Latin and Greek Roots Flashcards by Jake Hendricks

Q

a, an-

A

negative, without

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acin-

A

cluster of grapes

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ad-

A

to, toward

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affer-

A

carrying to

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anthro-

A

human

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artho-

A

joint

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anti-

A

opposite, against

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astra-

A

star

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bar-

A

pressure

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bio-

A

life

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brachi-

A

arm

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branch-

A

gill

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cauda-

A

tail

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chloro-

A

green

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chrom-

A

colour

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colla-

A

glue, stick together

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contra-

A

opposite/against

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crinis

A

secrete

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crypt-

A

hidden

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cyt-

A

cell

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demi-

A

half

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derm-

A

skin

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dis-

A

separate

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dys-

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bad, faulty

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-ectomy

removal of

effer-

carry away from

enter-

intestine, gut

erythro-

red

-gram

record, recording

gly-

sugar, sweet

gyn-

woman

hem-

blood

hepato-

liver

holo-

entire, complete

hydro-

water

hypo-

lower, beneath

ab-

from, away

acin-

cluster, like grapes

amphi-

both

amyl-

starch

actin-

ray

arch-

primitive, ancient

-asis

condition or state

auto-

self

bi-

two, twice

blast-

to generate

brady-

slow

cardi-

heart

cephal-

head

chondro-

cartilage

coel-

hollow, cavity

corp-

body

cauda-

tail

cyst-

sac, bladder

dactyl-

digit, finger

dextro-

right sided

di-

two, double

duo-

two, double

ect-

outer, outside

endo-

within, inner

epi-

upon

exo-

out, outside, without

gastr-

stomach

gymn-

naked

gangli

knot, wad

hemi-

half

hetero-

other, different

homeo-

same, steady

hyper-

over, above

-ichthy

fish

inter-

between

iso-

equal

lact-

milk

lipo-

fat

lysis-

burst, rupture

mal-

bad, abnormal

meso-

middle

mer-

unit, part

micro-

small

multi-

many

neo-

new

oligo-

few, small

mono-

one

oral-

mouth

oste-

bone

phag-

eat

pathos-

disease, suffering

pre-

before

ped-

foot

post-

after

-philic

liking

pulmo-

lung

retic-

network

sarco-

flesh, fleshy

retro-

backward

soma-

body

rhin-

nose, snout

sub-

under, below

syn-, sym-

with, together

xanth

yellow

macro-

great, large

tachy-

rapid

-itis

inflammation

vaso-

vessel

troph-

food, to feed

xyl-

wood

intra-

within, inside

lumen-

cavity, inside a tube

lamella-

leaf, layer

med-

middle

milli-

thousand

meta-

after

morph-

form

myo-

muscle

nephro-

kidney

poly-

many

-ology

the study of

oss-

bone

para-

beside, near

plasm-

fluid substance

peri-

around

-phobe

fearing

-phyte

plant

pneumo-

air, lungs, breath

pseudo-

false

renal-

kidney, urinary system

sphinct-

closing

sacchar-

sugar

scler-

hard

steno-

narrow

super-

above

theca-

case, enclosure

trans-

across, through

uni-

one, single

vita-

life

xer-

dry

vulgaris-

common