unit 1 - word roots Flashcards
1
Q
afferent
A
going towards
2
Q
arthr/o
A
joint
3
Q
bacteri/o
A
bacteria
4
Q
bio
A
life
5
Q
carc/i
carc/in
carc/ino
A
cancer
6
Q
card/i
card/io
A
heart
7
Q
caud/o
A
tail
8
Q
cephal/o
A
head
9
Q
chole
A
bile
10
Q
constrict
sten/o
A
narrowing, decreasing the size of an opening
11
Q
cyst/o
A
bladder, fluid filled space
12
Q
dilate
A
increasing the size of an opening
13
Q
efferent
A
going away from
14
Q
eti/o
A
how something came to be
15
Q
enceph/a
encephal/o
A
inside the head
16
Q
gastr/o
A
stomach
17
Q
gen/o
A
cause, origin
18
Q
genetic
A
inheritance
19
Q
hem/o
hemat/o
A
blood
20
Q
hepat/o
A
liver
21
Q
hydr/o
A
water
22
Q
idio
A
private, distinct
23
Q
morph/o
A
change
24
Q
muscul/o
my/o
A
muscle
25
myc/o
fungus
26
necr/o
dead
27
neur/o
nervous system
28
orth/o
straight
29
ost/e
ost/eo
bone
30
path/o
disease
31
ped/o
children
32
phag/o
eating
33
plas/o
formation
34
py/o
pus
35
sarc/o
flesh, muscle
36
scler/o
hard
37
stom/a/t
mouth
38
therm/o
temperature
39
troph/o
nourishment
40
trop/o
moving towards or acting on
41
ur
urine
42
valv/ulo
valve
