Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Latin roots
Terms needed for anatomy.
270
Anatomy
Undergraduate 2
09/15/2008
Click here to study/print these flashcards.

Create your own flash cards! Sign up here.

Additional Anatomy Flashcards

 

 

Cards

Term
An-, an-
 Definition
Absense of lack of
Term
Ab
 Definition
Departing away from
Term
Acou
 Definition
Hearing
Term
Ac, Acro
 Definition
Extreme or extremity
Term
Ad
 Definition
to or toward
Term
Aden, Adeno
 Definition
gland
Term
aero
 Definition
air
Term
Af
 Definition
toward
Term
Agon
 Definition
contest
Term
alb
 Definition
white
Term
Aliment
 Definition
nourish
Term
Allel
 Definition
of one another
Term
Amphi
 Definition
on both sides
Term
Ana
 Definition
apart, up, again
Term
Anastomos
 Definition
come together
Term
aneurysm
 Definition
a widening
Term
angi
 Definition
vessel
Term
ant, anti
 Definition
opposed to
Term
angin
 Definition
choked
Term
ante
 Definition
preceding before
Term
aort
 Definition
great artery
Term
ap, api
 Definition
tip, extremity
Term
append
 Definition
hang to
Term
aqua, aque
 Definition
water
Term
arbor
 Definition
tree
Term
areola
 Definition
open space
Term
arrect
 Definition
upright
Term
arthr, arthro
 Definition
joint
Term
artic
 Definition
joint
Term
auscult
 Definition
listen
Term
aut, auto
 Definition
self
Term
ax, axi, axo
 Definition
axis, axle
Term
azyg
 Definition
unpaired
Term
baro
 Definition
pressure
Term
basal
 Definition
base
Term
bi
 Definition
two
Term
bili
 Definition
bile
Term
bio
 Definition
life
Term
blast
 Definition
bud or germ
Term
brady
 Definition
slow
Term
brev
 Definition
short
Term
broncho
 Definition
bronchus
Term
bucco
 Definition
cheek
Term
calor
 Definition
hot
Term
capill
 Definition
hair
Term
caput
 Definition
head
Term
carcin
 Definition
cancer
Term
carneo
 Definition
flesh
Term
carot, carot, stupor
 Definition
orange pigment
Term
cata
 Definition
down
Term
caud
 Definition
tail
Term
cec
 Definition
blind
Term
cele
 Definition
abdominal
Term
cephal
 Definition
head
Term
cerebro
 Definition
brain
Term
cervic, cervix
 Definition
neck
Term
chiasm
 Definition
crossing
Term
Chole
 Definition
bile
Term
chondre
 Definition
cartilage
Term
chrom
 Definition
colored
Term
cili
 Definition
small hair
Term
circum
 Definition
around
Term
clavic
 Definition
key
Term
co, con
 Definition
together
Term
coccy
 Definition
cuckoo, birds laying on other's nest
Term
cochlea
 Definition
snail shell
Term
coel
 Definition
hollow
Term
commis
 Definition
united
Term
conchea
 Definition
shell
Term
Contra
 Definition
against
Term
corn, cornu
 Definition
horn
Term
corona
 Definition
crown
Term
corp
 Definition
body
Term
cort
 Definition
bark
Term
cost
 Definition
rib
Term
crani
 Definition
skull
Term
crypt
 Definition
hidden
Term
cusp
 Definition
pointed
Term
cutic
 Definition
skin
Term
cyan
 Definition
blue
Term
cyst
 Definition
sac, bladder
Term
cyt
 Definition
cell
Term
de
 Definition
undoing
Term
decid
 Definition
falling off
Term
delta
 Definition
triangular
Term
den, dent
 Definition
tooth
Term
dendr
 Definition
tree
Term
derm
 Definition
skin
Term
desm
 Definition
bond
Term
di
 Definition
twice, double
Term
dia
 Definition
through,between
Term
dialys
 Definition
separate, break apart
Term
diastol
 Definition
stand apart
Term
diure
 Definition
urinate
Term
dors
 Definition
back
Term
duc, duct
 Definition
lead, draw
Term
dura
 Definition
hard
Term
dys
 Definition
diffucult, faulty, painful
Term
ec, ex, ecto
 Definition
out, outside, away from
Term
ectop
 Definition
displaced
Term
edem
 Definition
swelling
Term
ef
 Definition
away
Term
ejac
 Definition
to shoot forth
Term
embol
 Definition
wedge
Term
en, em
 Definition
in, inside
Term
enceph
 Definition
brain
Term
endo
 Definition
within
Term
entero
 Definition
intestine
Term
epi
 Definition
over
Term
erythr
 Definition
red
Term
eso
 Definition
within
Term
eu
 Definition
well
Term
excret
 Definition
separate
Term
exo
 Definition
outside, outer layer
Term
exo
 Definition
outside
Term
extrins
 Definition
from the outside
Term
fasci, fascia
 Definition
bundle, band
Term
fenestr
 Definition
window
Term
ferr
 Definition
iron
Term
flagell
 Definition
whip
Term
flat
 Definition
blow, blown
Term
folli
 Definition
bag, bellows
Term
fontan
 Definition
fountain
Term
foram
 Definition
opening
Term
foss
 Definition
ditch
Term
gam, gamet
 Definition
married, spouse
Term
gangli
 Definition
swelling
Term
gastr
