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Anat and Phys roots
all the roots necessary for understanding terms
Term | Definition |
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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 |