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A- (An-/Ah-)

Not, without
Acanth-

Thorny, prickle
Acou-

To hear
Acr-

Summit, extremity
Actin-

Ray
Aden

Gland
Aer

Air, gas
-al

Pertaining to, like, belonging to, having the character of
Alg-

Pain
-Algesia

Sense of pain
Ambly-

Dull
Amphi/ampho-

Around, on both sides
Amygdal-

Almomd, tonsil
Amyl-

Starch
-an

Pertaining to, like, one connected with
Ana- (an-/ah-)

Up, back, again
Andr-

Man, male
Angi-

Vessel
Anth-

Flower
Anthrop-

Man, human being
Anti- (ant-)

Against, opposite
Apo- (ap-)

From, off, away
Arachn-

Spider
Argyr-

Silver
Arthr-

Joint, speech sound, articulation
Astr-/aster-

Star
Aut-

Self
Ba-

To step, to go, to walk
Ball-/bol-/-ble

To throw, to put
Bar-

Weight, pressure
Bary-

Heavy
Blast-

Bud, germ, embryonic cell
Blenn-

Mucus
Blep-

To see
Blephar-

Eyelid
Bi-

Life
Brady-

Slow
Brom-

Stench, bromine
Bul- (boul-)

Will
Carcin-

Cancer
Cardi-

Heart
Cata- (cat-)

Down, against, according to, very
Cephal-

Head
Encephal-

Brain
Cheil- (chil-)

Lips
Chlor-

Green, chlorine
Chol(e)-

Bile, gall
Chondr-/chondri-

Cartilage, granule
Chrom- (chromat-/chro-)

Color
Chron-

Time
Clad-

Branch-
Clas-

To break
Cocc-

Berry shaped organism
Col-

Colon
Coni-

Dust
Copr-

Excrement
Cor(e)-

Pupil of the eye
Cra-

To mix
Crani-

Crainium
Cri-

To distinguish
Crin-

To secete
Cry-/crym-

Ice, cold
Crypt-

Hidden
Cyan-

Blue
Cye-

To be pregnant
Cyst-

Bladder, cyst, sac
Cyt-

Cell
Dacry-

Tear
Dactyl-

Fingers, toes
De-

To bind
Desm-

Ligament
Dem-

Peope, country
Derm-/dermat-

Skin
Dia- (di-)

Across, through, between
Dips-

Thirst
Drepan-

Sickle
Dys-

Bad, disordered, difficult
Ec- (ex-)

Out, out of, outside
-ectomy

Surgical removal of
Eme-

To vomit
-emia (-hemia)

Condition of the blood, congestion of blood
En- (em-/el-)

In, into, inward
En- + anti-

Opposite
Endo-/ento- (end-/ent-)

Within, inner
Enter-

Intestine
Eo(s)-

Dawn or early age, rosy
Epi- (ep-)

Upon, on, to, in addition to
Erg-

Work
Erythr-

Red
Es-/eis-

Inward, into
Esthe- (aesthe-)

To feel, to perceive
Eu-

Good, well, normal
Eury(s)-

Wide
Exo-/ecto-

Outside, external
Galact-/gala-

Milk
Gam-

Union, marriage
Gaster-/gaster-

Stomach, belly of a muscle
Ge-

Earth
Genous-/genic-

Producing, produced
Ger-/geroni-

Old person, old age
Geu-

To taste
Gloss-/glot(t)-

Tongue, language
Glyc-

Sugar
Glycos-

Sugar, glucose
Gnath-

Jaw
Gno-

To know
Graph-

To write
Gram-

Thing written
Gynm-

Naked, uncovered
Gyn(e)-/gynec-/gynaec-

Female
-hedron

Solid figure having a specified number of faces
Helic-/helix-

Spiral
Helminth-

Worm
Hem-/hemat- (haem-/ haemat-)

Blood
Hepat-/hepar-

Liver
Heter-

Other, different
Hidro(s)-

Sweat
Hist-/histi-

Tissue
Hod-/od-

Road, way
Hydr-

Water, fluid
Hygr-

Moisture
Hyper-

Over, excessive, more than normal
Hypo- (hyp-)

