AP Bio Roots Flashcards

12029834756	a-	without, lack of	0
12029834757	inter-	between	1
12029834758	ab-	away from	2
12029834759	cyt(o)-	pertaining to a cell	3
12029834760	abdomi(n)-	abdomen	4
12029834761	de-	down from	5
12029834762	iso-	equal	6
12029834763	acr(o)-	pertaining to an extremity	7
12029834764	dermat(o)-	pertaining to the skin	8
12029834765	latero-	side	9
12029834766	ad-	to, toward	10
12029834767	di-	twice, double	11
12029834768	leuk(o)-	pertaining to anything white or to leukocytes (white blood cells)	12
12029834769	aden(o)-	pertaining to a gland	13
12029834770	dia-	through, completely	14
12029834771	lith(o)-	pertaining to a stone	15
12029834772	an-	without, lack of	16
12029834773	dys-	difficult, painful, abnormal	17
12029834774	macro-	large	18
12029834775	ana-	up, back, again	19
12029834776	ect(o)-	out from	20
12029834777	mal-	bad or abnormal	21
12029834778	angio-	vessel	22
12029834779	electro-	pertaining to electricity	23
12029834780	medi-	middle	24
12029834781	ante-	before, forward	25
12029834782	end(o)-	within	26
12029834783	anti-	against, opposed to	27
12029834784	enter(o)-	pertaining to the intestines	28
12029834785	melan-	black	29
12029834786	arteri(o)-	artery	30
12029834787	epi-	upon, on	31
12029834788	mening(o)-	pertaining to a membrane, particularly the meninges	32
12029834789	arthro-	pertaining to a joint	33
12029834790	erythr(o)-	pertaining to anything red or to erythrocytes (red blood cells)	34
12029834791	micro-	small	35
12029834792	auto-	self	36
12029834793	eu-	easy, good, normal	37
12029834794	mono-	one	38
12029834795	bi-	two	39
12029834796	ex(o)-	outside	40
12029834797	myel(o)-	pertaining to the spinal cord, the bone marrow, or myelin	41
12029834798	bi(o)-	pertaining to life	42
12029834799	extra-	outside, in addition	43
12029834800	my(o)-	pertaining to muscle	44
12029834801	blast(o)-	germ or cell	45
12029834802	gastr(o)-	pertaining to the stomach	46
12029834803	nas(o)-	pertaining to the nose	47
12029834804	blephar(o)-	pertaining to an eyelid	48
12029834805	glyc(o)-	sugar	49
12029834806	ne(o)-	new	50
12029834807	brady-	slow	51
12029834808	gynec(o)-	pertaining to females or the female reproductive organs	52
12029834809	nephr(o)-	pertaining to the kidney	53
12029834810	calc-	stone; also heel	54
12029834811	hemat(o)-	pertaining to blood	55
12029834812	neur(o)-	pertaining to a nerve or the nervous system	56
12029834813	cardi(o)-	pertaining to the heart	57
12029834814	hemi-	half	58
12029834815	noct-	night	59
12029834816	cephal(o)-	pertaining to the head	60
12029834817	hem(o)-	pertaining to blood	61
12029834818	olig(o)-	little, deficient	62
12029834819	cerebr(o)-	pertaining to the cerebrum, a part of the brain	63
12029834820	hepat(o)-	pertaining to the liver	64
12029834821	oophor(o)-	pertaining to the ovary	65
12029834822	cervic(o)-	pertaining to the neck or the uterine cervix	66
12029834823	heter-	other, different	67
12029834824	ophthalm(o)-	pertaining to the eye	68
12029834825	chole-	pertaining to bile	69
12029834826	hom-	same or like	70
12029834827	orchid(o)-	pertaining to the testicles	71
12029834828	chondr(o)-	pertaining to cartilage	72
12029834829	hydr(o)-	water	73
12029834830	orchi(o)-	pertaining to the testicles	74
12029834831	circum-	around, about	75
12029834832	hyper-	over, excessive	76
12029834833	oro-	pertaining to the mouth	77
12029834834	contra-	against, opposite	78
12029834835	hypo-	under, deficient	79
12029834836	ortho-	straight or normal	80
12029834837	cost(o)-	pertaining to a rib	81
12029834838	hyster(o)-	pertaining to the uterus	82
