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Zoological Roots
human anatomy 2019
Term | Definition |
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a- | without, not, negative |
ab- | away from |
ad-, af-, an-, at- | to or toward |
adipo- | fat |
aero- | air, gas, oxygen |
alba- | white |
ambi-, amphi- | both, double |
ana- | apart |
ante-, antero- | before, previous to |
anti- | against |
arthro- | joint |
auto- | self |
bio- | life, live |
bis-, bi- | two, double |
blast- | germ |
brachi- | arm |
-brevis | short |
bronchi- | windpipe |
-bulla | blister |
capit | head |
cata- | down |
cauda- | tail |
cephalo-, cranio- | head |
chemo- | chemical |
chondr- | cartilage, granule |
circum- | around, about |
-clast | to break |
co- | with, together |
-cost | rib |
-cox | hip |
cruci- | cross |
cubit- | elbow |
cyto- | cell |
de-, des- | from, away, lost |
delta- | triangle |
dent- | tooth |
derm- | skin |
dextr- | right hand |
di- | two, double |
dia- | across, through |
diplo- | double |
-duct | lead |
duo- | two |
dura- | hard |
e-, ex-, ef- | out of, from |
ecto- | on the outside of, outer |
ella-, -ium, -olus, -olum, -culus, -culum, -cle, -cule | these are diminutives, i.e. the signify a small thing |
en-, endo- | in, inside |
entero- | intestine, gut |
epi- | upon, above |
erythro- | red |
eu- | true, well, real |
ex-, extra- | beyond, additional, outside of |
-fer | bear, carry, possess |
-flex | bending, turning |
-gaster- | stomach |
gene-, gen- | producing |
-glossa- | tongue |
haplo- | single, simple |
hem-, heme- | blood |
hemi- | half |
hepato- | liver |
hetero- | other, different |
histo- | tissue |
holo- | entire, whole |
homo- | alike, same, equal |
hydro-, hygro- | water |
hyper- | above |
hypo- | under |
-ia, -id, -osis, -tion, -y- | state of, condition |
im-, in- | in (implant, ingest, inherit) |
infra- | below |
inter- | between |
intra-, intro- | into |
iso- | same, equal to |
-ist, -or, -er, -ite | agent of |
itis- | inflammation |
lact- | milk |
later-, latus- | side |
leuco- | white |
lingua- | tongue |
lympho-, lyo- | water |
macro- | large |
maxilla- | jaw |
meso- | middle |
meta- | between, beyond, after |
micro- | small |
mito- | thread |
mono- | one, single |
-morph- | form |
myo- | muscle |
necro- | dead |
neo- | new |
nephro- | kidney |
neuro- | nerve |
nom-, -onomy | name |
nuc- | nut |
o-, ovo- | egg |
ob- | in front of, inverse |
-oid | resemblance |
oligo- | few |
ortho- | straight |
osse-, ost-, os- | bone |
para- | side by side, near |
pariet- | wall |
-ped | foot |
peri- | around |
-phage, phag | to eat |
-phile | to love, require, attraction |
photo- | light |
-physis | to grow |
-plasm, -plast | anything formed |
-pleur- | side |
pod-, ped- | foot |
poly- | many |
post-, postero- | after |
pre- | before |
-proctum- | anus |
proto- | first |
pseudo- | false |
-pteron, -pter | wing |
pulmo- | lung |
quadr- | four |
re-, retro- | again, turn back, turn again |
rect- | straight |
ren- | kidney |
-rhage, -rhea | flow |
sagitta- | arrow |
sarc- | flesh |
scler- | hard |
-sect | to cut |
semi- | half, part way |
septa- | wall |
soma- | body |
-stasis | stop |
stom- | mouth |
sub- | under, below |
super-, supra- | over, above, beyond |
sym-, syn- | together, resemble |
tel-, tele- | far, distant |
teres- | round |
tetra- | four |
thyro- | door, shield |
-tom | to cut |
tri- | three |
-troph | nourishment, growth, food |
uni- | one |
vaso- | vessel |
villi- | shaggy |
viscer- | organs |
vita- | life |
zoo- | animal |
zygo- | join, united, yoked together |