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Latin and Green roots used in biology

  1. A
    WITHOUT
  2. Ad
    TOWARD
  3. Ala
    WING
  4. Amnio
    fetal sac
  5. An
    without
  6. Ante
    in front of
  7. Anti
    opposite
  8. Arbor
    tree
  9. Artio
    even
  10. Aud
    hearing
  11. Basi
    at the bottom
  12. Blast
    germ
  13. Branch
    gill
  14. Bursa
    pouch
  15. Caec
    blind end
  16. Capill
    hair
  17. Carn
    flesh
  18. Chaet
    hair or bristle
  19. Chlor
    green
  20. Chrys
    golden
  21. Cnid
    stinging
  22. Conch
    shell
  23. Crani
    skull
  24. Cten
    comb
  25. Cvci
    Circular
  26. Dactyl
    finger
  27. Demi
    half
  28. Derm
    skin
  29. Digit
    toe or finger
  30. Don
    tooth
  31. Ab
    from
  32. Adipo
    fat
  33. Alb
    white
  34. Amphi
    double, both
  35. Ander
    male
  36. Antho
    flower
  37. Aqua
    water
  38. Arch
    primative
  39. Aster
    star
  40. Auto
    self
  41. Bio
    life
  42. Brachi
    arm
  43. Bronch
    windpipe
  44. Camunula
    bell
  45. Card
    Heart
  46. Cauda
    tail
  47. Cerebr
    brain
  48. Chel
    claw
  49. Chronr
    cartilage
  50. Cili
    hair
  51. Coel
    hollow
  52. Corn
    horn
  53. Crusta
    shell
  54. Cusp
    point
  55. Cyst
    capsule
  56. De
    away, down
  57. Den
    tooth
  58. Di
    twice, second
  59. Din
    terrible or whirling
  60. Dors
    back, posterior
  61. Acanth
    spine
  62. Affer
    Carry toward
  63. Alveoli
    cavity
  64. Ampulla
    flask, vase
  65. Anell
    small ring
  66. Anthro
    human
  67. Arach
    spider
  68. Arthro
    joint
  69. Ater (Atra)
    black
  70. Bi
    two
  71. Brachy
    short
  72. Buco
    mouth
  73. Cap or Capit
    head
  74. Carin
    keel
  75. Cephal
    head
  76. Cerv
    neck
  77. Choan
    funnel
  78. Chrom
    color
  79. Cloaca
    sewer
  80. Com
    together
  81. Corp
    body
  82. Crypt
    hidden
  83. Cuti
    skin
  84. Cyt
    cell
  85. Deca
    ten
  86. Dendr
    tree
  87. Dia
    apart
  88. Diplo
    double
  89. Duo
    two
  90. echin
    spiny
  91. Cera
    horn
  92. ef
    away
  93. endo
    inner
  94. entom
    insect
  95. eu
    true
  96. eco
    house
  97. embol
    inserted
  98. engy
    narrow
  99. epi
    upon
  100. ex
    outside or from
  101. ect
    outer
  102. enceph
    brain
  103. enter
    inside
  104. erythr
    red
  105. extra
    beyond
  106. fasc
    bundle
  107. fil
    thread
  108. fossa
    deppresion
  109. fenstr
    window
  110. flex
    bend
  111. fer
    to carry
  112. foramen
    opening in bone
  113. gam
    marriage
  114. gen
    descent
  115. gloss
    tongue
  116. gyn
    female
  117. gastric
    stomach
  118. glia
    glue
  119. gnath
    jaw
  120. ganli
    string of
  121. glm
    ball
  122. gym
    naked
  123. haem
    blood
  124. hepato
    liver
  125. histo
    tissue
  126. homo
    same as
  127. hyper
    above
  128. helminth
    worm
  129. hetero
    diffrent
  130. herp
    creeping
  131. hyal
    glass like
  132. hypo
    below
  133. hemi
    half
  134. hipp
    horse
  135. holo
    whole
  136. hydr
    water
  137. kin
    moving
  138. icrth
    fish
  139. -ida
    similar
  140. insect
    to cut or divide
  141. inter
    between
  142. intra
    within
  143. iso
    equal
  144. -itis
    inflammation
  145. lab
    lip
  146. lacuna
    space
  147. lamella
    leaf or layer
  148. lepi
    scale
  149. log
    to study
  150. lys
    loosening
  151. leuc
    white
  152. lumen
    cavity
  153. lith
    stone
  154. lutea
    yellow
  155. macro
    large
  156. macula
    a spot
  157. magni
    to enlarge
  158. mastig
    whip
  159. major
    large
  160. mamma
    breast
  161. maxilla
    jaw
  162. medull
    marrow
  163. mer
    part
  164. mela
    black
  165. meso
    middle
  166. mening
    membrane
  167. meta
    after
