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A&P Word Roots
Word roots for the final
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ot | ear |
| -phasia | speech |
| a- | without, absence of |
| oscheal | scrotum |
| -stomy | surgical creation of opening |
| erythro | red |
| dys- | painful, difficult |
| pnea | breathing |
| -cele | hernia |
| enter | intestine |
| -emia | condition of blood, substance in blood |
| leuk | white |
| Dx | diagnosis |
| cyt | cell |
| melan | dark, black, melanin |
| cyan | blue |
| xanth | yellow |
| colp | vagina |
| -tomy | cut. incision |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| rhin | nose |
| spir | breathing |
| pyel | renal pelvis |
| nephro | kidney |
| tachy- | fast |
| brady- | slow |
| men | menstruation, month |
| rrhea | flow, discharge |
| chole | gall bladder |
| hepat | liver |
| lith | stones |
| -tripsy | crushing of |
| bucc | cheek |
| -algia | pain, painful condition |
| cyst | bladder |
| thor | chest |
| mast | breast |
| hypo | decrease, deficient |
| hyper | increase, excess |
| somn | sleep |
| -ia | condition of |