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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 an | without |
| ac/ad | towards |
| aden | gland |
| adip | fat |
| alb | white |
| alg/algia | pain |
| alto | high |
| ambi | both |
| ameb | change |
| amphi | both |
| amyl | starch |
| ana | again, up |
| andro | man |
| anemo | wind |
| angi | blood vessel |
| ante | before |
| anter | front |
| antho | flower |
| aph | touch |
| apo | away from |
| arthr | joint |
| ase | suffix for enzymes |
| ather | fatty deposit |
| atmo | vapor |
| aur | ear |
| baro | weight |
| bath | depth |
| blast | sprout |
| brachi | arm |
| brachy | short |
| bronch | windpipe |
| cac | bad |
| capill | hair |
| capit | head |
| carcin | cancer |
| carp | fruit |
| carpal | wrist |
| cata | breakdown |
| caud | tail |
| cen | recent |
| cephal | head |
| cervic | neck |
| chel | claw |
| chir | hand |
| chlor | green |
| chondr | cartilage |
| chrome | color |
| chym | juice |
| cid/cis | kill/cut |
| circa/circum | around |
| cocc | seed |
| coel | hollow |
| cortic | outer layer |
| cotyl | cup |
| cres/cret | begin to grow |
| cule | small |
| cumul | heaped |
| cuti | skin |
| cyst | pouch |
| cyte | cell |
| dactyl | finger |
| deliquesc | become fluid |
| demi | half |
| dendr | tree |
| dia | through/across |
| digit | finger/toe |
| din | terrible |
| dis | apart |
| dors | back |
| dynam | power |
| dys | bad |
| echin | spiny |
| eco | house |
| ecto/ec | outside of |
| elle | small |
| emia | blood |
| endo/ent | in/into |
| encephal | brain |
| enter | intestine |
| entom | insect |
| epi | above |
| err | wander |
| erythro | red |
| escent | becoming |
| eso | inward |
| eu | well |
| eury | widen |
| fer | produce |
| ferro | iron |
| fibr | fiber |
| fid/fiss | split |
| flect/flex | bend |
| fluct/flux | flow |
| foli | leaf |
| gam | marriage |
| gastr | stomach |
| gen/gine | producer |
| gest | produce |
| glob | ball |
| gloss | tongue |
| glut | buttock |
| gnath | jaw |
| grad | step |
| grav | heavy |
| gross | thick |
| gymno | bare |
| gyn | female |
| gyr | circle |
| hale | breathe |
| halo | salt |
| hapl | simple |
| hecto | hundred |
| helminth | worm |
| hem | blood |
| hemi | half |
| hepar/hepat | liver |
| hibern | winter |
| hidr | sweat |
| hipp | horse |
| hist | tissue |
| holo | entire |
| hort | garden |
| hygr | wet |
| hypno | asleep |
| sypo | below |
| hyster | womb |
| ichthy | fish |
| ign | fire |
| in/il/im/ir | not/to |
| infra | below |
| inter | between |
| infra | inside |
| iso | equal |
| kary | cell nucleus |
| kel | tumor |
| k/cerat | horn |
| kine | move |
| lachry | tear |
| lat | side |
| leio | smooth |
| leuc | light/white |
| lign | wood |
| lingu | tongue |
| lip | fat |
| lith/lite | stone |
| loc | place |
| log | speech |
| lyst | split |
| macr | large |
| malac | soft |
| mamm | breast |
| marg | border |
| mast | breast |
| mela | dark |
| mer | part |
| mes | middle |
| meta | between |
| mito | thread |
| mole | mass |
| mot | move |
| morph | shape |
| mut | change |
| my | muscle |
| myc | fungus |
| mycel | threadlike |
| myria | many |
| moll | soft |
| nas | nose |
| nemat | thread |
| nepro | kidney |
| ner | moist |
| nox | night |
| node | knot |
| nom | ordered knowledge |
| nuc | center |
| ob | against |
| ocul | eye |
| odont | tooth |
| olf | smell |
| oligo | few |
| oma | abnormal condish |
| omni | all |
| onc | mass |
| oo | egg |
| opthalm/opt | eye |
| ornith | bird |
| orth | straight |
| oscu | mouth |
| oste | bone |
| oto | ear |
| oxy | sharp |
| pachy | thick |
| paleo | old |
| palm | broad |
| pan | all |
| para | beside |
| path | disease |
| ped | foot/child |
| per | through |
| peri | around |
| permea | pass |
| phag | eat |
| pheno | show |
| phore/pher | bear |
| photo | light |
| phren | mind |
| phyc | seaweed |
| phyll | leaf |
| physi | nature |
| phyte | plant |
| pino | drink |
| pinni | feather |
| plan | roaming |
| plasm | form |
| platy | flat |
| pleur | lung |
| pneumo | lungs |
| port | carry |
| post | after |
| pom | fruit |
| proto | first |
| pseudo | false |
| pter | having wings or fins |
| pulmo | lung |
| puls | drive |
| radi | ray |
| rect | right |
| ren | kidney |
| ret | net |
| rhag | burst forth |
| rhe | flow |
| rhin | nose |
| rhiz | root |
| rhodo | rose |
| roto | wheel |
| rubr | red |
| sacchar | sugar |
| sapr | rotten |
| sarc | flesh |
| saur | lizard |
| schis/z | split |
| sci | know |
| scler | hard |
| septic | infection |
| sess | sit |
| solv | loosen |
| somat | body |
| somn | sleep |
| son | sound |
| spec | look at |
| sperm | seed |
| spire | breathe |
| spor | seed |
| stasis | standing |
| sten | narrow |
| stern | chest |
| stome | mouth |
| strat | layer |
| stereo | solid |
| strict | drawn tight |
| sub | under |
| super/sur | over |
| sym | together |
| tarso | ankle |
| tax | arrange |
| tele | far off |
| telo | end |
| thall | young shoot |
| thes | put |
| thel | cover a surface |
| tom | cut |
| top | place |
| trache | windpipe |
| trich | hair |
| trop | change |
| troph | nourishment |
| turb | whirl |
| ule | small |
| ultra | beyond |
| ur | urine |
| ura | tail |
| vas | vessel |
| vect | carry |
| vent | come |
| ventr | belly |
| verge | turn |
| vig | strong |
| xanth | yellow |
| xero | dry |
| xyl | wood |
| zoa | animal |
| zyg | joined together |
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