Roots Flashcards
A
Not
example -> LOOK AT THIS YOU DING DONG -> A-typical
Ab
away -
example -> I will abolish your ding dong (what are you taking AWAY)
Adip
FAT
example -> you have alot of adipose observing from how your so big.
Anti
against
example -> hand sanitizer is a anti-germ product
Arthr
joint
example -> ARTHRitis involves the JOINTS
Auto
self
example -> what does the autobiography talk about. yourSELF
Axill
armpit
example -> your axillary temprature is so high man like bro i smell your ARMPIT
cardi
heart
example -> your cardiovascular system is so weak you fatty. your HEART is running out
cepha
head
-> damm bro assuming from that sexy HEAD of yours, you had a surgery of cephalization
cerebr-
brain
floyd so what does “cerebrum” remind you of in AP psych
Bi
two
example -> a BIcycle has two wheels.
Chond
cartilage
example -> you lack CHONDROcyte and therfore lack cells made out of CARTILAGE
Ad
torwards
example -> ADventure (i am going TORWARDS somewhere)
Cide
kill
example -> pestiCIDE KILLS insects
Circum
around a circle
example -> when measuring the CIRCUMference i am going AROUND A CIRCLE to measure.
cyte
cell
example -> ChondroCYTE is a cartilage CELL
derm
skin
example -> DERMatology is the study of the SKIN
digit
finger
example -> you lack a extensor carpi DIGITorum and therfore cant move your FINGER
dys
difficult
example -> dysfunctional is when you have a DIFFICULT time functioning something
ecto or exo
outside
example -> a EXOskeleton is OUTSIDE the body
ectomy
removal
example -> mastECTOMY is REMOVAL of breast tissue
endo
inside
exampel -> ENDOskeleton is a skeleton INSIDE the body
entero
intestines
example -> gastroENTEROlogy studies the INTENSTINES and the stomach
erythr
red
example -> you lack ERYTHROcytes and therfore RED blood cells
foramen
hole
example -> your FORAMEN is massive, since the HOLE is big we can fit alot of things
gastro
stomach
example -> GASTROenterology is not just the study of intestines, but the STOMACH
gen
produce
a GENerator tries to PRODUCE electricity
gloss
tongue
example -> a hypoGLOSSus is a muscle that is attached to the hyoid bone and the TONGUE
graph
recording
example -> a electrocardioGRAPH is RECORDING your electricity in the heart and it’s pretty low so bye bitch
hema
blood
example -> a HEMAtoma is basically a bruise which defines as BLOOD stacking up beneath your skin
hepa
liver
example -> HEPAtitis is inflamation of the LIVER caused by a virus
hyper
extreme
example -> damn you are HYPERactive therfore you have EXTREME behavior
hypo
low
example -> HYPOthermia is basically when your body temperature is LOW and therfore your ass is aboutta die from freezing
