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Latin_roots

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QuestionAnswer
barb- beard
bactr- stick; club
auto- self
audi- hear
atom- vapor
-ation used in forming nouns from verbs
-ate used in forming verbs from nouns
aster-;astr- stars
arthro- joint
archaeo- primitive;ancient
aqu- water
ap- to,toward
anthropo- man
anti- against
antho- flower
antero- front
ante- before,ahead of time
angio- vessel
anemo- wind
andro- masculine,man
ana- up
an- not,without
ampho-;amb- both
amphibi- leading to a double life
ameb- change;alternation
alto- high
-algia pain
alb- white
-al having character of
agri- field,soil
adeno- gland
ad- to,toward
acr-;acro- extreme,peak
acou- hearing
-aceus;-aceous of or pertaining to
ac- to,toward
ab- away from,out from
a-,an- no,lacking,none
carpal- wrist
caud- tail
carp- fruit
carn- meat
cardi- heart
carb- coal,carbon
calor- heat
bronch- wind pipe
brev- short
branchi- having fins
brachi- having arms
-blast- sprout,germ
bio-;bi- life,living
bi- two,twice,double
bene- well,good
bath- depth,height
baro- weight
cell- storeroom,chamber
-cene new,recent
centi- hundredth
centr- center
cephal- head
cervic- neck
chem.- refering to chemistry
chlor- green
chrom-;-chrome color
chym- juice
-cide killing
circum- around,about
cirru- hairlike curls
co- with,together
cocc- seed
coel- hollow
coll- glue
com- with,together
con- with,together
coni- cone
contra- against
corp- body
cosmo- world,order,form
cotyl- cup
counter- against
crypt- hidden,covered
-cule,-culus added to nouns to form diminutive
cucmul- heaped
cuti- skin
cyan- dark blue
-cycle;cycl- ring,circle
cyst- bladder,pouch
cyt-;-cyte cell,receptacle
dactyl- finger
deca ten
deci- tenth
deliquesce- become fluid
demi- half
dendr- tree
dent- tooth
derm- skin
di- two,double
dia- through,across
digit finger,toe
din- terrible
dis- apart,out
dorm- sleep
dors- back
du-,duo two
-duct lead
dynam- power
dys- ill,bad,difficult
ec- out of,outside
echin- spiny,prickly
eco- house
ect- outside,without
electro- electric,electricity
en- in,into
-en made of
encephal- brain
end-,ent- within,in
enter- intestines
-eous nature of,like
epi, on,above
-err wander,go astray
erythro- red
ethno- race,people
eu- true,well,good
extra- beyond,outside of
ex- out of
-fer bear,carry,produce
ferro- iron
fibr- fiber,thread
-fid,fis- divided into,split
-flect,-flex bend
flor- flower
fluor- flourine
foli- leaf
fract- break
galact-,galax milk,milky way
gastro- stomach
geo- land,earth
-gen,-gine producer,former
-gene,gene- origin
-gest carry,produce
glob ball,round
glottis mouth of windpipe
-gon angle,cancer
-gony offspring,generation,coming into being
-grade step,division
-gram writing,record
-graphy,-graph writing,record
grav- heavy
gross thick
gymno- naked
gyn- female
gyr- ring,circle,spiral
haem-,hem- blood
hepat- liver
herb- grass
hetero- different,other
hex- six
hibern- winter
hipp- horse
hist- tissue
holo- entire,whole,complete
homo- man;same,alike
hort- garden
hybrid mongrel
hydr- water
hygr- wet,moist
hypo- beneath,under,less
hyper- above,beyond,over
hypho- weaving
hypno- sleep
-ic added to nouns to form adjectives
ichthy- fish
ign- fire
im- not
in- to,toward,into;not
-ine of or pertaining to
infro- below, beneath
inter- between
intra- within,inside
-ion go,come
-ism a state or condition
iso- equal,same
-itis inflammation,disease
kilo- thousand
lachry- tear
lact- milk
lat- side,flank
-less without
leuc- white,bright,light
lign- wood
lin- line
lingu- tongue
liqu- becom fluid,liquid
lip- fat
lith-,-lite stone,petrifying
loc- place
-logy study
-lysis,-lyte,-lyst dissolve,decompose
macr- large
mal- bad,evil
malle- hammer
mamme- breast
marg- border,edge
mast- breast
med- middle
meg- great,million
mela-,melan- black,dark
mes- middle,half,intermediate
met-,meta between,along,after
meteor- lofty,high,in air
-meter,metry instrument for measuring
metro- uterus
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