Roots and Suffixes Flashcards
1
Q
cyt/o, - cyte
A
cell
2
Q
nucle/o
A
nucleus
3
Q
kary/o
A
nucleus
4
Q
hist/o, histi/o
A
tissue
5
Q
fibr/o
A
fiber
6
Q
reticul/o
A
network
reticulum: a network
7
Q
aden/o
A
gland
adenoma: tumor of a gland
8
Q
papill/o
A
nipple
9
Q
myx/o
A
mucus
10
Q
muc/o
A
mucus, mucous membrane
11
Q
somat/o, -some
A
body, small body
chromosome: small body that takes up color (dye) (chrom/o)
12
Q
blast/o, -blast
A
immature cell, productive cell, embryonic cell
13
Q
gen
A
origin, formation
14
Q
phag/o
A
eat, ingest
15
Q
phil
A
attract, absorb
basophilic: attracting basic stain
