U.1 Roots Flashcards by Saylor Woodside

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afferent

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going towards

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arthr/o

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joint

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bacteri/o

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bacteria

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bio

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life

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blast

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rapidly dividing cell

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carc/i(n)(no)

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cancer

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card/i(o)

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heart

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caud/o

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tail

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cephal/o

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head

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chole

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bile (digestive fluid)

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constrict

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narrowing; decreasing the size of the opening

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sten/o

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narrowing; decreasing the size of the opening

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cyst/o

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bladder; fluid-filled space

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dilate

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increasing the size of an opening

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efferent

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going away from

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eti/o

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how something came to be- cause or orgin

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enceph/a

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en- + -cephal- head, “inside the head”

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encephal/o

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en- + -cephal- head, “inside the head”

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gastr/o

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stomach

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gen/o

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cause, origin. producer

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genetic

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inheritance

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hem(at)/o

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blood

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hepat/o

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liver

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hydr/o

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water

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idio

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distinct (unknown to others)

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morph/o

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change

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muscul/o

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muscle

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my/o

A

muscle

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myc/o

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fungus

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necr/o

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dead

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neur/o

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nervous system

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orth/o

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straight, at right angles

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ost/e(o)

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bone

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path/o

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disease

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ped/o

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children

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phag/o

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eating

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plas/o

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formation

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py/o

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pus

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sarc/o

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flesh, muscle

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scler/o

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hard

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stom/a/t

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mouth

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therm/o

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temperature

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troph/o

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nourishment

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trop/o

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moving towards, or acting on

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ur

A

urine

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valv/ulo

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valve