UNIT 1 Word Roots Flashcards by Katie Rodriguez

Q

afferent

A

going towards

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

arthr/o

A

joint

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

bacteri/o

A

bacteria

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

bio

A

life

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

blast

A

rapidly dividing cell

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

carc/i
carc/in
carc/ino

A

cancer

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

card/i
card/io

A

heart

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

caud/o

A

tail

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

cephal/o

A

head

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

chole

A

bile

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

constrict
sten/o

A

narrowing, decreasing the size of an opening

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

cyst/o

A

bladder; fluid-filled space

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

dilate

A

increasing the size of an opening

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

efferent

A

going away from

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

eti/o

A

how something came to be

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

enceph/a
encephal/o

A

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

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

gastr/o

A

stomach

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

gen/o

A

cause, origin

Q

genetic

A

inheritance

Q

hem/o
hemat/o

A

blood

Q

hepat/o

A

liver

Q

hydr/o

A

water

Q

idio

A

private, distinct

Q

morph/o

A

change

Q

muscul/o
my/o

A

muscle

Q

myc/o

A

fungus

Q

necr/o

A

dead

Q

neur/o

A

nervous system

Q

orth/o

A

straight, at right angles

Q

ost/e
ost/eo

A

bone

Q

path/o

A

disease

Q

ped/o

A

child

Q

phag/o

A

eating

Q

plas/o

A

formation

Q

py/o

A

pus

Q

sarc/o

A

flesh, muscle

Q

scler/o

A

hard

Q

stom/a/t

A

mouth

Q

therm/o

A

temperature

Q

troph/o

A

nourishment

Q

trop/o

A

moving towards or acting on

Q

ur

A

urine

Q

valv/ulo

A

valve