Below, deficient, less than normal, somewhat
Hyster-

Uterus, hysteria
-is/-y

State of, condition of, quality of
-iasis

Diseased condition
Iater-

Physician, medical treatment
-ic/-tic/-ac

Pertaining to, like
Ichthy-

Fish
-ician

Specialist in, practitioner of
-ics/-tics

Art, scienc, or study of
Idi-

One's own, peculiar, distinct
-in/-ine

Chemical substance
Irid-/iris

Iris, rainbow
Is-

Equal, same
Isch-

To suppress
-ism/-ismus

Condition of (belief in)
-ist/-ast

One who
-itis

Inflammstion of
-ium

Part, lining or enveloping tissue, region
Kine- (cine-)

To move
Lal-

To talk
Lapar-

Abdomen, soft part of the body between ribs and hip
Lecith-

Yolk
Lex-

To read
Lip-

Fat
Lith-/lite-

Stone
-logy

Science of, systematic study of
Ly-

To loosen, to dissolve, to break up
-lysis

Dissolution of or by, surgical division or separation
-mania

Madness for or about
-ma/-m/-me

Result of the act of
Mast-/maz-

Breast
Mega-/megal-

Large, one million
-meter

Instrument for measuring, measure
-metry

Art or science if measuring
Melan-

Black, dark
Men-

Moon, menstruation
Meta- (met-)

After, change, transfer
Metr-

Uterus
Mening-

Membrane
Mne-

To remember
Mogi-

Diffiult
Morph-

Form
Myc-/mycet-

Fungus
Myel-

Spinal cord, marrow
My-/mys-/myos-

Muscle
Myi-

Fly
Ne-

New, new and different form of
Necr-

Corpse, dead tissue
Nephr-

Kidney
Neur

Nerve, nervous system, tendon
-nomy

Science of, system of laws governing
Odont-

Tooth
Odyn-

Pain
-oecious

Having a house or dwelling
-oid/-ode

Like, having the shape of
Olig-

Few, scanty
-oma

Tumor arising in or composed of
Onych-

Finger or toenail, claw
Op-/opt-

Eye, to see
Prosop-

Face
Ophthalm-

Eye
Orch(i)-/orchid-

Testicle
Orth-

Straight, correct
-osis

Diseased condition of, act of, process of
Osm-

Smell
Ost(e)-

Bone
Ot-

Ear
-ous (-ious)

Full of, pertaining to, like
Pan-/pant-

All, complete
Para-(par-)

Beside, resembling, disordered, associated
Path-

Disease, suffering, feeling
-pathy

Disease of, trestment of disease of or by
Ped- (paed-)

Child
Pedia-

Instruction
Pep(s)-/pept-

To digest
Peri-

Around, near
Pha-/phan-

To appear, to show
Phag-

To eat
Phil-

To love, having an affinity for
-philous/-philic

Loving, thriving in, pollinated by the agency
-phobia

Abnormal fear of
Phor-/pher-

To bear, to go
Phren-

Mind, diaphram
Phyll-

Leaf
Phyt-

Plant, growth
Plas(t)-

To form, to mold
-plasty

Formation, plastic surgical operation
Plex-

Stroke
Pleg-

Paralysis
Pod-/pus-

Foot
Poly-

Many, much
Pro-

Before, in front of, forward
Proct-

Anus, rectum
Pros-

Toward, in addition to, fronting
Pseud-

False
Psych-

Mind, soul
Py-

Pus
Rhe-/rrh-

To flow, current
Rhin-/rrhin-

Nose
-rrhea

Abnormal flow or discharge of
Scop-

To view
-sis/-sia/-sy/-se

Act of, process of, result of the act of
Som-/somat-

Body
Sta-

To stand, to stop, to fix, to regulate
Stol-/stal-/-stle

To send, to contract
Stom-/stomat-

Mouth, opening
-stomy

The making of a surgical opening
Styl-

Pillar
Syn- (sym-/syl-/sy-/sys-)

With, together
Tars-

Instep, edge of the eye
Tac-/tax-

To arrange, to put in order
-te/-t (-tes)

