G-M Flashcards
gyr-
ring;circle;spiral
-hal
hale breathe;breath
halo-
salt
hapl-
simple
hecto-
hundred
-helminth
worm
hem-
blood
hemi-
half
hepar;hepat-
liver
herb-
grass;plants
hetero-
different;other
hex-
six
hibern-
winter
hidr-
sweat
hipp-
horse
hist-
tissue
holo-
entire;whole
homo-
Latin- man;human
homo-
Greek- same;like
hort-
garden
hydr-
water
hygr-
moist;wet
hyper-
above;beyond;over
hyph-
weaving;web
hypno-
sleep
hypo-
below;under;less
hyster-
womb;uterus
-iac
person afflicted with disease
-iasis
disease; abnormal condition
-ic
(adjective former)
ichthy-
fish
ign-
fire
in-; il-; im-; ir-
not
in-; il-; im-; ir-
to;toward;into
in-
very; thoroughly
-ine
of or pertaining to
infra-
below; beneath
inter-
between
intra-
within; inside
-ism
a state or condition
iso-
equal; same
-ist
person who deals with…
-itis
inflammation; disease
-ium
refers to a part of the body
-kary-
cell nucleus
kel-
tumour; swelling
kerat-
horn
kilo-
thousand
kine-
move
lachry-
tear
lact-
milk
lat-
side
leio-
smooth
-less
without
leuc- ; leuk-
white; bright; light
lign-
wood
lin-
line
lingu-
tongue
lip-
fat
lith- ; -lite
stone; petrifying
loc-
place
-log-
word; speech
-logist
one who studies….
-logy
study of…
lumin-
light
-lys; -lyt; -lyst
decompose; split; dissolve
macr-
large
malac-
soft
malle-
hammer
mamm-
breast
marg-
border; edge
mast-
breast
med-
middle
meg-
million; great
mela- ; melan-
black ; dark
-mer
part
mes-
middle; half; intermediate
met-; meta-
between; along; after
-meter ; -metry
measurement
micro-
small; millionth
mili-
thousandth
mis-
wrong; incorrect
mito-
thread
mole-
mass
mono-
one ; single
mort-
death
-mot-
move
morph-
shape; form
multi-
many
mut-
change
my-
muscle
myc-
fungus