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A&P1- All Root Words
All Root Words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cyt or cyto | cell |
| hetero | different |
| hist | tissue |
| homeo | similar, like |
| homo | same |
| hyper | over, above |
| hypo | under, below |
| iso | equal, same |
| liga | bind |
| lysis | breaking up |
| macro | large |
| mega | great |
| micro | small |
| phag | eat |
| viscer | internal organ |
| ecto | on outer side |
| endo | within |
| epi | upon, on |
| infra | below, beneath |
| inter | between |
| intra | within |
| meso | middle, mid |
| mito | thread, filament |
| ose | full of |
| phil | like, love |
| phobia | fear |
| poly | many, much |
| post | after |
| pre or pro | after |
| pseudo | false |
| ante | before, forward |
| cerebro | brain |
| circum | around, about |
| duct | leading, drawing |
| ec | out from |
| extra | outside |
| ferent | carry |
| glyco | sugar, sweet |
| hemi | half |
| mono | one, single |
| multi | many |
| myelo | marrow or spinal cord |
| neuro | nerve |
| oligo | few, scanty |
| super | above, upper |
| auto | self |
| ex | out, away from |
| gloss | tongue |
| im | not |
| in | in, into |
| malaco | soft |
| para | beside, near to |
| peri | around |
| re | back, again |
| sclero | hard |
| semi | half |
| somato | body |
| sub | under |
| supra | above, upon |
| trans | across, through |
| exo | on outer side |
| lip | fat |
| oculo | eye |
| op | see, sight |
| ophthalm | eye |
| ortho | straight, normal |
| oto | ear |
| retro | backward |
| sarco | flesh, fleshy |
| stasis | stop |
| steno | narrow |
| sym or syn | together |
| therm | heat |
| troph | nourish |
| tropic | changing, influencing |
| ab | away from |
| acr | extrimity |
| ad | to, toward, near |
| arthr | joint |
| blast | bud, germ |
| cephal | head |
| chondr | cartilage |
| clast | smash, break |
| derm | skin |
| kerato | cornea, horny tissue |
| kin | move |
| morph | form |
| myo | muscle |
| osteo | bone |
| pod | foot |
| adeno | gland |
| carcin | cancer |
| edem | swell |
| genesis | produce, origin |
| itis | inflammation |
| melano | black |
| narco | numbness |
| pathy | disease |
| penia | deficiency |
| phas | speak, utter |
| plegia | paralyze |
| psycho | mind, soul |
| pyo | pus |
| tomy | cut, incise |
| tox | poison |
| algia | pain |
| brady | slow |
| cholecyst | gallbladder |
| dynia | pain |
| entero | intestine |
| erythro | red |
| gastro | stomach |
| hepato | liver |
| leuko | white |
| poie | production |
| procto | anus |
| rrhagia | burst forth |
| rrhea | flow, discharge |
| stomy | to make an artificial opening |
| tachy | fast |
| angio | vessel |
| cardio | heart |
| chol | bile |
| cysto | bladder, sac |
| emia | blood |
| hem | blood |
| mast | breast |
| nephro | kidney |
| odonto | tooth |
| phleb | vein |
| pne | breathe |
| pneumo | gas, lungs |
| uria | urine |
| vas | vessel |
| vene | vein |
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