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Anatomy Root Words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a-/an- | not, absence, lack |
| ab- | away from |
| acr- | tip, peak, extremity |
| ad- | to, toward |
| adeno- | gland |
| alb- | white |
| -algia | pain |
| ambi-, amphi- | both sides, both kinds |
| ana- | apart |
| ante- | before, preceeding |
| anti- | against, inhibiting |
| anthro- | joint |
| auto- | self |
| axillary | armpit |
| bi- | two |
| bio- | life |
| blast-, -blast | germ, seed |
| brachi- | arm |
| brady- | slow |
| bronchi- | windpipes |
| bucco- | cheek |
| cauda- | tail |
| cephalo-, cranio- | head |
| cerebro- | brain |
| chloro- | green |
| chole- | bile |
| chondro- | cartilage |
| chromo- | color |
| circum- | around |
| co-, con- | with, together |
| coel- | hollow |
| contra- | against, opposite |
| cost- | rib |
| crypt- | hidden, obscure |
| cyto-, -cyte | cell |
| cyst- | bladder, sac |
| de-, des- | from, lost |
| dent- | tooth |
| derm- | skin |
| dextro- | right side |
| di-, diplo- | twice, double |
| dia- | through, between |
| -duct | lead |
| e-, ec-, ex-, ef- | out of, from |
| ecto- | outside of |
| -ella | dimunitives, i.e. indicate the structure is small |
| -ium | dimunitives, i.e. indicate the structure is small |
| -olus | dimunitives, i.e. indicate the structure is small |
| -olum | dimunitives, i.e. indicate the structure is small |
| -culus | dimunitives, i.e. indicate the structure is small |
| -culum | dimunitives, i.e. indicate the structure is small |
| -cule | dimunitives, i.e. indicate the structure is small |
| -cle | dimunitives, i.e. indicate the structure is small |
| -emia | condition of blood |
| en-, em-, endo- | in, inside |
| entero- | intestine |
| epi- | over, upon |
| eu- | well, good, true |
| ex-, extra- | beyond body walls, additional |
| -fer-, -ferent | carry |
| fil- | hair |
| gastr- | stomach |
| gen-, gene- | producing, coming to be |
| glob- | ball |
| -glosso- | tongue |
| haplo- | simple, single |
| hema-, hemato-, hemo- | blood |
| hemi- | half |
| hepato- | liver |
| hetero- | different, other |
| histo- | tissue |
| holo- | whole, entire |
| homeo- | same, alike |
| humor | body fluid |
| hydro- | water |
| hyper- | excessive, above |
| hypo- | beneath, deficient |
| idio- | unknown |
| im-/in- | not or within |
| infra- | below |
| inguinal | groin |
| inter- | between |
| intra-, intro- | within, into |
| iso- | same, equal |
| -itis | inflammation |
| kerat- | cornea or horny tissue |
| lact- | milk |
| leuco-, leuk- | white |
| lev- | left side |
| lipo- | fat |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | break up |
| melan- | black |
| macro-, megalo- | large |
| -malacia | softening |
| media | middle |
| mental, mentum | chin |
| meso- | in the middle |
| meta- | subsequent to, after |
| micro- | small |
| mito- | thread, filament |
| mono- | single part |
| mort- | death |
| -morph- | form, shape |
| myo- | muscle |
| necro- | dead |
| nema- | thread |
| neo- | new, recent |
| nephro- | kidney |
| neuro- | nerve |
| nom-, -onomy | name |
| o- | egg, ova |
| oo- | egg, ova |
| ov- | egg, ova |
| ovar- | egg, ova |
| oophor- | egg, ova |
| -oid | resembles |
| oligo- | few |
| -oma | tumor |
| ortho- | straight |
| -osis | abnormal state |
| osse- | bone |
| ost- | bone |
| osteo- | bone |
| -ostomy | surgery creating opening |
| -otomy | cutting operation |
| -tomy | cutting operation |
| -ectomy | cutting operation |
| para- | beside, near |
| pariet- | wall |
| path- | disease |
| -pathy | disease |
| ped- | child |
| -penia | deficiency |
| peri- | around |
| phago- | eat |
| -phile | affinity for, love |
| phleb- | vein |
| -phobia | fear |
| photo- | light |
| -phragm | membrane |
| pilus | hair |
| -plasty | reconstruction surgery |
| poly- | many |
| post- | after, behind |
| pre- | before |
| pro- | before |
| procto- | rectum, anus |
| proto- | first |
| pseudo- | false |
| psych- | mind |
| -ptosis | downward displacement |
| pulmo- | lung |
| retro- | backward, behind |
| -rhage, -rhea | flow |
| re-, retro- | again, turn back, turn again |
| ren- | kidney |
| rhin- | nose |
| sapro- | dead |
| sarc- | flesh, muscular substance |
| scler- | hard |
| semi- | half |
| septa- | wall |
| septic- | presence of pathogens |
| soma-, somato- | body |
| -stasis | stop, arrest, stand |
| steno- | narrow |
| stom- | mouth |
| sub- | under |
| super-, supra- | above, over, upon |
| sym-, syn- | together |
| tachy- | rapid |
| -taxis | movement |
| tel-, telo- | far, distant, end |
| tetra- | four |
| -tom, tomy | cut |
| trans- | across, through |
| trich- | hair, hair-like |
| -troph | nourishment, growth |
| vaso- | vessel |
| villi- | shaggy |
| visco- | sticky |
| zoo- | animal |
| zygo- | join, unite |