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root words
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aer, aero | denoting gas |
| alge, algesi | relating to pain |
| anomalo | denoting irregularity |
| arthro | joint |
| brevi | short |
| celio | denoting abdomen |
| chol, chole, cholo | bile |
| chrom, chromo | color |
| cranio | cranium, skull |
| crayno, cryo | cold |
| crypt | to hide,a pit |
| cyno | dark blue |
| cyclo | pretaining to cycle |
| cysto | sac,cyst |
| cyto | denoting a cell |
| dacryo | lacrimal glands |
| dactylo | digits |
| dent, dento, donto | teeth |
| derma, dermat | skin |
| desmo | bond, ligament |
| dextro | right |
| diplo | double, twofold |
| dorsi, dorso | the back |
| duodeno | duodenum |
| elctro | electricity |
| encephalo | brain |
| entero | intestines |
| eso | inward |
| facio | face |
| gero, geronto | old age |
| gingiva | gingiva, gum |
| gloss, glosso | tounge |
| gluco | denoting sweetness |
| glyco | sugar |
| gnath, gnatho | denoting the jaw |
| hist, histio, histo | tissue |
| hydr, hydro | denoting water |
| ileo | ileum |
| ipsi | self |
| irido | colored circle |
| iso | equal |
| jejuno | jejunum |
| kerato | cornea |
| labio | lips |
| lacto | milk |
| laparo | loin or flank |
| latero | pertaining to the side |
| leido, leio | smooth |
| leuk, leuko | denoting deficiency of color |
| lip,lipo | pertaining to fat |
| litho | denoting a calculus |
| macr, macro | large, long |
| masti, mastro | relating to the breast |
| meg, mega | great, large |
| meningo | spinal cord |
| micr, micro | small in size or extent |
| mono | one |
| morpho | relating to form |
| multi | many |
| my, myo | relating to muscle |
| myc, mycet | denoting fungus |
| myringo | denoting tympani or eardrum |
| myx, myxo | pretaing to the mucus |
| naso | nose |
| necro | death |
| neo | new |
| nephr, nephro | kidney |
| normo | normal or usual |
| oculo | denoting the eye |
| onco | swelling or mass |
| onycho | nails |
| oo | egg |
| opisth, opistho | backward |
| opthal, opthalmo | eye |
| optico | vision |
| orchio, orcho | testes |
| oro | mouth |
| ortho | straight, right |
| osteo | bones |
| ot, oto | ear |
| patho | denoting disease |
| pedia, pedo | child or young |
| perineo | anus, scrotum ,vulva |
| phago | relationship to eating |
| pharyngo | pharynx |
| phleb, phlebo | veins |
| phot, photo | light |
| pilo | hair |
| plasma | plasma or the substance of a cell |
| pneuma, pneumono, pneumoto | air or gas |
| pod, podo | foot |
| poly | many |
| ptyalo | denoting salvia |
| pulmo | lung |
| pupillo | pupil |
| pyel, pyelo | pelvis |
| pyloro | pylorus |
| py, pyo | pus |
| recto | rectum |
| rhin,rhino | nose |
| sclero | hardness |
| sero | serum |
| sinistro | left |
| somato | denoting the body |
| spasmo | spasm |
| spermato, spermo | sperm |
| sphero | sphere,round |
| sphygma | pulse |
| spleen, spleno | spleen |
| staphyl | resemble bunch of grapes |
| steno | narrow, short |
| steth | chest |
| stomato | denoting mouth |
| sym, syn | with, along, together |
| tacho, tachy | swift |
| tarso | flat of the foot |
| terato | denoting a marvel, prodigy, monster |
| thoraco | chest |
| thrombo | clot or blood |
| toxico, toxo | denoting poision |
| tracheo | trachea |
| trichi, tricho | hair |
| ur, uro, urono | urine |
| vaso | vessel |
| veno | denoting a vein |
| ventri, ventro | abdomen |
| vertebro | vertebra |
| viscero | organs of the body |
| vivi | alive |
| xantho | yellow |
| xero | dryness |
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