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ROOT
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ROOT WORD COLORS
DIRECTIONAL TERMS
100

Brady

What is slow?

100

Nephr/o

What is kidney?

100
itis

What is inflammation?

100
cyan/o

What is blue?

100

The front surface of the body.

What is anterior or ventral?

200

Hyper

What is over, excessive, or high?

200

Palpate

What is to examine by touch?

200

ectomy

What is surgical removal of?

200

melan/o

What is black?

200

Closest to the point of attachment.

What is proximal?

300

Contra

What is against or opposite?

300

Psych/o

What is mind?


300

gram

What is record?

300

erythr/o

What is red?

300

Farthest from the surface of the skin.

What is deep?

400

Dys

What is difficult, painful, or abnormal?

400

Pulmon/o

What is lungs?

400

cyte

What is cell?

400

alb

What is white?

400

Closest to the feet?

What is inferior?

500

Post

What is after or behind?

500

Ped/o

What is child or foot?

500

megaly

What is enlargement of?

500

leuk

What is white?

500

The back surface of the body.

What is posterior or dorsal?

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