Greek and Latin Root Words
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81 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 a, an, anti- | not, without, or opposite |
| aero- | air |
| amphi- | both |
| anthro- | human |
| -ase | enzyme |
| auto- | self |
| bi- | two |
| bio | living |
| caudal | tail |
| ceno- | current |
| centi- | hundredth |
| cephalo- | head |
| chloro- | green |
| chromo- | colored |
| coel- | hollow |
| cyto- | cell |
| deca- | ten |
| deci- | tenth |
| -derm | skin |
| di- | two |
| distal | far |
| -dont | teeth |
| dorsal | along back |
| ecto- | out |
| endo- | in |
| epi- | outside |
| eu- | modern, true |
| gastro | stomach |
| genesis | creation |
| gluco, glyco- | sugar |
| gymno- | naked |
| halo- | salt |
| hetero- | other |
| homo- | same |
| hybrid | mix |
| hydro- | water |
| hyper | high |
| hypo | low |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| iso- | same |
| karyo- | kernel |
| kilo- | thousand |
| kinesis, kine | move |
| lact- | milk |
| lateral | side |
| lig- | to connect |
| litho- | stone |
| lys- | to split |
| mega- | large |
| meso, meta- | middle |
| micro- | small |
| milli- | thousandth |
| mono- | one |
| morph | body or form |
| -mycete, myco- | fungus |
| myo- | muscle |
| -ose | sugar |
| osteo- | bone |
| paleo- | old |
| pep- | protein |
| phago- | eat or engulf |
| philic | loving |
| phobic | fearing |
| -phyte | plant |
| -ploid | set of chromosomes |
| pod | foot |
| poly- | many |
| proto-, pro- | early |
| proximal | close |
| pseudo- | fake |
| quarter-, tetra- | four |
| rhizo- | root |
| -some | body |
| -sperm | seed |
| telo- | end |
| therm | heat |
| troph | feeding |
| uni- | one |
| ventral | along the belly |
| zoi-, zoo- | animal |
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