Anatomy Root Words Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
a-/an- | not, absence, lack |
ab- | away from |
acr- | tip, peak, extremity |
ad- | to, toward |
adeno- | gland |
alb- | white |
-algia | pain |
ambi-, amphi- | both sides, both kinds |
ana- | apart |
ante- | before, preceeding |
anti- | against, inhibiting |
anthro- | joint |
auto- | self |
axillary | armpit |
bi- | two |
bio- | life |
blast-, -blast | germ, seed |
brachi- | arm |
brady- | slow |
bronchi- | windpipes |
bucco- | cheek |
cauda- | tail |
cephalo-, cranio- | head |
cerebro- | brain |
chloro- | green |
chole- | bile |
chondro- | cartilage |
chromo- | color |
circum- | around |
co-, con- | with, together |
coel- | hollow |
contra- | against, opposite |
cost- | rib |
crypt- | hidden, obscure |
cyto-, -cyte | cell |
cyst- | bladder, sac |
de-, des- | from, lost |
dent- | tooth |
derm- | skin |
dextro- | right side |
di-, diplo- | twice, double |
dia- | through, between |
-duct | lead |
e-, ec-, ex-, ef- | out of, from |
ecto- | outside of |
-ella | dimunitives, i.e. indicate the structure is small |
-ium | dimunitives, i.e. indicate the structure is small |
-olus | dimunitives, i.e. indicate the structure is small |
-olum | dimunitives, i.e. indicate the structure is small |
-culus | dimunitives, i.e. indicate the structure is small |
-culum | dimunitives, i.e. indicate the structure is small |
-cule | dimunitives, i.e. indicate the structure is small |
-cle | dimunitives, i.e. indicate the structure is small |
-emia | condition of blood |
en-, em-, endo- | in, inside |
entero- | intestine |
epi- | over, upon |
eu- | well, good, true |
ex-, extra- | beyond body walls, additional |
-fer-, -ferent | carry |
fil- | hair |
gastr- | stomach |
gen-, gene- | producing, coming to be |
glob- | ball |
-glosso- | tongue |
haplo- | simple, single |
hema-, hemato-, hemo- | blood |
hemi- | half |
hepato- | liver |
hetero- | different, other |
histo- | tissue |
holo- | whole, entire |
homeo- | same, alike |
humor | body fluid |
hydro- | water |
hyper- | excessive, above |
hypo- | beneath, deficient |
idio- | unknown |
im-/in- | not or within |
infra- | below |
inguinal | groin |
inter- | between |
intra-, intro- | within, into |
iso- | same, equal |
-itis | inflammation |
kerat- | cornea or horny tissue |
lact- | milk |
leuco-, leuk- | white |
lev- | left side |
lipo- | fat |
-logy | study of |
-lysis | break up |
melan- | black |
macro-, megalo- | large |
-malacia | softening |
media | middle |
mental, mentum | chin |
meso- | in the middle |
meta- | subsequent to, after |
micro- | small |
mito- | thread, filament |
mono- | single part |
mort- | death |
-morph- | form, shape |
myo- | muscle |
necro- | dead |
nema- | thread |
neo- | new, recent |
nephro- | kidney |
neuro- | nerve |
nom-, -onomy | name |
o- | egg, ova |
oo- | egg, ova |
ov- | egg, ova |
ovar- | egg, ova |
oophor- | egg, ova |
-oid | resembles |
oligo- | few |
-oma | tumor |
ortho- | straight |
-osis | abnormal state |
osse- | bone |
ost- | bone |
osteo- | bone |
-ostomy | surgery creating opening |
-otomy | cutting operation |
-tomy | cutting operation |
-ectomy | cutting operation |
para- | beside, near |
pariet- | wall |
path- | disease |
-pathy | disease |
ped- | child |
-penia | deficiency |
peri- | around |
phago- | eat |
-phile | affinity for, love |
phleb- | vein |
-phobia | fear |
photo- | light |
-phragm | membrane |
pilus | hair |
-plasty | reconstruction surgery |
poly- | many |
post- | after, behind |
pre- | before |
pro- | before |
procto- | rectum, anus |
proto- | first |
pseudo- | false |
psych- | mind |
-ptosis | downward displacement |
pulmo- | lung |
retro- | backward, behind |
-rhage, -rhea | flow |
re-, retro- | again, turn back, turn again |
ren- | kidney |
rhin- | nose |
sapro- | dead |
sarc- | flesh, muscular substance |
scler- | hard |
semi- | half |
septa- | wall |
septic- | presence of pathogens |
soma-, somato- | body |
-stasis | stop, arrest, stand |
steno- | narrow |
stom- | mouth |
sub- | under |
super-, supra- | above, over, upon |
sym-, syn- | together |
tachy- | rapid |
-taxis | movement |
tel-, telo- | far, distant, end |
tetra- | four |
-tom, tomy | cut |
trans- | across, through |
trich- | hair, hair-like |
-troph | nourishment, growth |
vaso- | vessel |
villi- | shaggy |
visco- | sticky |
zoo- | animal |
zygo- | join, unite |
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