Word Roots Flashcards
1
Q
adip
A
fat
2
Q
alg
A
pain
3
Q
angi
A
vessel
4
Q
arthr
A
joint
5
Q
aut
A
self
6
Q
bio
A
life, living
7
Q
brachi
A
arm
8
Q
bronch
A
trachea, windpipe
9
Q
capit
A
head
10
Q
cardi, cardia, cardio
A
heart
11
Q
caud
A
tail
12
Q
cephal
A
head
13
Q
cerebro
A
brain
14
Q
chondr
A
cartilage
15
Q
crani
A
skull
16
Q
cry, cryo
A
cold
17
Q
cut
A
skin
18
Q
cyt, cyto, cyte
A
cell
19
Q
dactyl
A
digits
20
Q
derma, dermato
A
skin
21
Q
dors
A
back
22
Q
ede
A
swell
23
Q
endo
A
within
24
Q
entero
A
intestine
25
erythro
red
26
gastr
stomach
27
gloss
tongue
28
gyn, gyne
female, women
29
hem, hemat
blood
30
hepar, hepato
liver
31
hist
tissue
32
hydr
water
33
hyster
uterus
34
ilio
ilium
35
lachry, lacri
tears
36
lip
fat
37
meningo
membrane
38
morph
shape
39
myelo
spinal cord
40
my
muscle
41
necr
corpse, death
42
nepr
kidney
43
neur
nerve
44
oculo
eye
45
odont
tooth
46
ophthalm
eye
47
oss, oste
bone
48
oto
ear
49
path
disease
50
ped
child
51
pod
foot
52
psych
mind, soul
53
scler
hard
54
soma, somato
body
55
spas
draw, pull
56
stasis, stat
stand still
57
therap
treatment
58
therm
heat
59
troph
nurture
60
tox
poison
61
trich
hair
62
viscer
organ
63
word root
subject or main part of the word
64
combining form
for most anatomical terms it is the vowel "o"
65
suffix
added to the end of a word root/combining form to change its meaning
66
prefix
added to the beginning of a word root to change its meaning
