/
Skin
Cycl/
Ciliary body of eye, cycle , circle
Cyst/
Urinary bladder, cyst, sac of fluid
Dips/
Thirst
Erg/
Work
Estr/
Female
Follicul/
Follicle, small sac
Fung/
Fungus, mushroom
Gonad/
Sex glands
Hallucin/
Hallucinations
Home/
Sameness, unchanging, constant
Hormon/
Hormone
Hypn/
Sleep
iatr /
Physician, treatment
Insulin/
Insulin ( pancreatic hormone)
ior/
Process
Klept/
To steal
Medull/
Médula ( inner section) middle soft, marrow
Ment/
Mind, chin
Mucos/
Mucos membrane (mucosa )
Mut/a
Genetic change
Mutagen/o
Causing genetic change
Natr/o
Sodium
Onc/o
Tumor
Papill/o
Nipple like, optic disk
Parathyroid/o
Parathyroid glands
Pharmac /
Drug
Phil/
Like, love, attraction to
Phys/
Growing
Pituitar/
Pituitary gland
Plas/
Development, formation, growth
Ple/
More, many varied
Polyp/o
Polyp, small growth
Pruit/ o
Itching
Psych
Mind
Pyr/
Fever, fire
Pyret/
Fever
Sarc/
Flesh (connective tissue )
Scirrh/
Hand
Schiz/o
Split
Somat/
Body
Son/o
Sound
Ster/o
Solid, structure, steroid
Thec/
Sheath
Therapeut/
Treatment
Thyr/
Thyroid gland, shield
Thyroid/
Thyroid gland
Toc/
Labor, birth
Toxic/
Poison
Ur/
Urine, urinary tract
Vit/
Life
Vitre/
Glass
Viv/
Life