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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -able | |
| ac- | to- toward |
| -aceous | of or pertaining to |
| acou- acous- | hear |
| ad- | to- toward |
| aden- | gland |
| adip- | fat |
| aero- | air |
| agri- | field |
| -al | having the charater of |
| alb- | white |
| alg- -algia | pain |
| alto- | high |
| ambi- | both |
| ameb- | change alternation |
| amni- | fetal membrane |
| amphi- ampho- | both |
| amyl- | starch |
| ana- | up- back- again |
| andro- | man- masculine |
| anemo- | wind |
| ang- | choke- feel pain |
| angi- | blood vessel- duct |
| ante- | before ahead of time |
| anter- | front |
| antho- | flower |
| anti- | against opposite |
| anthropo- | man- human |
| -ap- -aph- | touch |
| apo- ap- | away from |
| aqu- | water |
| archaeo- | primitive- ancient |
| -ary –arium | denotes a place for something |
| arteri- | artery |
| arthr- | joint- articulation |
| -ase | forms names of enzymes |
| aster- astr- | star |
| -ate | verb form - the act of |
| ather- | fatty deposit |
| -ation | noun form -the act of |
| atmo- | vapor |
| audi- | hear |
| aur- | ear |
| auto- | self |
| bacter- bactr- | bacterium- stick- club |
| barb- | beard |
| baro- | weight |
| bath- | depth height |
| bene- | well- good |
| bi- | two- twice |
| bi- bio- | life- living |
| -blast- | sprout- germ- bud |
| brachi- | arm |
| brachy- | short |
| brady- | slow |
| branchi- | fin |
| brev- | short |
| bronch- | windpipe |
| cac- | bad |
| calor- | heat |
| capill- | hair |
| capit- | head |
| carcin- | cancer |
| cardi- | heart |
| carn- | meat- flesh |
| carp- | fruit |
| carpal- | wrist |
| cata- | breakdown- downward |
| caud- | tail |
| -cell- | chamber- small room |
| cen- -cene | now- recent |
| cente- | pierce |
| centi- | hundredth |
| centr- | center |
| cephal- | head |
| cerat- | horn |
| cerebr- | brain |
| cervic- | neck |
| chel- | claw |
| chem- | dealing with chemicals |
| chir- | hand |
| chlor- | green |
| chondr- | cartilage |
| chrom- -chrome | color |
| chron- | time |
| -chym- | juice |
| -cid- -cis- | cut- kill- fall |
| circa- circum- | around- about |
| cirru- | hairlike curls |
| co- | with- together |
| cocc- | seed- berry |
| coel- | hollow |
| coll- | glue |
| coni- | cone |
| contra- | against |
| corp- | body |
| cort- cortic- | outer layer |
| cosmo- | world-order- form |
| cotyl- | cup |
| counter- | against |
| crani- | skull |
| cresc- cret- | begin to grow |
| crypt- | hidden- covered |
| -cul- -cule | small- diminutive |
| cumul- | heaped |
| cuti- | skin |
| cyan- | blue |