Word Roots/Combining Forms Flashcards
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acetabul/o
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acetabulum
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adip/o
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fat
3
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albin/o
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white
4
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all/o
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difference from
5
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ankyl/o
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stiff
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A
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arthr/o
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joint
8
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blast/o
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embryonic stage of development
9
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brady-
A
10
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bucc/o
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cheek
11
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calc/o, calc/i
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calcium
12
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calcane/o
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heel bone
13
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carp/o
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wrist
14
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caut/o
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burn
15
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chondr/o
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cartilage
16
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clavicul/o
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collarbone
17
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condyl/o
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condyle; a rounded protuberance at the end of some bones;
forming an articulation with another bone
18
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cost/o
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ribs
19
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cutane/o
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skin
20
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dors/o
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back
21
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electr/o
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electrical, electricity
22
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fasci/o
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band of fibrous tissue
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fibr/o
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fiber
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gen/o
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to produce
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hist/o, histi/o
tissue
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ichthy/o
fish
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kel/o
fibrous growth
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kerat/o
hard, horny; also refers to cornea of the eye
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kinesi/o, kines/o
movement
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kyph/o
humpback; pertaining to a hump
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leiomy/o
smooth muscle
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lip/o
fat
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lumb/o
loins, lower back
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malac/o
softening
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maxill/o
upper jaw
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metacarp/o
hand bones
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metatars/o
foot bones
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my/o
muscle
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myc/o
fungus
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myel/o
spinal cord or bone marrow
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myos/o
muscle
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necr/o
death
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olecran/o
elbow
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onucho/o
nails
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onych/o
nails
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orth/o
straight
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oste/o
bone
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pector/o
pertaining to the chest
49
phalang/o
fingers, toes
50
pil/o
hair
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por/o
cavity, opening, passage, or pore
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poste/o
bone
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pseud/o
false
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py/o
pus
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quadr/i
four
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rach/i
spinal column
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radi/o
radiation; also refers to the radius
58
rhabdomy/o
striated muscle/skeletal muscle
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sarc/o
flesh
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scler/o
hard; also refers to sclera of the eye
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spondyl/o
spine, vertebrae
62
squam/o
scales
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sten/o
short, contracted or narrow
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synov/o
synovial membrane, synovial fluid
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tax/o
order, coordination
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tempor/o
temples of the head
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thorac/o
thorax, chest
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trich/o
hair
70
troph/o
development
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vertebr/o
vertebra
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viscer/o
pertaining to the internal organs of the body
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xer/o
dryness
