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WorksheetsBIO 220 Comprehensive Root Words M through R
Total questions: 106
Worksheet time: 53mins
mamm/o
breast
mammal
mandibul/o
male
mandible
mast/o
breast
torso
maxill/o
excessive
maxilla
meat/o
meatus, opening
muscle
medi/o
chemical
middle
medull/o
inner region
outer region
melan/o
black
circular
men/o
men
menses, menstruation
meningi/o
meninges
middle
ment/o
mass
mind
metacarp/o
metacarpus
speech
metatars/o
acidic
metatarsus
metr/o
movement
uterus
mi/o
lessening
muscle
mineral/o
less than
minerals, electrolytes
miss/o
female
to send back
morbid/o
excessive
ill
morph/o
excessive
shape
mort/o
death
glue
muc/o
mucous
soft
muscul/o
fiber
muscle
mutat/o
fibers
to change
my/o
muscle
self
myc/o
fungus
sound
mydr/i
toward the middle
widening
myel/o
bone marrow, spinal cord
distance
narc/o
chemical
stupor, sleep
nas/o
nose
star
nat/o
birth
false
natr/o
natural
sodium
necr/o
death
neck
nephr/o
eyelid
kidney
neur/o
nerve
neutral
neutr/o
nerve
neutral
noct/i
movement
night
nucle/o
chemical
nucleus
o/o
eye
egg
obsess/o
besieged by dreams
besieged by thoughts
ocul/o
enlarge
eye
odont/o
straighten
tooth
olig/o
round
scant
onc/o
sound
tumor
onych/o
mineral
nail
oophor/o
ovary
wellbeing
ophthalm/o
ear
eye
optic/o
eye, vision
lenses
or/o
hear
mouth
orch/o
obscure
testes
orth/o
straight, upright, correct
tooth
oste/o
bone
tooth
ot/o
ear
mouth
ov/o
less, lower
ovary
ox/i
chemical
oxygen
palat/o
palate
plate
pancreat/o
all
pancreas
pariet/o
cavity wall
partial
patell/o
flatten
patella
path/o
disease
line
pector/o
chest
to prick, poke
ped/o
child, foot
child, walk
pedicul/o
lice
part of the vertebrae
pelv/o
pelvis
skin
pen/o
to record
penis
perine/o
around
perineum
peripher/o
away from center
away from edge
peritone/o
peritoneum
strength
phag/o
eat, swallow
speak
phalang/o
false belief
phalanges
pharmac/o
drug
pill
pharyng/o
away from
pharynx
phleb/o
record
vein
phob/o
inflict
irrational fear
phon/o
sound
speak
phot/o
light
record
phren/o
ego
mind
physic/o
body
movement
pituitar/o
center
pituitary gland
plant/o
implant
sole of foot
pleur/o
many
pleura
pneum/o
chest
lung, air
pod/o
capsule
foot
polyp/o
many
polyp
poster/o
front
back
presby/o
down
old age
proct/o
cultured
rectum and anus
prostat/o
cancer
prostrate gland
prosthet/o
addition
artificial
protein/o
muscle
protein
proxim/o
near to
substitute
psych/o
insane
mind
pub/o
establish
genital region, pubis
pulmon/o
drag
lung
pupill/o
pupil
student
py/o
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pus
pyel/o
assemble
renal pelvis
pyr/o
ember
fire
radi/o
sound
Radius; ray (X-ray), radiation
radic/o
cold
root
rect/o
collapse
rectum
recumb/o
to lie back
to turn on the side
ren/o
provide
renal
retin/o
retina
return
rhin/o
mammal
nose
rhytid/o
flush
wrinkle
rotat/o
to bend
to revolve
