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Roots
Biology Root words
| Root | meaning |
|---|---|
| abcis | cut |
| albi | white |
| angi/angio | vessel |
| apic | tip, apex |
| arthr | joint |
| aux | grow |
| blast | formative cell, germ layer |
| brachi | arm |
| bry | grow, swell |
| calor | heat |
| cardi | heart |
| carot | carrot |
| cephal | head |
| cerebr | brain |
| cervic/cervix | neck |
| chlor | green |
| chondr | cartilage |
| chrom | color |
| cili | small hair |
| coleo | sheath |
| conjug | joined together |
| cran | skull |
| decid | falling off |
| dehis | split |
| derm | skin |
| ecol | dwelling, house |
| enter | intestine |
| erythro | red |
| evol | to unroll |
| fer | to carry |
| fil | a thread |
| fract | to break |
| gamet | wife or husband |
| gastr | stomach |
| gen | generate, to produce |
| glyc/glyco | sweet, sugar |
| gon | seed |
| gutt | drop |
| gymn | naked |
| gyne | woman |
| hem | blood |
| hepat | liver |
| hist | tissue |
| hydr | water |
| kin | to move |
| lac | milk |
| leuk | white |
| lip | fat |
| menin | membrane |
| mono | one |
| morph | form, shape |
| my/myo | muscle |
| myc | fungus |
| neo | new |
| nephr | kidney |
| neur/nerv | nerve |
| ost | bone |
| path | disease |
| ped/pod | foot |
| pell | skin |
| phag | eat |
| phil | love, attraction to |
| phleb | vein |
| phyt | plant |
| plankt | wandering |
| plasm | substance |
| pneumo | air, lung |
| proprio | one's own |
| pulmo | lung |
| psycho | mind |
| rhiz | root |
| sarco | flesh, muscle |
| scler | hard |
| sipho | a tube |
| som | body |
| spor | seed |
| stom | mouth, opening |
| therm | heat |
| throb | clot |
| tomy | to cut |
| tox | poison |
| troph | feeding |
| tropi | turn, attract to |
| vaso | blood vessel |
| visc | internal organ or body cavity |
| xanth | yellow |
| zoo | animal |