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Question | Answer |
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-able | |
ac- | to- toward |
-aceous | of or pertaining to |
acou- acous- | hear |
ad- | to- toward |
aden- | gland |
adip- | fat |
aero- | air |
agri- | field |
-al | having the charater 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 |
anti- | against opposite |
anthropo- | man- human |
-ap- -aph- | touch |
apo- ap- | away from |
aqu- | water |
archaeo- | primitive- ancient |
-ary –arium | denotes 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 |
auto- | self |
bacter- bactr- | bacterium- stick- club |
barb- | beard |
baro- | weight |
bath- | depth height |
bene- | well- good |
bi- | two- twice |
bi- bio- | life- living |
-blast- | sprout- germ- bud |
brachi- | arm |
brachy- | short |
brady- | slow |
branchi- | fin |
brev- | short |
bronch- | windpipe |
cac- | bad |
calor- | heat |
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 |
coni- | cone |
contra- | against |
corp- | body |
cort- cortic- | outer layer |
cosmo- | world-order- form |
cotyl- | cup |
counter- | against |
crani- | skull |
cresc- cret- | begin to grow |
crypt- | hidden- covered |
-cul- -cule | small- diminutive |
cumul- | heaped |
cuti- | skin |
cyan- | blue |