Word Roots Flashcards by Tina Tieu

rhizo

root

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corona

crown

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rrhage/rrhagy/rrhagia

rupture (burst/bleed)

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esce

become (begin/produce/make)

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bronch/broncho/bronchi

windpipe

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saur/saurus/sauro/sauri

lizard

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nasc

born (give birth)

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gluc/gluco/gluca

sweet (sugar)

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mendac

false/lying

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vinc

conquer (overcome)

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laud/plaud

praise

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nepho/nephelo

cloud

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mye/myco/myceto

fungus

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etymo

word origin

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sal

salt

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frang

break

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scut/scruta/scrutin

examine

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brady

slow

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mitig

soften (lessen)

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evit/evita

avoid (shun)

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leuco/leuko

white (colorless)

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surg

rise

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tacheo/tacho/tachy/tachisto

rapid

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prehend/prehens

grasp, seize, take

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cor/corpor/corpus

body

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al___

to/toward (against)

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bel/belli/bell/bellum

war (fight)

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pulmo/pulmon

lung

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chlor/chloro

green

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arbor

tree

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roy

king

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dodeca

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chiro/cheiro

hand

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esthes/esthesio/esthesia

sensation (feeling)

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odyno/odyne/odynia

pain (ache)

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trus

thrust (push)

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epi__

upper (above/on)

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jact

boast

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sol

sun

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hidro/hidros

sweat

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cure/cura/curi

care (cure)

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drom/drome

running (coarse/runway)

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mache/machy

fight/fighting

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frag

break

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hor/horr/horri

fear (fright/hate)

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not

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sine

without

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embryo/embryon

germ cell

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hippo

horse

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nate/natus

be born (birth/born)

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blepharo

eyelid

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venera/vener

respect / honor

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paranephric
parenteral
parahelion
parapsychology

beside/around/beyond/near

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parahidrosis

paraplegia

abnormal medical

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parasol

paradox

against

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___clasm

breaking (destroying/bending)

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infra___

below/underneath

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carp

fruit

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stetho

chest

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___ice

being

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potam/potamos/potamia

river

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plasm/plasma/plasmo

mass (growth/mold)

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suad/suade

urge (encourage)

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palpit

throb (beat)

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quiesce/quiese

yield

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unct/unctu

anoint

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ecto

outside (external)

stetho

chest

carp

fruit

__ar

pertaining to

sculpt

carve

ponder

weigh / hang

carcino

crab

carcino/carcinomato

cancer

sagac

wise / shrewd

dense/dens

thick

cumber / cumbr

burden / obstruct

sol

sun

hidro/hidros

sweat

cure / cura / curi

care (cure)

not

sine

without

embryo / embryon

germ cell

hippo

horse

___ary

place for (person who/thing that/htdw)

nov/nova

new

deutero

second (secondary)

mensura

measure

glutin/gluten

glue (sticky substance)

spasm

contraction

supra

above/beyond

luna/lune

moon

luna

insane person

digit/digiti

finger / toe

stom/stoma/stomato/stomata

mouth / opening

xanth / xantho

yellow

frond

leaf

pulver

dust

sarco

flesh

pthong

vowel sound

acu/acuti/acute

needle/sharp (severe)

ulter

other (another/beyond)

sopor

deep sleep

scrut/scruta/scrutin

examine

frang

break

sal

salt

tang

touch

____mony

being (state of being)

thrombo

clot

acumen/acumin

sharpness (keenness)

palli/pallia

soften (lessen/ease)

hedon

pleasure

lapse/lapsus

fall (slip)

sens/sensi

feel (sense/know)

__arian/tarian

person who is (pertaining to)

pneumo/pneumono

lung/lungs (air/gas)

__ula/ule

small (slight)

visc/visco/viscid

sticky (thick)

histo/histio

tissue (body)

trop/tropo/trophy

turn (twist/rotate)

nomin/nomen

name

angio

vessel (blood or lymph vessel)

naso

nose (nostril)

gallo

french

vitre/vitri

glass

prole

offspring

necro

corpse (dead/death)

nata

swim

phas/phaso/phasia

speech

ept/epti

fit (efficient)

ed/ede

eat

cauter

burn

blast

bud (sprout/embryonic)

tepid/tep/tepe

lukewarm

phren/phrene/phreno

mind/diaphragm

dors/dorse/dorsi

back (backside)

just

fair / fit / lawful

para

birth (produce/bear)

__lyte

process of breaking down/loosening/dissolving

pnea

breathe (breathing/breath)

ped/pedo

child

truc

fierce (cruel/rude)

fratern/fratri

brother

orect/orex/orexia

appetite

sati/satis

fill (full/enough)

ventro/ventri

belly (abdominal side)

___esque

like a (resembling)

___ad

toward (the ____ side)

ex. dorsad, dextrad

___opia/ops/opsia/opsis/opsy

vision (eyesight/observation/view)

venom/venen

poison

maxilla/maxillo

upper jaw (jawbone)

judic/jud

judge (law/judgement/wisdom)

cell/celli

cell

ento

within (inner)

fraud

cheat (deceit)

tacit/taciturn

silent

vitriol

bitter (glassy)

didact

teach

octogen

eighty

enerv

weaken

omin

omen (threatening/forewarn)

parsi

stingy (tight-fisted)

hib/hibit

hold (keep)

hedr/hedron

base (side/seat)

os___

against (toward)

mea

pass (flow) ex. permeate

sinister/sinistro

left (evil)