Roots Prefix Suffix D-H Flashcards by Jay Cee

dacry/o

tear

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dactyl/o

digit (finger or toe)

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deca-

ten

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deci-

one tenth

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demi-

half

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dem/o

people

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dent/i

tooth

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derm/o

skin

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dermat/o

skin

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desicc/o

to dry

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-desis

surgical fixation, fusion

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desm/o

ligament

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deuter/o

second, secondary

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dextr/o

right

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di-

two

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dia-

through, throughout

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didym/o

a twin, testis

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-didymus

conjoined twin

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dilat/o

enlarge, expand

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dipl/o

double

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dips/o

thirst

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dis-

apart, to separate

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dist/o

distant

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dolich/o

long

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dolor/o

pain

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dors/o

back

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drom/o

running

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-drome

running

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duct/o

to lead

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duoden/o

duodenum

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dynam/o

power, strength

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-dynia

pain

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dys-

bad, difficult, painful

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ec-

outside, out

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ecto-

outside, out

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echin/o

spiny, prickly

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echo-

reverberating sound

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eco-

environment

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-ectasis

dilation, expansion

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-ectasia

dilation, expansion

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ectr/o

congenital absence

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-edema

swelling

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ele/o

oil

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electr/o

electricity

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embol/o

embolus

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embry/o

embryo

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-emesis

vomiting

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-emia

blood condition

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emmetr/o

the correct measure, proportioned

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-emphraxis

stoppage, obstruction

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en-

inside, within

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endo-

inside, within

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encephal/o

brain

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enter/o

intestines (small)

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eosin/o

red, rosy, dawn

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epi-

above, over, upon

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epididym/o

epididymis

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epiglott/o

epiglottis

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episi/o

vulva

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equi-

equality, equal

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erethism/o

irritation

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erg/o

work

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erythem/o

redness, flushed

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erythr/o

red

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eschar/o

scab

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eso-

within

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esophag/o

esophagus

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esthesi/o

sensation, feeling

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-esthesia

sensation, feeling

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eti/o

cause

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eu-

good, normal, well

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eury-

wide, broad

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ex-

out, away from

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exa-

quintillion

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excit/o

to arouse

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exo-

outside, outward

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extra-

outside

faci/o

face

-facient

to cause, make happen

fasci/o

fascia

febr/i

fever

femor/o

femur

femto-

one quadrillionth

ferri/i

iron

ferr/o

iron

fet/o

fetus

fibr/o

fiber, fiberous

fibul/o

fibula

fil/o

thread, thread-like

fil/i

thread, thread-like

filament/o

thread, thread-like

fimbria/e

thread-like

flav/o

yellow

flex/o

bend

flect/o

bend

flu/o

to flow

flux/o

to flow

flour/o

flourine

follicul/o

small sac, follicle

fore-

before, in front

-form

specified shape, form

frig/o

cold

frigid/o

cold

funct/o

performance

fung/i

fungus, mushroom

fusc/o

dark brown

galact/o

milk

galvano-

direct electric current

gamet/o

gamete

gam/o

marriage, sexual union

gangli/o

ganglion

ganglion/o

ganglion

gastr/o

stomach

ge/o

earth, soil

gel/o

to freeze, congeal

gemell/o

twins

-gen

producing, generating

gen/o

producing, generating

-genesis

production, formation

-genic

produced by, forming

geni/o

chin

genit/o

reproduction

ger/o

aged, old age

geront/o

aged, old age

gest/o

to bear

gestat/o

to bear

-geusia

taste

giga-

billion

gigant/o

huge

gingiv/o

gums

glauc/o

gray, bluish green

gli/o

glue, neuroglia

-globin

protein

glomerul/o

glomerulus

gloss/o

tongue

gluc/o

glucose, sugar

glyc/o

glucose, sugar

gnath/o

jaw

gnos/o

knowledge

gon/o

genitals, semen

gonad/o

gonads

goni/o

angle

-grade

step

-gram

written record

-granul/o

granules

-graph

instrument for recording

-graphy

process of recording

gravid/o

pregnancy

-gravida

pregnant woman

gustat/o

taste

gust/o

taste

gynec/o

woman, female

gyr/o

circle, spiral

haph/e

touch

hapl/o

simple, single

hect/o

hundred

helc/o

ulcer

heli/o

sun

helminth/o

worm

-helminth

worm

hemi-

half

hem/o

blood

hemat/o

blood

hepat/o

liver

hered/o

hereditary

hetero-

different, other

hex-

six

hexa-

six

-hexia

condition

hepta-

seven

hidr/o

sweat

hirsut/o

hairy

hirud/i

leech

hirudin/i

leech

hist/o

tissue

holo-

entire, complete

homeo-

likeness, constant, sameness

homo-

same, similar

hormon/o

hormone

humer/o

humerus

hyal/o

resembling glass, glassy

hydr/o

water, hydrogen

hygr/o

moisutre

hymen/o

hymen

hyper-

above, excessive, beyond

hypn/o

sleep

hypo-

under, deficient, below

hypthalam/o

hypothalamus

hypsi-

high

hyster/o

uterus