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a-; an- not without, lacking; deficient
ab- away from, out from
-able capable of
ac- to; toward
-acer- sour; bitter; sharp
-aceous of or pertaining to
acou-; acous- hear
ad- to; toward
aden- gland
adip- fat
aero- air
agri- field; soil
-al having the character of
alb- white
alg-; -algia pain
alto- high
ambi- both
ameb- change; alternation
amni- fetal membrane
amphi-; ampho- both
amyl- starch
ana- up; back; again
andro- man; masculine
anemo- wind
ang- choke; feel pain
angi- blood vessel; duct
ante- before; ahead of time
anter- front
antho- flower
anthropo- man; human
anti- against; opposite
-ap-; -aph- touch
apo-; ap- away from
aqu- water
archaeo- primitive; ancient
aroma- spice, fragrance, seasoning
-ary; -arium a place for something
arteri- artery
arthr- joint; articulation
-ase forms names of enzymes
aster-; astr- star
-ate verb form - the act of...
ather- fatty deposit
-ation noun form - the act of...
atmo- vapor
audi- hear
aur- ear
bacter-; bactr- bacterium; stick; club
barb- beard
baro- weight; pressure
bath- depth; height
bene- well; good
bi- two; twice
bi-; bio- life; living
-blast- sprout; germ; bud
blatta-; blatto- cockroach
brachi- arm
brachy- short
brady- slow
branchi- fin
brev- short
cac- bad
calor- heat
-calyx- case; husk
capill- hair
capit- head
carcin- cancer
cardi- heart
carn- meat; flesh
carp- fruit
carpal- wrist
cata- breakdown; downward
caud- tail
-cell- chamber; small room
cen-; -cene now; recent
cente- pierce
centi- hundredth
centr- center
cephal- head
cerat- horn
cerebr- brain
cervic- neck
chel- claw
chem- dealing with chemicals
chir- hand
chlor- green
chondr- cartilage
chrom-; -chrome color
chron- time
-chym- juice
-cid-; -cis- cut; kill; fall
circa-; circum- around; about
cirru- hairlike curls
co- with; together
cocc- seed; berry
coel- hollow
coll- glue
com- together; associated
coni- cone
contra- against
corp- body
cort-; cortic- outer layer
cosmo- world; order; form
cotyl- cup
counter- against
crani- skull
crat- advocate, participant
cresc-; cret- begin to grow
crypt- hidden; covered
cryo- cold
-cul-; -cule small; diminutive
cumul- heaped
cuti- skin
cyan- blue
-cycle; cycl- ring; circle
-cyst- sac; pouch; bladder
cyt-; -cyte cell; hollow container D
dactyl- finger
de- away from; down
deca- ten
deci- tenth
deliquesc- become fluid
demi- half
demo- people
dendr- tree
dent- tooth
derm- skin
di-; dipl- two; double
di-; dia- through; across; apart
dia- day
digit- finger; toe
din- terrible
dis- apart; out
dorm- sleep
dors- back
du-; duo- two
-duct lead
dynam- power
dys- bad; abnormal; difficult E
ec- out of; away from
echin- spiny; prickly
eco- house
ecto- outside of
-elle; -ella small
-emia blood
en-; endo-; ent- in; into; within
-en made of
encephal- brain
enter- intestine; gut
entom- insects
-eous nature of; like
epi- upon; above; over
-err- wander; go astray
erythro- red
-escent becoming
eso- inward; within; inner
eu- well; good; true; normal
eury- widen
ex- out of; away from
femto- denoting 10-15
-fer- bear; carry; produce
ferro- iron
fibr- fiber; thread
-fid; fiss- split; divided into
-flect; -flex bend
flor- flower
flu-; fluct- flux; flow
foli- leaf
-gam- marriage
gastr- stomach
-gen; -gine producer; former
-gene- origin; birth
geo- land; earth
-gest- carry; produce; bear
glabr- hairless
-glen- eyeball
-glob- ball; round
gloss- tongue
glauc-; glauco- silvery; gleaming gray
gluc-; glyc- sweet; sugar
glut- buttock
gnath- jaw
-gon angle; corner
-grad- step
-gram; graph record; writing
grav- heavy
-gross- thick
gymno- naked; bare
gyn- female
-hal-; -hale breathe; breath
halo- salt
hapl- simple
hecto- hundred
heli-, helic- spiral
helio-, helia- Sun
-helminth- worm
hem- blood
hemi- half
hepar-; hepat- liver
herb- grass; plants
hetero- different; other
hex- six
hibern- winter
hidr- sweat
hipp- horse
hist- tissue
holo- entire; whole
homeo- same; alike
Homo- man; human
homo- same; alike
hort- garden
hydr- water
hygr- moist; wet
hymeno- membrane; skin
hyper- above; beyond; over
hyph- weaving; web
hypno- sleep
hypo- below; under; less
-iac afflicted with disease
-iasis disease; abnormal state
-ic (adjective former)
ichthy- fish
idio- own, distinct, personal
ign- fire
in-; il-; im-; ir- not
in-; il-; im-; ir- to; toward; into
in- very; thoroughly
-ine of or pertaining to
infra- below; beneath
inter- between
intra- within; inside
-ism a state or condition
iso- equal; same
-ist person who deals with...
