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word roots a&p
word root
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abdomin/o | abdonmen |
| acr/o | extremity |
| aden/o | gland |
| aer/o | air |
| albin/o | white |
| amby/o | dimness |
| andr/o | male |
| angi/o | vessel |
| anis/o | unequal, dissimilar |
| anter/o | front |
| arteri,o | artery |
| arthr/o | joint |
| asthen/o | lack of strength, weakness |
| ather/o | plaque, fatty substance |
| audi/o | hearing |
| aur/o; aur/i | ear |
| bi/o | life |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| brachi/o | arm |
| carcin/o | cancerous, Ca |
| cardi/o | heart |
| carp/o | wrist |
| caud/o | tail |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebr/o | brain |
| cervic/o | neck |
| cheil/o | lip |
| chem/o | drug; chemical |
| chir/o | hand |
| chlor/o | green |
| chlo/e | bile;gall |
| cholangi/o | bile duct |
| chloecyst/o | gallbladder |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| chrom/o | color |
| cis/o | to cut |
| col/o, colon/o | colon ( large intestine ) |
| colp/o | vagina |
| coron/o | heart |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | skull |
| cutane/o | skin |
| cyan/o | blue |
| cyst/o | cyst, bladder, sac |
| cyt/o | cell |
| dacry/o | tear |
| dactyl/o |