UNIT 1 Word Roots Flashcards

1
Q

afferent

A

going towards

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2
Q

arthr/o

A

joint

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3
Q

bacteri/o

A

bacteria

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4
Q

bio

A

life

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5
Q

blast

A

rapidly dividing cell

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6
Q

carc/i
carc/in
carc/ino

A

cancer

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7
Q

card/i
card/io

A

heart

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8
Q

caud/o

A

tail

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9
Q

cephal/o

A

head

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10
Q

chole

A

bile

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11
Q

constrict
sten/o

A

narrowing, decreasing the size of an opening

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12
Q

cyst/o

A

bladder; fluid-filled space

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13
Q

dilate

A

increasing the size of an opening

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14
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efferent

A

going away from

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15
Q

eti/o

A

how something came to be

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16
Q

enceph/a
encephal/o

A

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

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17
Q

gastr/o

A

stomach

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18
Q

gen/o

A

cause, origin

19
Q

genetic

A

inheritance

20
Q

hem/o
hemat/o

A

blood

21
Q

hepat/o

A

liver

22
Q

hydr/o

A

water

23
Q

idio

A

private, distinct

24
Q

morph/o

A

change

25
Q

muscul/o
my/o

A

muscle

26
Q

myc/o

A

fungus

27
Q

necr/o

A

dead

28
Q

neur/o

A

nervous system

29
Q

orth/o

A

straight, at right angles

30
Q

ost/e
ost/eo

A

bone

31
Q

path/o

A

disease

32
Q

ped/o

A

child

33
Q

phag/o

A

eating

34
Q

plas/o

A

formation

35
Q

py/o

A

pus

36
Q

sarc/o

A

flesh, muscle

37
Q

scler/o

A

hard

38
Q

stom/a/t

A

mouth

38
Q

therm/o

A

temperature

39
Q

troph/o

A

nourishment

40
Q

trop/o

A

moving towards or acting on

41
Q

ur

A

urine

42
Q

valv/ulo

A

valve