-itis inflammation; disease
K
-kary- nut; cell nucleus
kel- tumor; swelling
kerat- horn
kilo- thousand
kine- move
L
lachry- tear
lact- milk
lat- side
leio- smooth
-less without
leuc-; leuk- white; bright; light
lig- to bind or tie
lign- wood
limn- lake
lin- line
lingu- tongue
lip- fat
lith-; -lite stone; petrifying
loc- place
-log- word; speech
-logist one who studies...
-logy study of...
lumin- light
-lys-; -lyt-; -lyst decompose; split; dissolve M
macr- large
malac- soft
malle- hammer
mamm- breast
marg- border; edge
mast- breast
med- middle
meg- million; great
mela-; melan- black; dark
-mer part
mes- middle; half; intermediate
met-; meta- between; along; after
-meter; -metry measurement
micro- small; millionth
milli- thousandth
mis- wrong; incorrect
mito- thread
mole- mass
moll- soft
mono- one; single
morph- shape; form
mort- death
-mot- move
multi- many
mut- change
my-; myo muscle
myc- fungus
mycel- threadlike
myria- many
nas- nose
necr- corpse; dead
nemat- thread
neo- new; recent
nephro- kidney
-ner- moist; liquid
neur- nerve
noct-; nox- night
-node knot
-nom-; -nomy ordered knowledge; law
non- not
not- back
ob- against
oct- eight
ocul- eye
odont- tooth
-oid form; appearance
olf- smell
oligo- few; little
-oma abnormal state; tumor
omni- all
onc- mass; tumor
oo- egg
opt- eye
opthalm- eye
orb- circle; round; ring
-orium; -ory place for something
ornith- bird
ortho- straight; correct; right
oscu- mouth
-osis state of being; condition
oste- bone
oto- ear
-ous full of
ov- egg
pachy- thick
paleo- old; ancient
palm- broad; flat
pan- all
par-; para- beside; near; equal
path-; -pathy disease; suffering
-ped- foot
-ped- child
pent- five
per- through
peri- near
peri- around
permea- pass; go
peron- outer leg
phaeo- gray; dusky; brown
phag- eat
phan-; phanero- to show; make visible
pheno- show
-phil- loving; fond of
phlo- bark of a tree
phon-; -phone sound
-phore; pher- bear; carry
photo- light
phren- mind; diaphragm
phyc- seaweed; algae
phyl- related group
-phyll leaf
physi- nature; natural qualities
phyt-; -phyte plant
pino- drink
pinni- feather
plan- roaming; wandering
plasm-; -plast- form; formed into
platy- flat
pleur- lung; rib; side
pneumo- lungs; air
-pod foot
poikilo- variable
poly- many; several
pom- fruit
por- opening
port- carry
post- after; behind
pre- before; ahead of time
prim- first
pro- forward; favoring; before
proto- first; primary
proxim- near; close to
pseudo- false; deceptive
psych- mind
pter- having wings or fins
pulmo- lung
puls- drive; push
quadr- four
radi- ray
re- again; back
rect- straight; correct
ren- kidney
ret- net; made like a net
rhag-; -rrhage burst forth
rhe-; -rrhea flow
rhin- nose
rhiz- root
rhodo- rose, red
roto- wheel
sacchar- sugar
sapr- rotten
sarc- flesh
saur- lizard
schis-; schiz- split; divide
sci- know
scler- hard
-scop- look; device for seeing
-scribe; -script write
seism- shaking; caused by an earthquake
semi- half; partly
sept- partition; seven
-septic infection; putrefaction
sess- sit
sex- six
-sis condition; state
sol- sun
solv-; solu loosen; explain
som(e)-; somat- body
somn- sleep
son- sound
spec-; spic- look at
-sperm- seed
-spher- ball; round
spir-; -spire breathe
-spor- seed
stat-; -stasis standing; placed; staying
stell- stars
sten- narrow
stereo- three-dimensionality
stern- chest; breast
stoich- element
stom-; -stome mouth
strat- layer
stereo- solid; 3-dimensional
strict- drawn tight
styl- pillar
sub- under; below
super-; sur- over; above; on top
tachy- quick; swift
tarso- ankle
tax- arrange; put in order
tele- far off; distant
telo- end
terr- earth; land
tetr- four
thall- young shoot
-the-; -thes- put
-thel- cover a surface
-therm- heat
-tom- cut; slice
top- place
toxico- poison
trache- windpipe
trans- across
tri- three
trich- hair
-trop- turn; change
-troph- nourishment; one who feeds
-ul-; -ule diminutive; small
ultra- beyond
uni- one
ur- urine
vas- vessel
vect- carry
ven-; vent- come
ventr- belly; underside
-verge turn; slant
vestig- footprint, remnant
vig- strong
vit-; viv- life
volv- roll; wander
X
xanth- yellow
xero- dry
zepto- denoting 10-21
zo-; -zoa animal
zyg- join; paired; yoke
zym- yeast