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Anatomy Root Words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| append- | hanging |
| cardi- | heart |
| cran- | helmet |
| dors- | back |
| homeo- | same |
| -logy | study of |
| meta- | change |
| pariet- | wall |
| pelv- | basin |
| -tomy | cutting |
| adip- | fat |
| chondr- | cartilage |
| -cyt | cell |
| epi- | upon |
| glia- | glue |
| inter- | between |
| macr- | large |
| os- | bone |
| pseud | false |
| squam- | scale |
| strat- | layer |
| cut- | skin |
| derm- | skin |
| follic- | small bag |
| kerat- | horn |
| melan- | black |
| seb- | grease |
| sudor- | sweat |
| ax- | axis |
| ventr- | belly, stomach |
| syn- | together |
| sens- | feeling |
| dendr- | tree |
| funi- | small cord, fiber |
| plex- | interweaving |
| gangli- | a swelling |
| -lemm | rind, peel |
| moto- | moving |
| mening- | membrane |
| troph- | well fed |
| myo- | muscle |
| erg- | work |
| calat- | something inserted |
| hyper- | over, more |
| laten- | hidden |
| tetan- | stiff |
| sacro- | flesh |
| agglutin- | to glue together |
| bil- | bile |
| embol- | stopper |
| erthyr- | red |
| hema- | blood |
| hemo- | blood |
| leuko- | white |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -poie | make, produce |
| -stasis | halt |
| thromb- | clot |
| -gen | produced |
| patho- | disease |
| humor- | fluid |
| nod- | knot |
| immun- | free |
| inflamm- | set on fire |
| brady- | slow |
| diastol- | dialiation |
| -gram | something written |
| systol- | contract |
| tachy- | rapid |
| papill- | nipple |
| alveo- | small cavity |
| bronch- | windpipe |
| cric- | ring |
| acetabul- | vinegar cup |
| -blast | bud |
| carp- | wrist |
| -clast | break |
| condyl- | knob |
| corac- | crow's beak |
| cribr- | sleeve |
| crist- | crest |
| fov- | pit |
| glen- | joint socket |
| intra- | inside |
| meat- | passage |
| odont- | tooth |
| -calyc | small cup |
| cort- | covering |
| detrus- | force away |
| glom- | little ball |
| mict- | to pass urine |
| nephr- | related to kidney |
| trigon- | triangle |
| andr- | man |
| fimb- | fringe |
| genesis- | origin |
| labi- | lip |
| mens- | month |
| puber- | adult |
| -crin | secrete |
| diuret- | pass urine |
| toc- | birth |
| -trophic | influencing |
| choroid- | skinlike |
| cochlea- | snail |
| iris- | rainbow |
| labyrinth- | maze |
| lacri- | tears |
| macula- | spot |
| olfact- | smell |
| scler- | hard |
| tympan- | drum |
| vitre- | glass |
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