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  1. Ab
    • Off
    • Away from
  2. Ad
    • To
    • Toward
  3. Albo/alb
    White
  4. Alg/algia
    Pain
  5. Anti
    Against
  6. Arthro
    Joint
  7. Aster/astr
    Star
  8. Bio
    Life
  9. Bi (di)
    Two
  10. Brachi
    Arm
  11. Brady
    Slow
  12. Brev
    Short
  13. Centi
    100
  14. Cephal/cep
    Head
  15. Cerat
    Horn
  16. Chrom
    Color
  17. Crypt
    • Hidden
    • Covered
  18. Cyan
    Blue
  19. Cyte
    Cell
  20. Dactyl
    Finger
  21. Deca
    Ten
  22. Dent
    Tooth
  23. Dys
    • Bad
    • Abnormal, difficult
  24. E (e-)
    • Out of
    • Away (without)
  25. Edaphic
    • of the soil
    • Rock
  26. Encephal
    Brain
  27. Endo/en
    Within
  28. Ephemeral
    Short lived
  29. Epi
    • On
    • Upon
  30. Erythro
    Red
  31. Exo (ecto)
    Outside of
  32. Glob
    Round, ball like
  33. Gross
    Thick
  34. Halo
    Salt
  35. Hemi
    Halt
  36. Hesper
    Of the evening
  37. Hetero
    • Unlike
    • Unequal
  38. Holo
    Entire, whole
  39. Homo
    Same
  40. Hydro
    Water
  41. Hyper
    Above, beyond
  42. Hypo
    Under, below
  43. Inter
    Between
  44. Intra
    Within
  45. -ism
    a state or condition
  46. Iso
    Equal
  47. -itis
    • Inflammation
    • Swelling
  48. Lact
    Milk
  49. Leuk/leuko
    White
  50. Macro
    Large
  51. Macula
    Spot
  52. Mes/meso
    Middle
  53. Meta
    • Last
    • After
    • Along
  54. Milli
    1,000
  55. Micro
    • Minute
    • Small
  56. Mono
    One
  57. Morph
    Form
  58. Myo/my
    Muscle
  59. Neo
    New
  60. Nomen
    Name
  61. Noto/not
    Black
  62. Octo
    Eight
  63. -ology
    Study of
  64. Onc
    Mass, tumor
  65. Osteo
    Bone
  66. Pan
    All
  67. Para/par
    • Near
    • Beside
  68. Path/pathy
    • Disease
    • Suffering
  69. Ped/Pod
    Foot/feet
  70. Peri
    Around
  71. Philic
    Loving
  72. Phobic
    Fearing
  73. Phyto
    of Plants
  74. Plast/plasia
    • Form
    • Formation
    • Formed into
  75. Platy
    Flat
  76. Poly
    Many
  77. Pseudo
    False, deceptive
  78. Ptera (pterous)
    Wing
  79. Quad
    Four
  80. Sapro
    Putrid
  81. Schizo
    to Split/Split
  82. Scler
    Hard
  83. -sis
    State/condition
  84. Stom/stoma
    Mouth
  85. Sacchar
    Sugar
  86. Some/somat
    Body
  87. Sten
    Narrow
  88. Styl
    Pillar
  89. Supra
    Above, over, beyond
  90. Sym/syn
    Together
  91. Tachy
    • Quick
    • Swift
  92. Tele
    Far off, distant
  93. Telo
    End
  94. Thermo
    Temperature
  95. Trans
    Scross
  96. Tri
    Three
  97. Trophic
    • Pertaining to nutrition
    • Feeding
  98. Ventr
    • Belly
    • Underside
  99. Zo/zoa
    Animal
  100. Zygous
    Pair
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