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Root Words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| iso- | equal; same |
| -ist | person who deals with |
| -itis | inflammation; disease |
| -ium | refers to a part of the body |
| -kary- | cell nucleus |
| kel- | tumor; swelling |
| kerat- | horn |
| kilo- | thousand |
| kine- | move |
| lachry- | tear |
| lact- | milk |
| lat- | side |
| leio- | smooth |
| -less | without |
| leuc-; leuk- | white; bright; light |
| lign- | wood |
| lin- | line |
| lingu- | tongue |
| lip- | fat |
| lith-; lite- | stone; petrifying |
| loc- | place |
| -log- | word; speech |
| -logist | one who studies |
| -logy | study of... |
| lumin- | light |
| -lys-; -lyt-; lyst | decompose; split; dissolve |
| macr- | large |
| malac- | soft |
| malle- | hammer |
| mamm- | breast |
| marg- | border |
| mast- | breast |
| med- | middle |
| meg- | million; great |
| mela-; melan- | black; dark |
| -mer | part |
| mes- | middle; half |
| met-; meta- | between; along; after |
| -meter; -metry | measurement |
| micro- | small; millionth |
| milli- | thousandth |
| mis- | wrong; incorrect |
| mito- | thread |
| mole- | mass |
| mono- | one; single |
| mort- | death |
| -mot- | move |
| morph- | shape; form |
| multi- | many |
| mut- | change |
| my- | muscle |
| myc- | fungus |
| mycel- | threadlike |
| myria- | many |
| moll- | soft |
| nas- | nose |
| necr- | corpse; dead |
| nemat- | thread |
| neo- | new |
| nephro- | kidney |
| -ner- | moist; liquid |
| neur- | nerve |
| noct-; nox- | night |
| -node | knot |
| -nom-; -nomy | ordered knowledge; law |
| non- | not |
| not- | back |
| nuc- | center |
| ob- | against |
| ocul- | eye |
| oct- | eight |
| odont- | tooth |
| -oid | form; appearance |
| olf- | smell |
| oligo- | few; little |
| -oma | abnormal condition; tumor |
| omni- | all |
| onc- | mass; tumor |
| oo- | egg |
| opthalm- | eye |
| opt- | eye |
| orb- | circle; round; ring |
| -orium; -ory | place for something |
| ornith- | bird |
| orth- | straight; correct; right |
| oscu- | mouth |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| oste- | bone |
| oto- | ear |
| -ous | full of |
| ov- | egg |
| oxy- | sharp; acid; oxygen |
| pachy- | thick |
| paleo- | old; ancient |
| palm- | broad; flat |
| pan- | all |
| par-; pars- | beside; near; equal |
| path-; -pathy | disease; suffering |
| -ped- | foot |
| -ped- | child |
| pent- | five |
| per- | through |
| pen- | around |
| permea- | pass; go |
| phag- | eat |
| pheno- | show |
| -phil- | loving; fond of |
| phon-; -phone | sound |
| -phore; pher- | bear; carry |
| photo- | light |
| phren- | mind; diaphragm |
| phyc- | seaweed; algae |
| phyl- | related group |
| -phyll | leaf |
| physi- | nature; natural qualities |
| phyt-; -phyte | plant |
| pino- | drink |
| pinni- | feather |
| plan- | roaming; wandering |
| plasm-; -plast- | form; formed into |
| platy- | flat |
| pleur- | lung; rib; side |
| pneumo- | lungs; air |
| -pod | foot |
| poly- | many; several |
| por- | opening |
| port- | carry |
| post- | after; behind |
| pom- | fruit |
| pre- | before; ahead of time |
| prim- | first |
| pro- | forward; favoring; before |
| proto- | first; primary |
| pseudo- | false; deceptive |
| psych- | mind |
| pter- | having wings or fins |
| pulmo- | lung |
| puls- | drive; push |
| pyr- | heat; fire |
| quadr- | four |
| quin- | five |
| radi- | ray |
| re- | again; back |
| rect- | right; correct |
| ren- | kidney |
| ret- | net; made like a net |
| rhag-; -rrhage | burst forth |
| rhe-; -rrhea | flow |
| rhin- | nose |
| rhiz- | root |
| rhodo- | rose |
| roto- | wheel |
| rubr- | red |
| sacchar- | sugar |
| sapr- | rotten |
| sarc- | flesh |
| saur- | lizard |
| schis-; schiz- | split; divide |
| sci- | know |
| scler- | hard |
| -scop- | look; device for seeing |
| -scribe; -script | write |
| semi- | half |
| sept- | partition; seven |
| -septic | infection; putrefaction |
| sess- | sit |
| sex- | six |
| -sis | condition; state |
| sol- | sun |
| solv- | loosen; free |
| som-; somat-; -some | body |
| somn- | sleep |
| son- | sound |
| spec-; spic- | look at |
| -sperm- | seed |
| -spher- | ball; round |
| spir-; -spire | breathe |
| -spor- | seed |
| stat-; -stasis | standing; placed; staying |
| stell- | stars |
| sten- | narrow |
| stern- | chest; breast |
| stom-; -stome | mouth |
| strat- | layer |
| stereo- | solid; 3-dimensional |
| strict- | drawn tight |
| styl- | pillar |
| sub- | under; below |
| super-; sur- | over; above; on top |
| sym-; syn- | together |
| tachy- | quick; swift |
| tarso- | ankle |
| tax- | arrange; put in order |
| tele- | far off |
| telo- | end |
| terr- | earth; land |
| tetr- | four |
| thall- | young shoot |
| -the-; -thes- | put |
| -thel- | cover a surface |
| -therm- | heat |
| -tom- | cut; slice |
| toxico- | poison |
| top- | place |
| trache- | windpipe |
| trans- | across |
| tri- | three |
| trich- | hair |
| -trop- | turn; change |
| -troph- | nourishment; one who feeds |
| turb- | whirl |
| -ul-; -ule | diminutive; small |
| ultra- | beyond |
| uni- | one |
| ur- | urine |
| -ura | tail |
| vas- | vessel |
| vect- | carry |
| ven-; vent- | come |
| ventr- | belly; underside |
| -verge | turn; slant |
| vig- | strong |
| vit-; viv- | life |
| volv- | roll; wander |
| -vor- | devour; eat |
| xanth- | yellow |
| xero- | dry |
| xyl- | wood |
| zo-; -zoa | animal |
| zyg- | joined together |
| zym- | yeast |
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