Word Roots/Combining Forms Flashcards
1
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acetabul/o
A
acetabulum
2
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adip/o
A
fat
3
Q
albin/o
A
white
4
Q
all/o
A
difference from
5
Q
ankyl/o
A
stiff
6
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A
7
Q
arthr/o
A
joint
8
Q
blast/o
A
embryonic stage of development
9
Q
brady-
A
10
Q
bucc/o
A
cheek
11
Q
calc/o, calc/i
A
calcium
12
Q
calcane/o
A
heel bone
13
Q
carp/o
A
wrist
14
Q
caut/o
A
burn
15
Q
chondr/o
A
cartilage
16
Q
clavicul/o
A
collarbone
17
Q
condyl/o
A
condyle; a rounded protuberance at the end of some bones;
forming an articulation with another bone
18
Q
cost/o
A
ribs
19
Q
cutane/o
A
skin
20
Q
dors/o
A
back
21
Q
electr/o
A
electrical, electricity
22
Q
fasci/o
A
band of fibrous tissue
23
Q
fibr/o
A
fiber
24
Q
gen/o
A
to produce
25
Q
hist/o, histi/o
A
tissue
26
Q
ichthy/o
A
fish
27
Q
kel/o
A
fibrous growth
28
Q
kerat/o
A
hard, horny; also refers to cornea of the eye
29
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kinesi/o, kines/o
A
movement
