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HHS Know Root Words
Must know Root Words
Question | Answer |
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Cyt/o, -cyte | cell |
Crani/o | skull |
Dors/o | back |
Later/o | side |
Anter/o | anterior, front |
Poster/o | posterior, back |
Gastr/o | stomach |
Pelv/o | pelvis |
Spin/o | spine |
Thorac/o | chest |
Umbilic/o | umbilicus, navel |
Albin/o, Leuk/o | white |
Cirrh/o, Jaund/o | yellow |
Cyan/o | blue |
Erythr/o | red |
Melan/o | black |
Acr/0 | extremity |
Path/o | disease |
Somat/o | body |
Viscer/o | internal organs |
Adip/o, Lip/o | fat |
Cutane, Derm/o, Dermat/o | skin |
Hidr/o, Sudor/o | sweat |
Kerat/o | hard, horny tissue |
Myc/o | fungus |
Onych/o, Ungu/o | nail |
Pil/o, Trich/o | hair |
Squam/o | scale |
Xen/o | foreign, strange |
Xer/o | dry |
Arteri/o | artery |
Arthr/o | joint |
Cardi/o | heart |
Cephal/o | head |
Cerebro/o, Encephal/o | brain |
Cervic/o | cervix, neck |
Cost/o | rib |
Hem/o, Hemat/o | blood |
Hepat/o | liver |
Ren/o, Nephr/o | Kidneys |
Myel/o | Spinal cord, bone marrow |
My/o | Muscles |
Nas/o, Rhin/o | Nose |
Neur/o | Nerve |
Oste/o | Bone |
Pharyng/o | Throat |
pneum/o, pneumon/o | air, lung |
Trache/o | windpipe, trachea |
Ven/o, phleb/o | Vein |
Angi/o | Vessel |
Pleur/o | pleura |
Pulmon/o | Lung |
Phag/o | eating, swallowing |
Plas/o | Formation, growth |
Thromb/o | blood clot |
Ather/o | Fatty plaque |
Scler/o | Hardening |
Sten/o | Narrowing, stricture |
Epiglott/o | epiglottis |
Ox/o, Ox/i | Oxygen |