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PSR 6
Pre-fixes, Suffixes, and Root Words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -hal-, -hale | breathe, breath |
| halo- | salt |
| hapl- | simple |
| hecto- | hundred |
| -helminth- | worm |
| hem- | blood |
| hemi- | half |
| hepar-, hepat- | liver |
| herb- | grass, plants |
| hetero- | different, other |
| hex- | six |
| hibern- | winter |
| hidr- | sweat |
| hipp- | horse |
| hist- | tissue |
| holo- | entire, whole |
| homo- (Latin) | man, human |
| homo- (Greek) | same, alike |
| hort- | garden |
| hydr- | water |
| hygr- | moist, wet |
| hyper- | above, beyond, over |
| hyph- | weaving, web |
| hypno- | sleep |
| hypo- | below, under, less |
| hyster- | womb, uterus |
| -iac | person afflicted with disease |
| -iasis | disease, abnormal condition |
| -ic | (adjective former) |
| ichthy- | fish |
| ign- | fire |
| in-, il-, im-, ir- | not, to ,toward, into |
| in- | very, thoroughly |
| -ine | of or pertaining to |
| infra- | below, beneath |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within, inside |
| -ism | a state or condition |