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A&P Latin Roots 1
Terms for quiz 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a, an | without |
| ab | away |
| acr, acro | tip |
| aden, adeno | gland |
| adherens | adhering |
| advent | added to |
| allo | altered |
| ana | against, back |
| aneurysm | widening |
| angina | to choke, strangle |
| angio, vas, vasa, vasorum | vessels, of the vessels |
| anti | against |
| apo | separated from |
| ary | pertaining to, like, shaped |
| asthma | panting |
| ata | possessing |
| ate | like |
| atrium | entryway |
| auricle | little ear |
| auto | self |
| baro | pressure |
| basilic | royal, prominent, important |
| bili | bile |
| blast | precursor |
| blenn | mucus |
| bolus | mass, ball |
| brachi, brachio | arm |
| brady | slow |
| calor | heat |
| card, cor, cardi, cardio | heart |
| carne | flesh, meat |
| carot | stupor |
| celi, gastro | belly, abdomen |
| cephal | head |
| cerv, jugul | neck, throat |
| coron, corona | crown |
| costo | rib |
| crin | secrete, to separate |
| crit | to separate |
| crypt | hidden |
| cyte, cyto | cell |
| dactyl | finger, toe |
| dipsia | drinking |
| dys | bad, disordered, difficult |
| ecto, ex, exo, ec | outer, out of |
| em | blood |
| emia | blood condition |
| endo | into, internal |
| epi | upon, above |
| erg | action, reaction, work |
| erythro | red |
| extra | outside |
| fascia | band |
| fascicul | little cords |
| fenestra | window |
| ferrit | iron |
| gen, genesis, genic | producing, arising from |
| ger, geront | old person, age |
| glutin | glue |
| glyc, glyco | glucose, sugar |
| haptein | to fasten |
| hemi, semi | half |
| hormone | to excite, set in motion |
| hyp, hypo | below |
| hyper | excess |
| immuno | free |
| in | inward |
| infarct | to stuff |
| infra | below, under |
| infundibulum | funnel |
| ino | fiber |
| inter | between |
| intra | within |
| isch | to hold back |
| iso | same |
| karyo, kyro | nucleus |
| kin, kine | to set in motion, action |
| lact | milk |
| lamina | layer |
| leuk, leuko | white |
| logy, ology | study |
| lunar | like the moon |
| lymph | water |
| mano | rare, sparse, roomy |
| meta | beyond, next in a series |
| mnes | remember |
| myel | bone marrow |
| osa | full of |
| osis, ia | condition |
| ox | oxygen |
| oxy | sharp, quick |
| papill | nipple |
| patho, pathy | disease |
| pectin | comb |
| pectoris | of the chest |
| pedesis | stepping |
| peri | around |
| phagia | eating |
| phil, philic | loving |
| phylax | protection |
| physis | growth |
| plas, plast | forming |
| plex, pleg | stroke, paralysis |
| ploic | pertaining to the greater omentum |
| pluri | many, multiple |
| poiesis | formation |
| poly | much, many, excessive |
| potent | able |
| pro | favoring |
| psych | mind, soul |
| pyro | fire, heat |
| reticul | little network |
| retr, retro | backward |
| rub | red |
| saphen | standing |
| scess | to go |
| sphygmo | pulse |
| stasis | stability |
| sten, steno | narrow |
| sub | below |
| supra | above |
| tachy | speed, fast |
| thoraco | chest |
| thyro | thyroid gland |
| toc | childbirth |
| trabecula | little beam |
| trop | turn, change, influence |
| ventr | belly, lower part |
| verd | green |
| vesic | bladder |
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