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Root Words 4
| Prefix/Suffix | Meaning |
|---|---|
| iso | equal, same |
| ist | person who deals with |
| it | inflammation, disease |
| ium | refers to a part of the body |
| kary | cell nucleus |
| kel | tumor, swelling |
| kerat | horn |
| kilo | thousand |
| kine/mot | move |
| lachry | tear |
| lact | milk |
| lat | side |
| leio | smooth |
| less | without |
| leuc/leuk | white, bright, light |
| lign | wood |
| lin | line |
| lingu | tongue |
| lip | fat |
| lith/lite | stone, petrifying |
| loc | place |
| log | word, speech |
| logist | one who studies |
| logy | study of |
| lumin | light |
| lys/lyt/lyst | decompose, split, dissolve |
| macr | large |
| malac/moll | soft |
| malle | hammer |
| mamm/mast | breast |
| marg | border, edge |
| med | middle |
| meg | million, great |
| mela/melan | black, dark |
| mer | part |
| mes | middle, half, intermediate |
| met/meta | between, along, after |
| meter/metry | measurement |
| micro | small, millionth |
| milli | thousandth |
| mis | wrong, incorrect |
| mito | thread |
| mole | mass |
| mono | one, single |
| mort | death |
| morph | shape, form |
| multi/myriad | many |
| mut | change |
| my | muscle |
| myc | fungus |
| mycel | threadlike |
| nas | nose |
| necr | corpse, dead |
| nemat | thread |
| neo | new, recent |
| nephro | kidney |
| ner | moist, liquid |
| neur | nerve |
| noct/nov | night |
| node | knot |
| nom/nomy | ordered knowledge, law |
| non | not |
| not | back |
| nuc | center |
| ob | against |
| ocul | eye |
| oct | eight |
| odont | tooth |
| ond | form, appearance |
| olf | smell |
| oligo | few, little |
| oma | abnormal condition, tumor |
| omni | all |
| onc | mass, tumor |