9th grade root words Word Scramble
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Term | Defention |
a | Without |
ab | Away from, not |
aceous | Pertaining to |
ad | Near, toward |
aero | Air |
amphi | Both |
an | Without |
ana | Up, back, again |
anti | Against |
aqua | Water |
archae | Ancient |
arthr | Joint |
ase | Enzyme |
ation (noun form) | The act of |
auto | Self |
bacterio | Bacteria |
bi | Two |
bio | Life |
blast | That which will germinate |
capill | Hair |
cardi | Heart |
carn | Flesh |
caud | Tail |
centr | Center |
cell | Center |
cephal | Head |
chem | Dealing with chemicals |
chloro | Green |
chondr | Cartilage |
chromo | Color |
clado | Branch, root of a tree |
coel | Cavity |
com | With |
con | With |
cyst | Capsule |
cyto (e) | Cell |
decid | To cut off |
derm | Skin |
di, dipl | Two |
echino | Spiny |
eco | Household |
ecto | Outer |
elle | Small |
en | Inner |
endo | Inner |
epi | On, at, beside |
erythro | Red |
eu | True |
eso | Inward, within, inner |
ex | Cut |
exo | Outer, outside |
fer | Bearer |
fibr | Fiber, thread |
gamete(o) | Egg, sperm |
gastr | Stomach |
gen | Producing |
gene | Origin, birth |
geo | Land, earth |
gluc, glyc | Sweet sugar |
gnath | jaw |
grav | Heavy |
gymno | Naked |
hapl | Simple |
helminth | Worm |
hemo | Blood |
herb | Non-woody plant |
hetero | Other |
homeo | Same |
homo | Same |
hydro | Water |
hyper | Above, excessive |
hypo | Below, not enough |
ia | Disease |
iac | Pertaining to |
ic | Pertaining to |
ichthy | Fish |
inter | Between |
intra | Within |
iso | Same |
itis | Inflammation of |
karyo | Nucleus of cell |
kin | Motion |
lac | Milk |
lat | Side |
lip | Fat |
logy | Study of |
lysis | Dissolving |
macro | Large |
mal | Bad |
med | Middle |
mega | Very large |
mer | Part |
meso | Middle |
meta | Beyond, after |
meter | Measure |
micro | Small |
mito | Thread |
mono | One |
morpho | Shape, form |
multi | Many |
mut | Change |
myo | Muscle |
nema | Thread |
neuro | Nerve |
nom, nomy | ordred knowledge, law |
non | Not |
nucleus | Center |
oligo | Few, little |
oma | Tumor |
omni | All |
osis | Act, condtion |
oo | Egg |
ous | Full of |
ovi | Egg |
oxy | Oxygen |
para | Beside |
patho | Disease |
ped | Foot |
peri | around |
permea | Pass, go |
phage(o) | eating |
pheno | To show |
phil | Affinity, preference, loving |
phob | Fear, panic |
photo | light |
phyll | leaf |
phyto(e) | Plant |
pino | to drink |
plasma | form |
plast | Particle |
platy | Flat |
pod | Foot |
poly | Many |
por | Opening |
post | After, behind |
pro | Before |
proto | First, earliest |
pseudo | False |
pulmo | Lung |
radi | Ray |
ren | Kidney |
sacchar | Sugar |
sal | Salt |
sclero | Hard |
scope | Tube |
script | Write |
seb | Oil |
sect | To cut |
solv | Loosen, free |
soma(e) | Body |
sperm | Seed |
spore | Seed |
stasis | Standing, staying |
stom | Mouth |
sub | Under, below |
sym | Binding together |
syn | Binding together |
tax | Arrange, put in order |
telo | End |
terr | Earth, land |
tetra | Four |
therm | Heat |
thesis | Placing or putting |
trans | Across |
tri | Three |
toxi | Poison |
trop | Turn |
troph | Nourishment |
uni | One |
ur | Urine |
viv | Living |
vore | To devour |
zoo | Animal |
zyg | United |
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