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Root words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aer, aero | denoting gas |
| alge, algesi, algo | relating to pain |
| anomalo | denoting irregularity |
| arthro | relating to a joint |
| brevi | short |
| celio | denoting the abdoment |
| chol, chole, cholo | relating to bile |
| chrom, chromo | relating to color |
| cranio | relating to the cranium of the skull |
| cryano, cryo | denoting cold |
| crypt | to hide, a pit |
| cyano | dark blue |
| cyclo | pertaining to a cycle |
| cysto | relating to a sac or cyst |
| cyto | denoting a cell |
| dacryo | pertaining to the lacrimal glands. |
| dactylo | relating to digits |
| dent, dento, donto | relating to teeth |
| derma, dermat | relating to teeth |
| derma, dermat | relating to the skin |
| desmo | relating to a bond or ligament |
| dextro | right |
| diplo | double, twofold |
| dorsi, dorso | referrign to the black |
| duodeno | relating to the duodenum |
| electro | relating to electricity |
| encephalo | denoting the brain |
| entero | relating to the intestines |
| eso | inward |
| facio | relating to the face |
| gero, geronto | denoting old age |
| gingiva | relating to the gingiva or gum |
| glosss, glosso | relating to the tongue |
| gluco | denoting sweetness |
| glyco | relating to sugar |
| gnath, gnatho | denoting the jaw |
| hist, histio, histo | relating to a tissue |
| hydr, hydro | denoting water |
| ileo | pertaining to the ileum |
| ipsi | meaning self |
| irido | relating to a colored circle |
| iso | equal |
| jejuno | pertaining to the jejunum |
| kerato | relating to the cornea |
| labio | pertaining to the lips |
| lacto | relating to milk |
| laparo | pertaining to the loin or flank |
| latero | pertaining to the side |
| leido, leio | smooth |
| leuk, leuko | denothing deficiency of color |
| lip, lipo | pertaining to fat |
| litho | denoting a calculus |
| macr, macro | large, long |
| masti, mastro | relating to the breast |
| meg, mega | great large |
| meningo | denoting membranes, covering the brain and spinal cord |
| micr, micro | small in size or extent |
| mono | one |
| morpho | relating to form |
| multi | many |
| my, myo | relating to muscle |
| myc, mycet | denoting a fungus |
| myringo | denoting tympani or the eardrum |
| myx, myxo | pertaining to mucus |
| naso | relating to the nose |
| necro | denoting death |
| neo | new |
| nephr, nephro | denoting the kidney |
| normo | normal or usual |
| oculo | denoting the eye |
| onco | denoting a swelling or mass |
| onycho | relating to the nails |
| oo | denoting an egg |
| opisth, opistho | backward |
| ophthal, opthalmo | pertaining to the eye |
| optico | relating to vision |
| orchi, orcho | relating to the testes |
| oro | relating to the mouth |
| ortho | straight, right |
| osteo | relating to the bones |
| ot, oto | denoting an ear |
| patho | denothing disease |
| pedia, pedo | denoting a child or young |
| perineo | combinin form for the region between the anus and scrotum or vulva |
| phago | denoting a relationship to eating |
| pharyngo | pertaining to the pharynx |
| phleb, phlebo | denoting the veins |
| phot, photo | relating to light |
| pilo | relating to hair |
| plasmo | relating to plasma or the substance of a cell |
| pneuma, pneumono, pneumoto | denoting air or gas |
| pod, podo | meaning foot |
| poly | many |
| ptyalo | denoting saliva |
| pulmo | denoting the lung |
| pupilo | denoting the pupil |
| pyel, pyelo | denoting the pelvis |
| pyloro | relating to the pylorus |
| py, pyo | denoting pus |
| recto | denoting the rectum |
| rhin, rhino | denoting the nose |
| sclero | denoting hardness |
| sero | pertaining to serum |
| sinistro | left |
| somato | denoting the body |
| spasmo | denoting spasm |
| spermato, spermo | denoting sperm |
| sphero | denoting sphere, round |
| sphygma | denoting a pulse |
| spleen, spleno | denoting the spleen |
| staphyl, staphylo | resembling a bunch of grapes |
| steno | narrow, short |
| steth, stetho | relating to the chest |
| stomato | denoting the mouth |
| sym, syn | with, along, together |
| tacho, tarchy | swift |
| tarso | relating to the flat of the foot |
| terato | denoting a marvel, prodigy, or monster |
| thoraco | relating to th echest |
| thrombo | denoting a clot of blood |
| toxico, toxo | denoting poison |
| tracheo | denoting the trachea |
| trichi, tricho | denoting hair |
| ur, uro, urono | relating to urine |
| vaso | denoting a vessel |
| veno | denoting a vein |
| ventri, ventro | denoting the abdoment |
| vertebro | relating to the vertebra |
| viscero | denoting the organs of the body |
| vivi | denoting alive |
| xantho | denoting yellow |
| xero | denoting dryness |
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