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Greek and Latin Roots
An Aid to Learning Scientific Terms
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| a | without |
| a | off, from, away, apart |
| acanth (o) | throne, spine |
| actin (o) | a ray |
| ad | to, at, towards, into |
| alar | pertaining to wings |
| ambly | dull, dim |
| amphi | on both sides |
| an | not, without |
| and | upon, up, backwards |
| aniso | not equal |
| anom (o) | irregular |
| ant (e) | before |
| ant (i) | opposed to, against |
| ap, apo, aph | away from, apart |
| arch (e), (i), (aeo) | beginning, ancient, primitive |
| arci | a bow |
| arthro | a joint |
| articul (o) | a joint |
| artio | of an even number |
| asco | a wine skin, a leather bottle |
| astac | a lobster |
| aster (o) | a star |
| auto | self |
| bi | twice |
| bio | life |
| blasto | a bud |
| brachi (o) | the arm |
| brachy | short |
| brady | slow |
| branchi | a gill |
| buno | a small hill |
| caeno, caino | recent |
| calc | lime |
| calypt (r) o | a veil, to cover |
| campan | a bel |
| campto | flexible |
| capit | a head |
| capr | goat |
| cardo | a hinge, a hinge-like part |
| carid | a shrimp or prawn |
| carin | a keel |
| carn | flesh |
| carp (f. carpus) | a wrist |
| carp (f. karpos) | a fruit |
| cata, cat, cath | down |
| caudal | referring to a tail |
| centi | a hundred |
| centr | center |
| cephal (o) | head |
| cerato | a horn |
| cerc (o) | a tail |
| ceaet (o) | hair |
| chel | a claw |
| chilo | a lip |
| chiro | a hand |
| chloro | green |
| choan (o) | a funnel |
| chondi (o) | gristle or cartilage |
| chordo | string |
| chrom (o) (ato) | color |
| chrys (o) | gold |
| cili (o) | an eyelash |
| circum | around |
| clad (o) | a twig |
| cnido | a nettle |
| co (n) (m) | with, together |
| cocc (o) | grain |
| coel | hollow |
| coll | glue |
| condyl | a knuckle |
| corn | a horn |
| crani | skull |
| cten | a comb |
| cycl (o) | a circle |
| cyno | a dog |
| cyst (i) | a bladder |
| cyto | a cell |
| dactylo | a finger |
| dasy | dense |
| de | from, away, out, down |
| deca | ten |
| demi | half |
| dendr (o) | tree |
| dent | a tooth |
| derm | skin |
| desm (o) | a bond, a chain |
| deuto (ero) | second, secondary |
| di | double, twin |
| dia | through, across |
| digit | a finger |
| dino | terrible |
| diplo | double |
| disco | a disc |
| dolicho | long |
| e (x) | out of, without |
| ec | out of, off |
| ecto, ect | outside |
| en, em | in, into |
| endo | within |
| ent (o) | within |
| ep, epi, eph | upon |
| ew | well, genuine, true |
| ex | out of |
| extero | outer |
| fili, filo | a thread |
| foramen | a small hole |
| galeo | a helmet |
| gameo (eto) | a marriage |
| genu | a knee |
| gephyro | a bridge |
| glauco | sea green |
| glosso | a tongue |
| gon (o) | offspring, seed |
| gymno | naked |
| haem (o, ato) | blood |
| halo | salt |
| haplo | single, simple |
| helico | spiral |
| helio | sun |
| hemi | half |
| hepato | liver |
| hetero | other |
| hex (a) | six |
| hippo | a horse |
| histo | a web, tissue |
| holo | whole |
| hom (o) | same |
| hydr (o) | water |
| hyo (id) | y-shaped |
| hyper | above, beyond, greater than |
| hypo | under, below |
| ichthy | fish |
| idio | peculiar to oneself |
| infra | below, beneath |
| inter | between, among |
| intro | within |
| iso | equal |
| kary (o) | a nut (nucleus) |
| kat (a) (th) | down |
| kineto | to move |
| labi | a lip |
| lago | a hare |
| lamelli | a thin plate |
| later (o) | a side |
| lepido | a scale |
| lepto | fine, small, thin |
| leuko | white |
| lip (o) | fat |
| loph (o) | a ridge or crest |
| luci | light |
| macr (o) | large, long |
| macula | a spot |
| mastigo | a whip |
| mega (lo) | large |
| mero | part, portion |
| mes (o) | middle |
| met (a) | after, behind |
| micr (o) | small |
| mono | small, single |
| morph | form, shape |
| myceto | mushroom |
| myel (o) | marrow |
| myx (o) | slime |
| narco | a torpor |
| nemato | a thread |
| neo | new |
| nephr (o) | kidney |
| neuro | nerve |
| noto | back |
| nyct | night |
| ob | in the way of, against |
| oct (o) (a) | eight |
| oculo | eye |
| odonto | tooth |
| oligo | small, few |
| onycho | a nail |
| oo | an egg |
| opistho | behind |
| ornitho | a bird |
| ortho | straight |
| os | a bone |
| oste (o) | a bone |
| ostraco | an oyster shell |
| ot (o) | the ear |
| ov (o) (i) | an egg |
| pachy | thick |
| paedo | bay, child |
| paleo | old, ancient |
| pant (o) | all |
| para | by the |
| pedi | foot |
| penta | five |
| per | through, by means of |
| peri | around, about |
| phago | to eat |
| phanera | visible |
| pharyngo | the throat |
| photo | light |
| phyllo | a leaf |
| phys (o) | a blader |
| phyto | a plant |
| pithic | an ape |
| plant | the sole of the foot |
| plasmo | form |
| plasto | molded, formed |
| platy | flat |
| pleuro | side |
| pneum (o) (ato) | wind |
| pod (o) | a foot |
| poly | many |
| post | after |
| pre | before |
| pro | before |
| proto | first |
| pseudo | false |
| pter (o) | wing |
| pulmo (n) | a lung |
| rachi | a spine |
| radi (o) | a ray |
| re | back, again |
| rect | straight |
| renal | pertaining to a kidney |
| reticulum | a network |
| rhabd | a rod |
| rhizo | a root |
| rhodo | red |
| sarco | flesh |
| saur (o) | a lizard |
| scapho | a boat |
| schizo | to split, cleave |
| sclero | dry, hard |
| scolo | bent |
| scypho | a bowl, a cup |
| septi | a septum |
| soler (o) | a channel |
| sphen (o) | a wedge |
| splanchno | entrail |
| stomo, stomato | mouth |
| strepto | twisted |
| stylo | a pillar |
| sub | below |
| super (ra) | above |
| sym (n) | with, together |
| tarsi | the sole of the foot |
| tect (i) | a roof |
| tel (e) (o) | far, distant |
| tetra | four |
| thec (o) | a sheath or case |
| theri (o) | a wild beast |
| tricho | a hair |
| troch | a wheel |
| ungul | a hoof |
| uni | one |
| uro | a tail |
| xantho | yellow |
| xen (o) | strange |
| xiph (o) | a sword |
| zoo | an animal |
| zyg (o) | a yolk |
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