Unit 2 root words
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 a(n)- | not,without, lacking |
| arteri- | artery |
| bi-, (bin-) | two, twice |
| carcin- | cancer |
| -cell- | chamber, small room |
| circa-, (circum-) | around, about |
| cuspid- | point |
| di(a)- | through, across, apart |
| ech- | echo, repetition |
| -emia | blood |
| -gen (-gine) | producer, former |
| -glob | ball, round |
| -graph (-gram) | thing written |
| -iasis | disease, abnormal condition |
| -logist | one who studies... |
| -logy | study of... |
| -meter (metry-) | measurement |
| infra- | below, beneath |
| -itis | inflammation, disease |
| my(s)-, myos- | muscle |
| -nod(e) | knot |
| -oma | abnormal condition, tumor |
| -oisis | abnormal condition |
| path(y-) | disease, suffering, feeling |
| peri- | around |
| -plast- (plasm-) | to form, mold |
| scler- | hard |
| -scope- | to view, look, see |
| sep(t)- | wall, separation |
| sphygm- | pulse |
| stol-,(stle-), stal- | to send, to contract |
| super- (sur-) | over, above, top |
| thromb- | clot |
| tri- | three |
| ven(t)- | vein, come |
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