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175 latin root words
For CLMS science students 7th grade
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a- | not, without |
| aero- | air |
| alveol- | a cavity |
| ama- | together |
| amphi- | dual |
| an- | without, not |
| andro- | male |
| angio- | vessel |
| anth- | a flower |
| anthrop | man |
| anti | against |
| aqua | water |
| arch | ancient, beginning |
| arthro | jointed |
| auto- | self |
| bi | two |
| bio- or biot- | life |
| -bios | life |
| carb- | coal |
| cardi- | heart |
| -carp | fruit |
| -centesis | a pucture |
| cephal, cephalo | head |
| chemi- | chemical |
| chemo | chemical |
| chloro- | green |
| chondro- | cartilage |
| chord | string |
| chrom | colored |
| chroma- | colored |
| cili- | hair |
| -clin | slope |
| co- | together |
| com- | together |
| con- | with, together |
| contra | against |
| counter- | opposite |
| crani | the skull |
| -cutane | skin |
| cyst | sac or bladder |
| -cyte | cell |
| cyto- | cell |
| de | from or down |
| deca | ten |
| -derm | skin |
| di- | two |
| -dilat | expanded |
| dis- | seperate |
| dorm- | sleep |
| echino | spiny |
| eco- | house |
| ecto- | outside |
| ectomy | cut out |
| -ell | small |
| encephal | brain |
| end- or endo- | within |
| epi- | above or over |
| estuar- | the sea |
| eu- | true or good |
| ex- or exo- | out |
| extra | outside |
| flagell- | whip |
| -form | shape |
| gastro | stomach or belly |
| genesis | origin or birth |
| gen- or gene- | produce |
| -genic | producing |
| geno- | offspring |
| -geny | origin |
| geo- | the Earth |
| gest | carried |
| gluco- | sweet |
| glyco- | sweet |
| -graphy | writing |
| gymno- | naked |
| gyno | a woman |
| halo- | salt |
| hemo- | blood |
| herb | grass |
| hermaphrod | both male and female |
| hetero- | other or different |
| homeo- | same |
| homo- | alike |
| hydro- | water |
| hyper- | over or above |
| hypo- | under or below |
| ichthy | fish |
| inter- | between |
| intra | inside or within |
| iso- | equal |
| karyo- | nucleus |
| kilo- | a thousand |
| kine or kinet- | movement |
| -kytos | a vessel |
| lact | milk |
| lepido | a scale |
| leuko- | white |
| liga- | bound or tied |
| -lite | first |
| -lithe | stone |
| -luna | moon |
| lyso- | loosen |
| macro- | large |
| major | larger |
| mal- | bad or evil |
| mega- | large or great |
| melan- | black |
| meso- | middle |
| meta- | boundary or turning |
| -metron | measure |
| micro- | small |
| minor | smaller |
| mono- | one |
| morph or morpho- | change in form |
| muta- | change |
| myo | muscle |
| nephri | kidney |
| neuro- | nerve |
| -oid | like or form |
| ology | the study of |
| omni | all |
| oo | egg |
| osteo- | bone |
| ovi | an egg |
| paleo- | ancient |
| para- | beside or near |
| -patri | father |
| pedi- | a child |
| pelag- | the sea |
| -phage | to eat |
| - philos | loving |
| - phobos | fearing |
| photo | light |
| - phyll | leaf |
| - phyte | plant |
| -pod or podium | foot |
| poly | many |
| -port | gate or door |
| post- | after |
| potent | powerful |
| pre- | before |
| proto | first |
| pseudo | false |
| pulmo - | a lung |
| quadro - | four |
| re - | again |
| retro | backward |
| rhodo | red |
| sacchar | sugar |
| saur | lizard |
| s c h i z o | split |
| s c r i p t | write |
| semi- | half |
| socio | a companion |
| - sperm | seed |
| supra - | above or over |
| syn- | together |
| tetra- | four |
| therm- | heat |
| thrombo - | a clot |
| - topo | place |
| trans - | across |
| tri | three |
| -troph | food or nourishment |
| ultra- | beyond |
| uni- | one |
| -valent | strength |
| vascula- | little vessel |
| -ventriculo | ventricle or hollow organ |
| villi | shaggy hair |
| virul | poisonous |
| vivi | alive |
| xyl- | wood |
| zoa or zoan | animal |
| zona | a belt |
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