Set 1 - Root Words
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42 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 aden/o | gland |
| append/o, appendic/o | appendix |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arthr/o | joint |
| bi/o | living thing, life |
| cardi/o | heart, upper part of stomach |
| col/o, colon/o | large intestine, colon |
| crani/o | skull |
| cyst/o | cell |
| cyt/o | cell |
| derm/o, dermat/o | skin |
| duct/o | carry |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gen/o | giving rise to, creating |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| hem/o, hermat/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| hist/o | tissue |
| hydr/o | water, fluid |
| leuk/o | white |
| lith/o | stone |
| muc/o | mucus |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| neur/o | nerve |
| norm/o | proper, rule |
| oste/o | bone |
| path/o | disease |
| ped/o | child, infant, foot |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| ren/o | kidney |
| secti/o | cut into |
| splen/o | spleen |
| tens/o | pressure |
| the/o | put |
| therm/o | heat |
| thorac/o | chest |
| thromb/o | clot |
| ven/o | vein |
| acr/o | extremity, tip |
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