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A&P1- All Root Words
All Root Words
Term | Definition |
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cyt or cyto | cell |
hetero | different |
hist | tissue |
homeo | similar, like |
homo | same |
hyper | over, above |
hypo | under, below |
iso | equal, same |
liga | bind |
lysis | breaking up |
macro | large |
mega | great |
micro | small |
phag | eat |
viscer | internal organ |
ecto | on outer side |
endo | within |
epi | upon, on |
infra | below, beneath |
inter | between |
intra | within |
meso | middle, mid |
mito | thread, filament |
ose | full of |
phil | like, love |
phobia | fear |
poly | many, much |
post | after |
pre or pro | after |
pseudo | false |
ante | before, forward |
cerebro | brain |
circum | around, about |
duct | leading, drawing |
ec | out from |
extra | outside |
ferent | carry |
glyco | sugar, sweet |
hemi | half |
mono | one, single |
multi | many |
myelo | marrow or spinal cord |
neuro | nerve |
oligo | few, scanty |
super | above, upper |
auto | self |
ex | out, away from |
gloss | tongue |
im | not |
in | in, into |
malaco | soft |
para | beside, near to |
peri | around |
re | back, again |
sclero | hard |
semi | half |
somato | body |
sub | under |
supra | above, upon |
trans | across, through |
exo | on outer side |
lip | fat |
oculo | eye |
op | see, sight |
ophthalm | eye |
ortho | straight, normal |
oto | ear |
retro | backward |
sarco | flesh, fleshy |
stasis | stop |
steno | narrow |
sym or syn | together |
therm | heat |
troph | nourish |
tropic | changing, influencing |
ab | away from |
acr | extrimity |
ad | to, toward, near |
arthr | joint |
blast | bud, germ |
cephal | head |
chondr | cartilage |
clast | smash, break |
derm | skin |
kerato | cornea, horny tissue |
kin | move |
morph | form |
myo | muscle |
osteo | bone |
pod | foot |
adeno | gland |
carcin | cancer |
edem | swell |
genesis | produce, origin |
itis | inflammation |
melano | black |
narco | numbness |
pathy | disease |
penia | deficiency |
phas | speak, utter |
plegia | paralyze |
psycho | mind, soul |
pyo | pus |
tomy | cut, incise |
tox | poison |
algia | pain |
brady | slow |
cholecyst | gallbladder |
dynia | pain |
entero | intestine |
erythro | red |
gastro | stomach |
hepato | liver |
leuko | white |
poie | production |
procto | anus |
rrhagia | burst forth |
rrhea | flow, discharge |
stomy | to make an artificial opening |
tachy | fast |
angio | vessel |
cardio | heart |
chol | bile |
cysto | bladder, sac |
emia | blood |
hem | blood |
mast | breast |
nephro | kidney |
odonto | tooth |
phleb | vein |
pne | breathe |
pneumo | gas, lungs |
uria | urine |
vas | vessel |
vene | vein |