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Anat and Phys roots
all the roots necessary for understanding terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Acetabul- | vinegar cup |
| Adip- | fat |
| Agglutin- | to glue together |
| Aliment- | food |
| Allant- | sausage |
| Alveol- | small cavity |
| an- | without |
| Ana- | up |
| Andr- | man |
| Append- | to hang something |
| ax- | axis |
| Bil- | bile |
| -blast | bud |
| Brady- | slow |
| Bronch- | windpipe |
| Calat- | something inserted |
| Calyc- | small cup |
| Cardi- | heart |
| Carp- | wrist |
| Cata- | down |
| Chrondr- | cartilage |
| Chorio- | skin |
| Choroid- | skinlike |
| Chym- | juice |
| -clast | break |
| Cleav- | to divide |
| Cochlea | snail |
| Condyl- | knob |
| Corac- | a crow's beak |
| Cort- | covering |
| Cran- | helmet |
| Cribr- | sieve |
| Cric- | ring |
| -crin | to secrete |
| Crist- | crest |
| cut- | skin |
| cyt- | cell |
| de- | separation from |
| Decidu- | falling off |
| Dendr- | tree |
| Derm- | skin |
| Detrus- | to force away |
| di- | two |
| Diastol- | dilation |
| Diuret- | to pass urine |
| Dors- | back |
| Ejacul- | to shoot forth |
| Embol- | stopper |
| Endo- | within |
| Epi- | upon |
| Erg- | work |
| Erythr- | red |
| Exo- | outside |
| Extra- | outside |