12029834839	oste(o)-	pertaining to bone	83
12029834840	cyan(o)-	blue	84
12029834841	infra-	below	85
12029834842	ot(o)-	pertaining to the ear	86
12030603577	para-	by the side of	87
12030603578	pseud(o)-	false	88
12030603579	semi-	half or partial	89
12030603580	path(o)-	pertaining to disease	90
12030603581	psych(o)-	pertaining to the mind	91
12030603582	sub-	under, moderately	92
12030603583	per-	through	93
12030603584	pulm(o)-	pertaining to the lung	94
12030603585	super-	above, excessive, or more than normal	95
12030603586	peri-	around	96
12030603587	pur-	pertaining to pus	97
12030603588	supra-	above	98
12030603589	phag(o)-	pertaining to eating, ingesting, or engulfing	99
12030603590	pyel(o)-	pertaining to the kidney or pelvis	100
12030603591	tachy-	fast	101
12030603592	pharyng(o)-	pertaining to the throat, or pharynx	102
12030603593	py(o)-	pertaining to pus	103
12030603594	therm-	pertaining to temperature	104
12030603595	phleb(o)-	pertaining to a vein	105
12030603596	quadr(i)-	four	106
12030603597	thorac(o)-	pertaining to the chest	107
12030603598	pneum(o)-	pertaining to respiration, the lungs, or air	108
12030603599	quar-	four	109
12030603600	trans-	across	110
12030603601	poly-	many	111
12030603602	quat-	four	112
12030603603	tri-	three	113
12030603604	post-	after, behind	114
12030603605	retr(o)-	backward or behind	115
12030603606	uni-	one	116
12030603607	pre-	before	117
12030603608	rhin(o)-	pertaining to the nose	118
12030603609	vas(o)-	vessel	119
12030603610	pro-	before, in front of	120
12030603611	salping(o)-	pertaining to a tube	121
12030603612	proct(o)-	pertaining to the rectum	122
12030603613	scler(o)-	hard; also means pertaining to the sclera	123
12031993168	-algia	pertaining to pain	124
12031993169	-emia	pertaining to the presence of a substance in the blood	125
12031993170	-ology	science of	126
12031993171	-asthen(o)	weakness	127
12031993172	-genic	causing	128
12031993173	-oma	tumor	129
12031993174	-blast	immature cell	130
12031993175	-gram	record	131
12031993176	-osis	pertaining to a disease process	132
12031993177	-cele	pertaining to a tumor or swelling	133
12031993178	-graph	a record or the instrument used to create the record	134
12031993179	-ostomy	surgical creation of an opening, or hole	135
12031993180	-centesis	pertaining to a procedure in which an organ or body cavity is punctured, often to drain excess fluid or obtain a sample for analysis	136
12031993181	-itis	inflammation	137
12031993182	-otomy	surgical incision	138
12031993183	-cyte	cell	139
12031993184	-lysis	decline, disintegration, or destruction	140
12031993185	-pathy	disease or a system for treating disease	141
12031993186	-ectomy	surgical removal of	142
12031993187	-megaly	enlargement of	143
12031993188	-phagia	pertaining to eating or swallowing	144
12031993189	-phasia	pertaining to speech	145
12031993190	-rrhage	abnormal or excessive flow or discharge	146
12031993191	-sis	a process, action, or condition	147
12031993192	-phobia	pertaining to an irrational fear	148
12031993193	-rrhagia	abnormal or excessive flow or discharge	149
12031993194	-taxis	order, arrangement of	150
12031993195	-plasty	plastic surgery	151
12031993196	-rrhaphy	suture of; repair of	152
12031993197	-trophic	pertaining to nutrition	153
12031993198	-plegia	paralysis	154
12031993199	-rrhea	flow or discharge	155
12031993200	-uria	pertaining to a substance in the urine or the condition so indicated	156
12031993201	-pnea	pertaining to breathing	157
12031993202	-scope	instrument for examination	158
12031993203	-ptosis	drooping	159
