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Greek and Latin Root
Anatomy
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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