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Chapter 1 Root Words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aden/o | gland |
| bi/o | life |
| carcin/o | cancerous, cancer |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebra/o | cerebrum(largest part of the brain) |
| sect/o | to cut |
| cis/o | to cut |
| crin/o | to secrete(to form and give off) |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder;a sac or cyst(sac ocontaining fluid) |
| cyt/o | cell |
| derm/o | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| electr/o | electricity |
| encephal/o | brain |
| enter/o | intestines(usually the small) |
| erythr/o | red |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| gnos/o | knowledge |
| gynec/o | woman, female |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| iatr/o | treatment, physician |
| leuk/o | white |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| onc/o | tumor |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| oste/o | bone |
| path/o | disease |
| ped/o | child |
| psych/o | mind |
| radi/o | x-ray |
| ren/o | kidney |
| rhin/o | nose |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| thromb/o | clot, clotting |
| ur/o | urinary tract, urine |