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Root Words-Research
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| a | not, without, lacking |
| ab | away from, out from |
| able | capable of |
| ac | to, toward |
| aceous | of or pertaining to |
| acou | hear |
| ad | to, toward |
| aden | gland |
| adip | fat |
| aero | air |
| agri | field, soil |
| al | having the character of |
| alb | white |
| alg | pain |
| alto | high |
| ambi | both |
| ameb | change, alteration |
| amni | fetal membrane |
| amphi | both |
| amyl | starch |
| ana | up |
| andro | man, masculine |
| anemo | wind |
| ang | choke, feel pain |
| angi | blood vessel, duct |
| ante | before, ahead of time |
| anter | front |
| antho | flower |
| anti | against, opposite |
| anthropo | man, human |
| ap | touch |
| apo | away from |
| aqu | water |
| archaeo | primitive, ancient |
| ary | denotes a place for something, change |
| arteri | artery |
| arthr | joint, articulation |
| asteno | weak |
| ase | forms names of enzymes |
| aster | star |
| ate | verb form-the act of |
| ather | fatty deposit |
| ation | noun form-the act of |
| atmo | vapor |
| audi | hear |
| aur | ear |
| auto | self |
| bacter | bacterium, stick, club |
| barb | beard |
| baro | weight |
| bath | depth |
| bene | well |
| bi(Latin) | two, twice |
| bi(Greek) | life, living |
| blast | sprout, germ, bud |
| brachi | arm |
| brachy | short |
| brady | slow |
| branchi | fin |
| brev | short |
| bronch | windpipe |
| cac | bad |
| calor | heat |
| capill | hair |
| capit | head |
| carcin | cancer |
| cardi | heart |
| carn | meat, flesh |
| carp | fruit |
| carpal | wrist |
| cata | breakdown, downward |
| caud | tail |
| cell | chamber, small room |
| cen | now, recent |
| cente | pierce |
| centi | hundredth |
| centr | center |
| cephal | head |
| cerat | horn |
| cerbr | brain |
| cervic | neck |
| chel | claw |
| chem | dealing with chemicals |
| chir | hand |
| chlor | green |
| chondr | cartilage |
| chrom | chrome, color |
| chron | time |
| chym | juice |
| cid | cut, kill, fall |
| circa | around |
| cirru | hairlike curls |
| cline | slope |
| co | with, together |
| cocc | seed, berry |
| coel | hollow |
| coll | glue |
| coni | cone |
| contra | against |
| convec | to circulate |
| corp | body |
| cort | outer layer |
| cosmo | world, order, form |
| cotyl | cup |
| counter | against |
| crani | skull |
| cresc | begin to grow |
| crypt | hidden, covered |
| cul | small |
| cumul | heaped |
| cuti | skin |
| cyan | blue |
| cycle | ring, circle |
| cyst | sac, pouch, bladder |
| cyt | cell, hollow |
| dactyl | finger |
| de | away from, down |
| deca | ten |
| deci | tenth |
| deliquesc | become fluid |
| demi | half |
| dendr | tree |
| dent | tooth |
| derm | skin |
| di(Latin) | two |
| di(Greek) | through |
| dia(Latin) | day |
| digit | finger, toe |
| din | terrible |
| dis | apart, out |
| dorm | sleep |
| dors | back |
| du | two |
| duct | lead |
| dynam | power |
| dys | bad, abnormal, difficult |
| ec | out of, away from |
| echin | spiny, prickly |
| eco | house |
| ecto | outside of |
| elle | small |
| emia | blood |
| en | in, into, within |
| encephal | brain |
| enter | intestine, gut |
| entom | insects |
| eous | nature of, like |
| epi | upon, above,over |
| equa | equal |
| err | wander, go astray |
| erythro | red |
| escent | becoming |
| eso | inward, within, inner |
| eu | well, good, true, normal |
| eury | widen |
| ex | out of, away from |
| extra | beyond, outside |
| fer | bear, carry, produce |
| ferro | iron |
| fibr | fiber, thread |
| fid | split, divided |
| flect | bend |
| flor | flower |
| flu | flow |
| foli | leaf |
| fract | break |
| gam | marriage |
| gastr | stomach |
| geo | land, earth |
| gen | producer, former |
| gene | origin, birth |
| gest | carry, produce, bear |
| glen | eyeball |
| glob | ball, round |
| gloss | tongue |
| gluc | sweet, sugar |
| glut | buttock |
| gnath | jaw |
| gon | angle, corner |
| grad | step |
| gram | record, writing |
| graphy | description of |
| grav | heavy |
| gross | thick |
| gymno | naked, bare |
| gyn | female |
| gyr | ring, circle, spiral |
| hal | breathe, breath |
| halo | salt |
| hapl | simple |
| hecto | hundred |
| helminth | worm |
| heli | sun |
| hem | blood |
| hemi | half |
| hepar | 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) |
| icthy | fish |
| ign | fire |
| in | not |
| in | to toward into |
| in | very, thoroughly |
| ine | of or pertaining to |
| infra | below, beneath |
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