roots to -intestin/o Word Scramble
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Root | Meaning |
abdomin/o | abdomen |
aden/o | gland |
adenoid/o | adenoids |
adip/o | fat |
aer/o | air |
alb/o, leuc/o, leuk/o | white |
albumin/o | albumin |
alveoli/o | alveolus |
amni/o | amnion |
amyl/o | starch |
an/o | anus |
angi/o | vessel |
anter/o | anterior, before, front |
ankyl/o | stiff |
aort/o | aorta |
append/o, appendic/o | appendix |
arteri/o | artery |
arteriol/o | arteriole |
arthr/o | articulation, joint |
atel/o | imperfect |
atel/o | imperfect |
athero/o | yellow fatty plaque |
bar/o | weight or pressure |
bil/i, chol/e | bile |
blephar/o | eyelid |
bronch/o, bronchi/o | bronchi |
bronchiol/o | bronchiole |
bronchiol/o | bronchiole |
burs/o | bursa |
calc/i | calcium |
carcin/o | cancer |
cardi/o | heart |
carp/o | wrist bones |
caud/o | caudad, tail |
cec/o | cecum |
cephal/o | head |
cerebr/o, encephal/o | brain |
cervic/o | neck or uterine cervix |
chir/o | hand |
chlor/o | green |
chole/o, cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
chondr/o | cartilage |
cirrh/o | orange-yellow |
clavicul/o | clavicle |
coccyg/o | coccyx |
col/o | colon or large intestines |
colp/o, vagin/o | vagina |
coni/o | dust |
cost/o | rib |
crani/o | cranium |
crin/o | to secrete |
cry/o | cold |
crypt/o | hidden |
cutane/o, derm/a, dermat/o | skin |
cyan/o | blue |
cyst/o | cyst, bladder, or sac |
cyt/o | cell |
dacry/o, lacrim/o | tear, tearing crying |
dactyl/o | digits (toes, fingers) |
dent/i, dent/o, odont/o | teeth |
derm/o | skin |
dips/o | thirst |
dist/o | distal, far |
dors/o | dorsal |
duoden/o | duodenum |
ech/o, son/o | sound |
electr/o | electricity |
enter/o | intestines or small intestines |
erythr/o | red |
esophag/o | esophagus |
esthesi/o | feeling |
femor/o | femur |
fet/o | fetus |
fibr/o | fiber |
fibul/o | fibula |
gastr/o | stomach |
gen/o | beginning, origin |
genit/o | genitals |
ger/o, geront/o | aged or elderly |
gingiv/o | gums |
glomerul/o | glomerulus |
gloss/o, lingu/o | tongue |
glyc/o, gluc/o | sugar |
gon/o | genitals or reproduction |
gram/o | to record |
gravid | pregnant |
gynec/o | female |
hem/a, hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
hepat/o | liver |
hidr/o | sweat or perspiration |
hist/o | tissue |
home/o | sameness |
humer/o | humerus |
hydr/o | water |
hystero | uterus |
ile/o | ileum |
ili/o | ilium |
immun/o | immune |
infer/o | inferior, lowermost, or below |
intestin/o | intestines |
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