 Definition
stomach
Term
gene
 Definition
beginning, origin
Term
germin
 Definition
grow
Term
gero, geront
 Definition
old man
Term
gest
 Definition
carried
Term
glauc
 Definition
gray
Term
glom
 Definition
ball
Term
glosso
 Definition
tongue
Term
gluco, glyco
 Definition
glucogenisis, producing glucose
Term
gnost
 Definition
knowing
Term
glute
 Definition
buttock
Term
gompho
 Definition
nail
Term
gon, gono
 Definition
seed
Term
gust
 Definition
taste
Term
hapt
 Definition
fasten
Term
hema, hemato, hemo
 Definition
blood
Term
hemi
 Definition
half
Term
hepat
 Definition
liver
Term
hetero
 Definition
different
Term
hiat
 Definition
gap
Term
hippo
 Definition
horse
Term
hirsut
 Definition
hairy
Term
hist
 Definition
tissue
Term
holo
 Definition
whole
Term
hom, homo
 Definition
same
Term
hormon
 Definition
to excite
Term
hyal
 Definition
clear
Term
Hydr, hydro
 Definition
water
Term
hyper
 Definition
excess
Term
hypno
 Definition
sleep
Term
hypo
 Definition
below
Term
hyster, hystero
 Definition
uterus or womb
Term
ile
 Definition
intestine
Term
im
 Definition
not
Term
inter
 Definition
between
Term
intercal
 Definition
insert
Term
instra
 Definition
within
Term
iso
 Definition
equal
Term
jugal
 Definition
throat
Term
juxta
 Definition
near
Term
karyo
 Definition
kernel
Term
kera
 Definition
horn
Term
kelo
 Definition
thousand
Term
kin, kines
 Definition
move
Term
labi, labri
 Definition
lip
Term
lact
 Definition
milk
Term
lacun
 Definition
space
Term
lamell
 Definition
small plate
Term
lamina
 Definition
layer
Term
lat
 Definition
wide
Term
laten
 Definition
hidden
Term
later
 Definition
side
Term
leuko
 Definition
white
Term
leva
 Definition
raise
Term
lingua
 Definition
tongue
Term
lip, lipo
 Definition
fat
Term
lith
 Definition
stone
Term
luci
 Definition
clear
Term
lumen
 Definition
light
Term
lut
 Definition
yellow
Term
lymph
 Definition
water
Term
macro
 Definition
large
Term
macula
 Definition
spot
Term
magn
 Definition
large
Term
mal
 Definition
bad
Term
mamm
 Definition
breast
Term
mast
 Definition
breast
Term
mater
 Definition
mother
Term
meat
 Definition
passage
Term
medi
 Definition
middle
Term
medull
 Definition
narrow
Term
mega
 Definition
large
Term
meio
 Definition
less
Term
melan
 Definition
black
Term
men, menstru
 Definition
month
Term
meningo
 Definition
membrane
Term
meso
 Definition
middle
Term
meta
 Definition
beyond
Term
metro
 Definition
uterus
Term
micro
 Definition
small
Term
mictur
 Definition
urinate
Term
mito
 Definition
thread, filament
Term
mnem
 Definition
memory
Term
mono
 Definition
single
Term
morpho
 Definition
form
Term
multi
 Definition
many
Term
mur
 Definition
wall
Term
muta
 Definition
change
Term
myelo
 Definition
spinal cord
Term
myo
 Definition
muscle
Term
nano
 Definition
dwarf
Term
narco
 Definition
numbness
Term
natri
 Definition
sodium
Term
necro
 Definition
death
Term
neo
 Definition
new
Term
nephro
 Definition
kidney
Term
neuro
 Definition
nerve
Term
noci
 Definition
harmful
Term
nom
 Definition
name
Term
noto
 Definition
back
Term
nucle
 Definition
pit. kernal, little nut
Term
nutri
 Definition
feed, nourish
Term
ob
 Definition
before, against
Term
oculo
 Definition
eye
Term
odonto
 Definition
teeth
Term
olfact
 Definition
smell
Term
oligo
 Definition
few
Term
onco
 Definition
a mass
Term
oo
 Definition
egg
Term
ophthalmo
 Definition
eye
Term
orb
 Definition
circular
Term
orchi
 Definition
testis
Term
org
 Definition
living
Term
org
 Definition
living
Term
ortho
 Definition
straight
Term
osm
 Definition
smell
Term
osmo
 Definition
pushing
Term
osteo
 Definition
bone
Term
oto
 Definition
ear
Term
ov, ovi
 Definition
egg
Term
oxy
 Definition
oxygen
Term
pan
 Definition
all
Term
papill
 Definition
nipple
Term
para
 Definition
Beside, near
Term
pect, pectus
 Definition
breast
Term
pelv
 Definition
a basin
Term
peni
 Definition
a tail
Term
penna
 Definition
feather
Term
pent
 Definition
five
Term
pep, peps, pept
 Definition
digest
Term
per, permea
 Definition
through
Term
peri
 Definition
around
Term
phago
 Definition
eat
Term
-able
 Definition
able to
Term
-ac
 Definition
referring to
Term
-algia
 Definition
pain in a certain part
Term
-apsi
 Definition
juncture
Term
-asthen
 Definition
weakness
Term
-ary
 Definition
associated with
Term
-bryo
 Definition
swollen
Term
-cide
 Definition
destroy or kill
Term
-cipit
 Definition
head
Term
-clast
 Definition
break
Supporting users have an ad free experience!