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Zoological Roots
Anatomy & Physiology I
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a- | without |
| ab- | away from |
| ad-,af-,an-,at- | toward |
| adipo- | fat |
| aero- | air |
| alba- | white |
| ambi-,amphi- | both |
| ana- | apart |
| ante-,antero- | before |
| anti- | against |
| arthro- | joint |
| auto- | self |
| bis-,bi- | double |
| bio- | life |
| blast- | germ |
| brachi- | arm |
| -brevis | short |
| bronchi- | windpipe |
| -bulla | blister |
| capit- | head |
| cata- | down |
| cauda- | tail |
| cephalo-,cranio- | head |
| chemo- | chemical |
| chondr- | cartilage |
| circum- | around |
| -clast | to break |
| co- | together |
| -cost | rib |
| -cox | hip |
| cruci- | cross |
| cubit- | elbow |
| cyto- | cell |
| de-,des- | lost |
| delta- | triangle |
| dent- | tooth |
| derm- | skin |
| dextr- | right hand |
| di- | two |
| dia- | through |
| diplo- | double |
| -duct | lead |
| duo- | two |
| dura- | hard |
| e-,ex-,ef- | from |
| ella-, -ium, -olus, -olum, -culus, -cle, cule | these are diminutives, i.e they signify a small thing |
| en-,endo- | inside |
| ecto- | outer |
| entero- | intestine |
| epi- | upon |
| eryhtro- | red |
| eu- | real |
| extra- | beyond, additional |
| -fer | carry |
| -flex | bending |
| -gaster- | stomach |
| gene-,gen- | producing |
| -glossa- | tongue |
| haplo- | single |
| hem-,heme- | blood |
| hemi- | half |
| hepato- | liver |
| hetero- | other, different |
| histo- | tissue |
| holo- | entire |
| homo- | alike |
| hydro-,hygro- | water |
| hyper- | above |
| hypo- | under |
| -ia,-id,-osis,-tion,-y- | condition |
| im-,in- | in |
| infra- | below |
| inter- | between |
| intra-,intro- | into |
| iso- | same |
| -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- | beyond |
| 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 |
| -oid | resemblance |
| oligo- | few |
| ortho- | straight |
| osse-,ost-,os- | bone |
| para- | near |
| pariet- | wall |
| -ped | foot |
| peri- | around |
| -phage, phag | to eat |
| -phile | to love |
| photo- | light |
| -plasm, -plast | anything formed |
| -physis | to grow |
| -pleur | side |
| pod-,ped- | foot |
| poly- | many |
| post-,postero- | after, hind part |
| pre- | before |
| -proctum- | anus |
| proto- | first |
| pseudo- | false |
| -pteron,-pter | wing |
| pulmo- | lung |
| quadr- | four |
| -rhage,-rhea | flow |
| re-,retro- | again |
| rect- | straight |
| ren- | kidney |
| sagitta- | arrow |
| sarc- | flesh |
| scler- | hard |
| -sect | to cut |
| semi- | half |
| septa- | wall |
| soma- | body |
| -stasis | stop |
| sub- | below |
| stom- | mouth |
| super-,supra- | beyond |
| sym-,syn- | together |
| tel-,tele- | distant |
| teres- | round |
| tetra- | four |
| thyro- | shield |
| -tom | to cut |
| -troph | growth |
| tri- | three |
| uni- | one |
| vaso- | vessel |
| villi- | shaggy |
| vita- | life |
| zoo- | animal |
| zygo- | join |