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Greek and Latin Root
Anatomy
Term | Definition |
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a | without |
ab | away from |
acetabul | vinegar cup |
ad | toward |
aden, adeno | gland |
af | toward |
al | relating to |
alb | white |
alg | pain |
amphi | on both sides, in two ways |
amyl | starch |
an | without |
andro | male |
angi, angio | vessel |
ante | before |
anti | against |
apse | to touch |
aqua | water |
arter, arterio | artery |
arthr, arthro | joint |
as | upward |
ase | enzyme |
auto | oneself |
baro | pressure |
bi | two, twice |
bil, bili | bile |
bio | life |
blastos | germ, forming |
brachi | arm |
bronch, bronchi | windpipe |
bucc | cheek |
callosum | hard |
calor | heat |
capillus | hair, minute tube |
carcin,carcino | cancerous |
cardi | heart |
cauda | tail |
cephal, cephalo | head |
cereb | brain |
cervic | neck |
chi | x |
chol, chole | bile |
chondr, chondri | cartilage |
chromo | color |
cidal | killing |
cili | hair |
circum | around |
clast | to break |
com | with |
con | with |
contra | opposite |
cortex, cortico | outer part |
cost | rib |
crani, cranio | skull |
crypt, crypto | hidden |
cule | small |
cut | skin |
cyst | bladder |
cyt, cyto | cell |
dactylos | finger |
dent | tooth |
derm, dermato | skin |
di | two |
dis | undo, away from |
dors, dorso | back |
dyn | power |
dys | bad, disorder |
ecto | on the other side |
ectomy | to cut out |
edem | swelling |
en | in |
end, endo | inside |
enter | intestine |
epi | above, upon |
equus | horse |
erythro | red |
esthes | feel |
ex | out of |
extra | beyond |
form | shape |
fovea | small pit |
fract | break |
ganglion | swelling,enlargement |
gastr, gastro | stomach |
gen | originate |
glob | ball |
gloss, glosso | tongue |
gnosis | knowledge |
gram | recording |
graph | written record |
gyn, gyneco | woman |
hem, hemat, hemo | blood |
hemi | half |
hepato | liver |
hetero | varied |
hom, homo, homeo | same |
hydr, hydro | water |
hyper | above |
hypo | below |
hyster | womb |
ic | pertaining to |
in | in, negative |
infer | below |
infra | below |
inter | between |
intra | inside |
is, iso | equal |
itis | inflammation |
kilo | thousand |
kin, kine | movement |
lact, lacto | milk |
lacri | tears |
larynge, laryngo | windpipe |
lemma | skin |
lep, leps | seizure |
leuco, leuko | white |
lingua | tongue |
lip | fat |
logy | knowledge, study of |
luna | moon |
lymph | water |
lysis | dissolving |
macro | large |
mal | bad |
mamm | breast |
man | hand |
mania | madness, insane |
mega, megalo | great |
men, meno | month |
meso | middle |
meta | beyond, change |
micro | small |
mon. mono | single |
morpho | body, shape, form |
mot | movement |
multi | many |
my, mya, myo | muscle |
nas, naso | nose |
necro | death |
neo | new |
nephr | kidney |
neur | nerve |
nomy | the science of |
norm | usual |
nutri | nourish |
oculo | eye |
odont, dont | tooth |
odyn | pain |
oid | form like |
oma | swelling |
onco | tumor |
oo | of eggs |
opthalm, opthalmo | eye |
opia | sight |
or | mouth |
orchi | testis |
orth, ortho | straight |
osteo | bone |
osis | morbid, disease |
otomy | cutting into |
ovi | egg |
par | bear |
par, para | at the side of |
path, patho | sickness |
pector | chest |
ped | child |
peri | around |
phago | eat |
pharynge, pharyng | throat |
phil | loving |
phleb | vein |
phobia | fear |
phon, phono | sound |
pius | tender |
plas, plasm, plast | shape |
pleur, pleuro | rib, side |
pnea | breathing |
pneum, pneumon | lung |
pod | foot |
poly | many |
post | behind |
pre | before |
pro | before |
pseudo | false |
psych,psycho | mind |
py, pyo | pus |
pulmo | lung |
pyro | fire |
radiation | radiation |
renal | kidney |
rectus | straight |
retro | backwards |
rhin, rhino | nose |
rrhage | bursting forth |
sacchar | sugar |
sarco | flesh |
sclero | hard |
scop | look at |
sect | cut |
semi | half |
sep, sept | decay |
sis | condition |
some | body |
stom | mouth |
strata | layer |
sub | below |
super, supra | above |
sym, syn, sy, syl | with |
tachy | fast |
tele | distance |
therap | treatment |
thermo | heat |
thorac | chest |
thrombo | clot |
tome | cut |
tox | poison |
tracheo | windpipe |
trans | across |
tuber | knob |
troph | growth, nurture |
ultra | beyond |
un | not |
uri | urine |
vesic | bladder |
venter | belly |
xantho | yellow |
xero | dry |
poiesis | making |
mers, meres | parts |
later | side |
pter | wing |