Word Roots/Combining Forms Flashcards by Misa Conant

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acetabul/o

A

acetabulum

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adip/o

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fat

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albin/o

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white

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all/o

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difference from

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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

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blast/o

A

embryonic stage of development

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brady-

A

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bucc/o

A

cheek

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calc/o, calc/i

A

calcium

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calcane/o

A

heel bone

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carp/o

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wrist

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caut/o

A

burn

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chondr/o

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cartilage

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clavicul/o

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collarbone

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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

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cost/o

A

ribs

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cutane/o

A

skin

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dors/o

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back

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electr/o

A

electrical, electricity

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fasci/o

A

band of fibrous tissue

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fibr/o

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fiber

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gen/o

A

to produce

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hist/o, histi/o

A

tissue

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ichthy/o

A

fish

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kel/o

A

fibrous growth

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kerat/o

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hard, horny; also refers to cornea of the eye

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kinesi/o, kines/o

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movement

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kyph/o

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humpback; pertaining to a hump

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leiomy/o

A

smooth muscle

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lip/o

A

fat

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lumb/o

A

loins, lower back

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malac/o

A

softening

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maxill/o

A

upper jaw

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metacarp/o

A

hand bones

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metatars/o

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foot bones

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my/o

A

muscle

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myc/o

A

fungus

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myel/o

A

spinal cord or bone marrow

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myos/o

A

muscle

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necr/o

A

death

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olecran/o

A

elbow

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onucho/o

A

nails

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onych/o

A

nails

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orth/o

A

straight

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oste/o

A

bone

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pector/o

A

pertaining to the chest

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phalang/o

A

fingers, toes

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pil/o

A

hair

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por/o

A

cavity, opening, passage, or pore

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poste/o

A

bone

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pseud/o

A

false

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py/o

A

pus

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quadr/i

A

four

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rach/i

A

spinal column

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radi/o

A

radiation; also refers to the radius

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rhabdomy/o

A

striated muscle/skeletal muscle

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sarc/o

A

flesh

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scler/o

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hard; also refers to sclera of the eye

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spondyl/o

A

spine, vertebrae

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squam/o

A

scales

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sten/o

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short, contracted or narrow

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synov/o

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synovial membrane, synovial fluid

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tax/o

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order, coordination

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A

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tempor/o

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temples of the head

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thorac/o

A

thorax, chest

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trich/o

A

hair

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troph/o

A

development

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vertebr/o

A

vertebra

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viscer/o

A

pertaining to the internal organs of the body

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xer/o

A

dryness