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Anatomy Roots
root words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a- | without |
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | toward |
| adipo- | fat |
| aero- | air |
| alba- | white |
| ana- | apart |
| anti- | against |
| arthro- | joint |
| auto- | self |
| bio- | life |
| blast- | germ (blastoderm) |
| brachi- | arm |
| -brevis | short |
| bronchi- | windpipe |
| -bulla | blister |
| capit | head |
| cata- | down |
| cauda- | tail |
| cephalo- | head |
| chemo- | chemical |
| chondr- | cartilage |
| circum- | around |
| -clast | to break |
| co- | with |
| -cost | rib |
| -cox | hip |
| cruci- | cross |
| cubit- | elbow |
| cyto- | cell |
| de- | away |
| delta- | triangle |
| dent- | tooth |
| derm- | skin |
| dext- | right hand |
| di- | two |
| dia- | through |
| diplo- | double |
| -duct | lead |
| duo- | two |
| dura- | hard |
| e-, ex-, ef- | out of (excretion) |
| ecto- | outer (ectoderm) |
| en- | inner (endoderm) |
| entero- | intestine |
| epi- | upon (epidermis) |
| erythro- | red |
| eu- | true |
| ex, extra- | additional (extracellular) |
| -fer | carry |
| -flex | bend |
| -gaster | stomache |
| gene-, gen- | producing (genetic) |
| -glossa | tongue (hypoglossal) |
| haplo- | single |
| hem-, heme- | blood |
| hemi- | half |
| hepato- | liver |
| hetero- | different |
| histo- | tissue |
| holo- | entire |
| homo- | same |
| hyper- | above |
| hypo- | under |
| -im, | in |
| infra- | below |
| inter- | between |
| intra-, intro- | into (introduction) |
| iso- | same (isotonic) |
| -ist, -or, -er, -ite | agent of |
| -itis | inflammation |
| lact- | milk |
| later-, latus- | side |
| leuco- | white |
| lingua- | tongue |
| lympho-, lyo- | water |
| macro- | large |
| maxilla- | jaw |
| meso- | middle |
| meta- | between |
| micro- | small |
| mito- | thread |
| mono- | one |
| morph- | form |
| myo- | muscle |
| necro- | dead |
| neo- | new |
| nephro- | kidney |
| neuro- | nerve |
| nom-, -onomy | name |
| nuc- | nut |
| o- | egg |
| ob- | in front of |
| -oid | resemblance |
| oligo- | few |
| ortho- | straight |
| osse- | bone |
| para- | side by side |
| pariet- | wall |
| -ped | foot |
| peri- | around |
| -phage | to eat |
| -phile | to love |
| photo- | light |
| -physis | to grow |
| -plasm | anything formed |
| -pleur | side |
| pod- | foot |
| poly- | many |
| postero- | after |
| pre- | before |
| -proctum | anus |
| proto- | first |
| pseudo- | false |
| -pteron | wing |
| pulmo- | lung |
| quadr- | four |
| re- | again |
| rect- | straight |
| ren- | kidney |
| -rhage | flow |
| sagitta- | arrow |
| sarc- | flesh |
| scler- | hard |
| -sect | to cut |
| semi- | half |
| septa- | wall |
| somo- | body |
| -stasis | stop |
| stom- | mouth |
| sub- | under |
| super- | over |
| sym- | together |
| tel- | far |
| teres- | round |
| tetra- | four |
| thyro- | door |
| -troph | nourishment |
| uni- | one |
| vaso- | vessel |
| villi- | shaggy |
| vita- | life |
| zoo- | animal |
| zygo- | united |
| ella- | a small thing |
| -ium | a small thing |
| -olus | a small thing |
| -olum | a small thing |
| -culus | a small thing |
| -culum | a small thing |
| -cle | a small thing |
| -cule | a small thing |
| antero- | double |
| bis- | two |
| bi- | two |
| ante- | before |
| antero- | before |
| -ia | state of condition |
| -id | state of condition |
| -osis | state of condition |
| -tion | state of condition |
| -y | state of condition |
| hydro- | water |
| hygro- | water |
| ambi- | double |
| antero | double |
| cranio- | head |
| in- | in |
| des- | away |
| tele- | far |
| syn- | together |
| pter- | wing |
| rhea- | flow |
| supra- | over |
| retro- | agin |
| post- | after |
| ped- | foot |
| os- | bone |
| ost- | bone |
| plast- | anything formed |
| phag- | to eat |
| endo- | inner |
| ovo- | egg |
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