Onw who, that which
-ter

Means of, place for
Tele-

Afar, operating at a distance
Thanat-

Death
The-

To put, to place
Thec(a)-

Case, sheath
-therapy

Treatment of or by
Therm-

Heat
Thromb-

Clot
Poli-

Gray
Top-

Place
Tom-

To cut, section
Entom-

Insect
-tomy

Surgical operation on, surgical cutting of
Trop-/trep-

To turn, response to stimulus
Troph-

Nourishment, development
Ur-

Urine, urinary system
Ure-

To urinate
-uria

Condition of the urine
Zo-

Animal, living being
-us

Individual, person
-idae/-ida/-id

Descended from, related to
Agog(ue)-

Inducing the flow of, expelling
Arch(e)-

Ancient, beginning, primitive
Aux(e)-

Increase
Didym-

Twin, testicle
Gyr-

Circle, ring
Hipp-

Horse
Ischi-

Hip
Lep-

To seize
Macr-

Large, long
Mel-

Limb
Micr-

Small, one millionth
Narc-

Stupor
Omphal-

Naval
Pex-

To fasten
Pag-

United
Platy(s)-

Broad, flat
Sapr-

Rotten
Sial-

Saliva
Sthen-

Strength
Tach(y)-

Swift
Ur-

Tail
-ium/-ion

Little
-idium/-idion

Little
-arium/-arion

Little
-isk/-iscus

Little
Asc-

Bag
Branchi-

Gills
Carp-

Fruit
-Cele

Hernia, swelling
Colp-

Vagina
Gen(e)-/gon-

To be produced, to produce
Gon-

Seed
Heli-

Sun
Mer-

Part
Nyct-

Night
Onym-

Name
Oo-

Egg
Pachy-

Thick
Pen-

Deficiency, want
Phleb-

Vein
Phthi

To waste away
Phyc-

Seaweed, algae
Pto-

To fall
Salping-

Tube, specifically eustachian or fallopian tube
Saur-

Lizard
Xanth-

Yellow
-ize

To make, to treat, to do something with
-ate

To make, to treat, to do something with
-agra

Painful seizure
Brachi-

Arm
Cente-

To puncture
Chir-/cheir-

Hand
Cel(i)-/coel-/-coel

Cavity, abdominal cavity
Dendr-

Tree
Hyal-

Glass, vitreous body of the eye
Laryng-

Larynx
Lei-

Smooth
Malac-

Soft
Mastig-

Whip, flagellum (mastix)
Pter-/pteryg(i)-

Wing, fin
Schiz-/schis(t)-

To split
Splanchn-

Entrails, viscera
Thi-

Sulfur
Thorac-

Chest, thorax
Tox-

Poison
Trich- (thrix-)

Hair
Xer-

Dry
-ma (singular)

-mata (plural)
-sis (singular)

-ses (plural)
-on (singular)

-a (plural)
-itis (inflammation of, singular)

-itides (plural)
-nx (singular)

-nges (plural)
A-x (singular)

-ces (plural)
All-

Other, different
Ankyl-

Bent, stiff, adhesion of parts
Er-/ erot-

Love
Geny-

Jaw, cheek
Geni-

Chin
Hol-

Whole, entire
Hom-/home-

Same, similar
Hypn-

Sleep
Ide-

Idea, mental image
Leuk- (leuc-)

White
Ont-

Being, individual
Phyl-

Race, class
Pyel-

Pelvis, especially of the kidney
Pyg-

Buttocks
Stear-/steat-

Fat, yellow
Strept-/ stroph-

Turned, twisted
Thall-

Young shoot
Thym-

Mind, emotions
Trib-/trip-

To rub, to crush
Zyg-

Yoke
Hemi-

Half
Mon-

Single, one
Prot-

First, original, primitive
Di-

Twice, double
Dich-

In Two
Deut-/deuter-

Second
Tri-

Three
Tetr(a)-

Four
Pent(a)-

Five
Hex(a)-

Six
Hept(a)-

Seven
Oct(a)-

Eight
Enne(a)-

Nine
Dec(a)-

Ten
Hect-

Hundred
Kilo-

One thousand
Cac- (kak-)