  168. moll
    soft
  169. multi
    many
  170. micro
    small
  171. mono
    one
  172. myco
    mold, fungus
  173. mit
    thread
  174. morph
    form
  175. myo
    muscle
  176. nema
    thread
  177. nephr
    kidney
  178. neur
    nerve
  179. nom
    law
  180. noto
    black
  181. -oid
    similar
  182. olfact
    small
  183. ommat
    eye
  184. opthalm
    eye
  185. orb
    circle
  186. ortho
    straight
  187. oto, oti
    ear
  188. odont
    tooth
  189. oligo
    few
  190. oo
    egg
  191. opercul
    small cover
  192. oral
    mouth
  193. os
    mouth
  194. ovum
    egg
  195. oesoph
    throat, gullet
  196. oment
    fat or  skin
  197. ophi
    snake
  198. opt
    eye, vision
  199. ornith
    bird
  200. ostrac
    shell
  201. palae
    ancient
  202. par
    birth
  203. para
    besides
  204. pariet
    wall
  205. parv
    small
  206. pect
    breast
  207. ped
    foot
  208. peduncl
    little foot
  209. pelecy
    hatchet
  210. pente
    five
  211. peri
    around
  212. perisso
    odd
  213. perenni
    permanent
  214. petr
    rock
  215. phag
    eat
  216. phil
    love
  217. phor
    carry
  218. photo
    light
  219. phragm
    fence
  220. phyl
    group
  221. phyll
    leaf
  222. physa
    bladder
  223. physio
    nature
  224. phyt
    plant
  225. pil
    hair
  226. pinna
    feather
  227. plac
    plate
  228. plan
    flat
  229. planter
    sole of foot
  230. plasm
    formed
  231. platy
    flat
  232. pleur
    side
  233. plex
    network
  234. plica
    fold
  235. pneumo
    air
  236. pod
    foot
  237. poly
    many
  238. pollex
    thumb
  239. pons
    bridge
  240. porta
    gate
  241. post
    behind, after
  242. pre
    before
  243. prim
    first
  244. pro
    in front
  245. proct
    anus
  246. profound
    deep
  247. proto
    first
  248. pseudo
    false
  249. pter
    fin, wing
  250. pulmo
    lung
  251. quad, quat
    four
  252. quint
    five
  253. rami
    branch
  254. ren
    kidney
  255. retina
    little net
  256. retro
    backward
  257. rhach
    spine
  258. phage
    tear
  259. rhin
    nose
  260. rhiz
    root
  261. rodo
    gnaw
  262. rostrum
    beak
  263. rota
    turn
  264. sarc
    flesh
  265. saur
    lizard
  266. scaph
    hollow
  267. schizo
    split
  268. sceler
    hard
  269. scrot
    pouch
  270. scut
    shield
  271. scypho
    cup
  272. sect
    to cut
  273. semi
    half
  274. sept
    seven
  275. ser
    fluid
  276. serra
    saw
  277. sinus
    hollow
  278. sol
    sun
  279. soma
    body
  280. sphinct
    visera
  281. squam
    scale
  282. steg
    covering
  283. stell
    star
  284. sten
    narrow
  285. stom
    mouth
  286. styl
    column
  287. sub
    under, below
  288. sulc
    furrow
  289. super
    above
  290. sym
    together
  291. tact
    touch
  292. taenia
    band
  293. tax
    to arrange
  294. teleo
    complete
  295. tele
    far end
  296. tentacul
    hold
  297. terti
    third
  298. test
    shell
  299. tetra
    four
  300. theca
    case
  301. thero
    mammal
  302. thromb
    clot
  303. tom
    cut
  304. trema
    hole
  305. tri
    three
  306. trich
    hair
  307. trop
    turn
  308. troph
    food
  309. tympan
    drum
  310. ultra
    beyond
  311. unc
    hook
  312. ungul
    hoof
  313. uni
    one
  314. uro
    tail
  315. uter
    womb
  316. vagina
    sheath
  317. vagus
    wander
  318. venter
    belly
  319. viv
    alive
  320. volv
    turning
  321. vora
    devour
  322. zon
    girdle
  323. zoo
    animal
  324. zyg
    yoke
  325. vita
    life
  326. vitell
    yoke
Author
freddy562
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231012
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Latin and Green roots used in biology
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Biology 200
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