Unit 2 Roots
Word roots introduced in Unit 1 are colored gray.
Root Word | Definition |
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abdomin | belly |
acerb[o]/a | harsh, bitter |
acute | sharp |
aise ease |
state of rest or well-being |
alert | aware of surroundings; vigilant |
anter/i | front |
antrum | cave |
assur | secure |
ausculta | listen attentively to |
benign | well-mannered |
calor | heat |
cardio | heart |
caud | tail |
charge | obligation |
chondr | cartilage (as in the ribs) |
chronic | pertaining to time |
coron | crown |
cran/i | head; skull |
crino | secretion |
dem/o dem/i/o |
people, population |
different | set apart |
dila | increase in size |
dist | farther away |
dolor | pain |
dors dorsum |
back |
drome | route, road |
endo | inside |
etio | cause |
febr | fever |
front | front |
gastr | stomach |
genera | ancestry |
genet | birth |
gn[us] | birth |
gnos | knowing |
graph | device used for a test or procedure |
hereditar | transmitted in a family line |
homeo | same |
horizon[t] | parallel to the ground |
iatro | physician, healer |
il[eum] | flank |
infer | underneath |
inguin | groin |
later | to the side |
lesion | damage, injury |
lethargic | drowsy |
lipid | fat |
local | place |
lumb[us] | lower back |
marked | making an impression |
med/i | towards the middle |
morbid | sick |
mortal | dead |
observa | what is seen |
occult | what is unseen |
orient | towards the east (from using a compass) |
ox | shortening of oxygen |
palliat | covering |
palm | front surface of the hand |
palpa | feeling with the fingers |
path/o | disease |
pend | hanging |
percuss | tapping |
phylax | protection |
physi/o | function (literally "nature") |
plant | bottom surface of the foot |
port | carry |
posi | place |
poster/i | behind |
press | pressure; dent |
produc | giving rise to |
progress | moving forward |
prone | face down, bending forward |
prox/im | near |
ptom | something that falls on you |
recurr | happening again |
remark | making a dent again |
remiss | diminishing; becoming less |
rostr | nose |
rubor | redness |
rupt | breaking, bursting |
sagitt | arrow |
scope | instrument for looking inside |
sequel | what comes next |
skelet | bones |
stas stasis |
standing still |
stem | standing |
sterile | not producing offspring |
super/i | toward the top |
supine | face up, bending backward |
tens | stretching, pressure (cf. tendon in Unit 1) |
tom (Unit 1 suffix table) |
cutting |
tribut | to pay |
turgor | swelling |
umbilic[us] | navel, belly-button |
vascul | little vessel (vas + cule) |
vaso | vessel |
ventr | belly |
vers | across |