Bad
Cau-/caus-

To burn
Cli-/clei-

To close
Cleist-

Closed
Cly(s)-

TO wash
Crot-

Pulse beat
Dolich-

Long
Ede-

To swell
Lept-

Thin, delicate
Log-

Word, speech, reason
Mes-

Middle
Myx-

Mucus, slime
Oxy-/ox-

Sharp, acid, oxygen
Peter-

Rock
Phon-

Sound, voice
Phot-

Light
Poie-

To make
Presby-

Old
Pyr-/pyret-

Fire
Pyrex-

Fever
Rhiz-/rrhiz-

Root
Glauc-

Silvery, gray-green
Gon(y)-/gonat-

Knee
(H)apt-

To touch
(H)aph-

Sense of touch
Kary-/cary-

Nucleus, nut
Kerat-/cerat-/ker-/cer-

Horn, horny tissue, cornea
Lepid-

Scale
Nem-/nemat-

Thread
Nos-

Disease
Onc-/oncus-

Tumor, swelling
Phra-

To speak
Pneum-/pneumat-

Air, gas
Phylac(t)-

To guard, to protect
Porphyr-

Purple
Sarc-

Flesh
Scler-

Hard
Sep-

To rot, to putrify
Sit-

Food
Splen-

Spleen
Sten-

Narrow
Stere-

Solid, three-dimensional
Cyn-

Dog
Hapl-

Single
Kym-/cym-

Wave
Lemm(a)-

Sheath, husk
Loph-

Chest, ridge, tuft
Lophi-

Small crest, lophion
Lymph-

Water, lymph
Mit-

Thread
Ornis-/ornith-

Bird
Pale-/palae-

Old, anciemt
Pha-

To speak
Phem-

Voice
Phrag-

To block up, to wall in
Plan-

Wandering
Pleur-

Side, rib, pleura
Plo-

Folded, fold (as in threefold)
Pne(a)-/pneust-

Breathing
Rhaph-/-rrhaph-

To sew, to jerk
Staphyl-

Bunch of grapes, uvula
Steth-

Chest
Xen-

Host, stranger, foreigner
Balan-

Acorn, the glans penis
Bry-

Moss
Camp(t)-/campyl-

Bent
Carp-

Wrist
Cerc-

Tail
Cleid-

Clavicle
Doch-

To take or receive
Ech-

Echo, repetition
Gangli-

Mass of nerve tissue, small cyst or swelling
Gli-

Glue
In-

Fiber, muscle
Rhach(I)-/rach(I)-/-rrhach-

The spine
-rrhag-

Excessive discharge, usually of blood
Sphygm-

Pulse
Spondyl-

Vertebra
Stern-

Chest, breastbone
Thel-

Nipple
Toc-/tok-

Childbirth
Tret(t)-

To bore, to perforate
Zym-

Ferment, enzyme
Adelph-

Brother
Ancon-

Elbow
Calypt(r)-

Hidden
Chord-

Cord
Chor(i)-

Fetal menbrane
Clon(us)-

Muscle spasm
Coll(a)-

Glue
Ec-/oec-/oek-/oik-/oic-

House
Not-

The back
Om-

Shoulder
Opisth-

Behind
Phy-

To grow
Por-

Passage, pore
Pty-

To spit
Ptyal-

Saliva
Rhabd-

Rod
Spor-

Seed, spore
Stig-

Pricking, mark, point
Tel(e)-

Completion, end, purpose
Troch-

Wheel, disk
Xyl-

Wood
Alex-

To ward off
Antr-

Cavity, sinus
Bronch(i)-

Air tube
Chlamyd-

Cloak, envelope
Chy-

To pour
Chym-/chyl-

Juice
Condyl-

Knob, knuckle
Corm-

Trunk of a tree or body
Gon(i)-

Angle
Hal-

Salt
Pali(n)-

Again, back
Poikil-

Varied, irregular, mottled
Pycn-/pykn-

Thick, frequent
Pyl(e)-

Gate, entrance
Sperm-/spermat-

Seed, semen
Sphen-

Wedge
Spir-

Coil
Syring-

Pipe, tube (syrinx)
Ta-

To stretch
Ton-

Stretching, tension
Trachel-

Neck

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