Unit 7 Roots
| Root | Definition |
|---|---|
| acid | acid; presence of hydrogen ions |
| acro | high |
| aden adeno |
gland |
| adren adreno |
adrenal gland (on top of the kidney) |
| agon | driver of an action (Greek "contestant") |
| ald[ehyde] + o | chemical group |
| alkal[i] | alkali; absence of hydrogen ions |
| angio | vessel |
| arche | beginning |
| bol | throw (as in anabolism, catabolism, metabolism) |
| calc calci |
calcium |
| carcin | cancer |
| catechol | chemical group |
| chlor | chlorine |
| chole | bile |
| cortic cortico |
adrenal cortex (the outside of the adrenal gland) |
| crine crino |
secretion |
| cyst | fluid-filled space |
| diabet | polydipsia & polyuria; Greek "go through" |
| dips | drinking |
| drome | to run |
| farc | packed; Latin "to stuff" |
| fus | pouring into |
| galacto | milk |
| genit | reproduction; birth |
| gluc gluco glucos |
sugar |
| glyc glyco |
sugar |
| glycogen | sugar molecules assembled into larger structure |
| gonad gonado |
sex organs |
| grade | movement (in time or space) |
| gyneco | female |
| [h]em[o] | blood |
| hirsut[e] | hairy |
| hormon + o | hormone |
| hypophys hypophysis |
pituitary gland |
| infundi | stalk of the pituitary gland |
| insul insulin |
island; the hormone insulin, which is made in the pancreatic islets |
| kal[ium] | potassium |
| ket keto keton |
chemical group |
| lact | milk |
| laparo | flank, loin |
| lipid lipo |
fat |
| lith | stone |
| mast | breast |
| men | monthly |
| mineralo | pertaining to sodium or potassium |
| natr | sodium |
| neo | new |
| nephr | kidney |
| neuro | brain |
| ophthalmos | the eye |
| ox | oxygen |
| pancreat pancreato |
pancreas (digestive gland) |
| parathyroid | parathyroid gland (behind the thyroid) |
| permiss | allowing to pass through |
| phag | eat |
| phosphat | phosphorus-containing chemical group |
| pituitar | pituitary gland |
| receptor | a protein on the surface of a cell that turns a chemical on the outside to a signal on the inside of the cell |
| scop | device for looking inside |
| somato | body |
| stat[us] | standing |
| sterol | chemical group |
| sufficiens | Latin "adequate" |
| thel | nipple; breast |
| thym | thymus gland (in the upper chest) |
| thyr thyro thyroid |
thyroid gland |
| tox | poison |
| trop | turning towards |
| troph | nourishing |
| ur | urine |
| viril | maleness; machismo |