12031993204	-scopy	examination with an instrument	160
12031993205	acou-	hear	161
12031993206	carotid	great arteries of the neck	162
12031993207	gest-	carry, produce, congestion	163
12031993208	adip-	fat	164
12031993209	carpus	wrist	165
12031993210	gno-	know	166
12031993211	alb-	white	167
12031993212	cent-	a fraction in the metric system; one hundredth or 100	168
12031993213	-gram	something written or recorded	169
12031993214	alges-	pain	170
12031993215	cente-	to puncture (a body cavity)	171
12031993216	graph-	write, record	172
12031993217	andr-	male	173
12031993218	cili-	eyelid	174
12031993219	humerus	the bone in the upper arm	175
12031993220	aorta	large artery exiting from the left ventricle of the heart	176
12031993221	cleid(o)-	clavicle	177
12031993222	idi-	separate, distinct	178
12031993223	aqua-	water	179
12031993224	cubitus	elbow	180
12031993225	iod(o)-	iodine	181
12031993226	asphyxia	lack of oxygen or excessof carbon dioxide in the body that results in unconsciousness	182
12031993227	cycl-	circle or cycle	183
12031993228	lact-	milk	184
12031993229	asthen-	weak digit finger or toe	185
12031993230	lingu-	tongue	186
12031993231	audi-	to hear	187
12031993232	bronch-	windpipe	188
12031993233	-esthesi(o)-	pertaining to sensation or perception	189
12031993234	ocul-	eye	190
12031993235	bucc-	cheek	191
12031993236	febr-	fever	192
12031993237	ov-	egg	193
12031993238	bursa	pouch or sac	194
12031993239	flex	bend	195
12031993240	palpate	to examine by touch	196
12031993241	callus	hard, thick skin; also a meshwork of connective tissue that forms during the healing process after a fracture	197
12031993242	foramen	opening	198
12031993243	ped-	child or foot	199
12031993244	carcin-	cancer	200
12031993245	fract-	break	201
12031993246	percuss	to examine by striking	202
12031993247	phot-	light	203
12031993248	tom-	cut	204
12031993249	pleur-	rib, side	205
12031993250	sept-	wall, divider; also seven toxic poisonous	206
12031993251	pod-	foot serum the clear portion of body fluids, including blood	207
12031993252	trich-	hair	208
12031993253	pto-	fall	209
12031993254	sinus	cavity, channel, or hollow space	210
12031993255	ptyal-	saliva	211
12031993256	som(a)-	body	212
12031993257	varic-	varicose vein	213
12031993258	pyr-	fire	214
12031993259	spir-	coil	215
12031993260	radius	the forearm bone on the thumb side; also a line from the center of a circle or sphere to the edge	216
12031993261	stasis	slowing or stopping of the normal flow of a fluid, such as blood	217
12031993262	viscer-	internal organs	218
12031993263	ren-	kidney	219
12031993264	stern(o)-	sternum (breastbone)	220
12031993265	xen-	foreign (material)	221
12031993266	sangui(n)-	blood	222
12031993267	stoma	any small opening on the surface of the body, such as a pore; also, the opening created in the abdominal wall for the passage of urine or feces	223
12031993268	xer-	dry	224
12031993269	sebum	a fatty secretion of the sebaceous glands	225
12031993270	tact-	touch	226
12031993271	sect-	cut	227
12031993272	tetra-	four	228
12033117056	mega	large	229
14049507245	cyst(o)-	pertaining to the bladder or any fluid-containing sac	230
14049515686	intra-	within	231
14049523388	mega-	large	232
14049541893	ede-	swelling	233
14049541894	men-	month	234
14049558037	vertigo	a disordered sensation in which one's own body or the surroundings are perceived as moving	235
14049808420	sepsis	the presence of microorganisms or their toxins in the blood; also the toxic condition caused by such presence	236
14049811525	stature	height	237
14049811526	viscous	sticky	238
14049820686	ur-	urine	239