Latin & Greek Roots Flashcards
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ab- (L)
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off, from, away
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a-, an- (G)
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not or without
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absciss- (L)
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cut off
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ac- (L)
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toward
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acumin- (L)
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a point, pointed
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adipo- (G)
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fat
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aero- (G)
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the air
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agri- (L)
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field
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alb-, albi- (L)
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white
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-alis, -ale (L)
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pertaining to
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allo- (L)
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different
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ambulat- (L)
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walk
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-amylus (G)
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starch
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ana- (G)
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up, throughout, again
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andro- (G)
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a man
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aniso- (G)
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unequal
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antero- (L)
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front
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antho- (G)
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flower
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anti- (G)
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opposite, against
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aperi- (L)
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open
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apo- (G)
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away
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arbor- (L)
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tree
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archaeo- (G)
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ancient
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-atilis, -atile (L)
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found in
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atr-, atri- (L)
black
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auto- (G)
self
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bi- (L)
two, twice, double
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bio-, -biot (G)
life
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blasto- (G)
seed
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brachy- (G)
short
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bryo- (G)
moss
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cardia- (L)
the heart
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cata- (G)
down, downward
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cather, -o (G)
clean, pure
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caud- (L)
tail
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centro- (G)
the center
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cephalo- (G)
head
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chemi- (G)
chemistry
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chloro- (G)
green
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chroma- (G)
colored
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chrono- (G)
time
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cili- (L)
hair
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cirrho- (G)
orange
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clado- (G)
branch
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con-, com-, co- (L)
together, with
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-cortex (L)
the bark, shell
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cost- (L)
rib
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cranio- (G)
skull
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cyclo- (G)
a circle, wheel
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cyto- (G)
a cell, a hollow place
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delo- (G)
visible
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dendro- (G)
a tree
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derm- (G)
skin
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deutero- (L)
second
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di- (G)
two, double
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dia- (G)
across, through
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dicho- (G)
forked, in two
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diplo- (G)
double
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dis- (G)
separate, apart
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dors- (L)
back
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echino- (G)
spiny
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eco- (G)
house
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ecto- (G)
outside
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electro- (G)
electricity
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-ell (L)
small
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endo- (G)
inner, within
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-ensis, -ense (L)
belonging to
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epi- (G)
beside, over, upon
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equi- (L)
equal
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erythro- (G)
red
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-escens (L)
becoming or beginning to
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eu- (G)
good, well
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ex-, exo- (G)
out, outside, without
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extra- (L)
outside, more
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femor- (L)
thigh
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fertil- (L)
fruitful
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flagell- (L)
a whip
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-form (L)
shape, form
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gam- (G)
marriage
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gamet- (G)
a wife or husband
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gastro- (G)
stomach
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gen- (G)
produce
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-genesis (G)
origin, birth
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geno- (G)
offspring
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geo- (G)
the Earth
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-gest (L)
carried
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glotto- (G)
tongue
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glyco- (G)
sweet
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gymno- (G)
bare, naked
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gyno- (G)
a woman, female
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haplo- (G)
simple, single
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helicon- (G)
spiral
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hemo- (L)
blood
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hepato- (G)
liver
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hetero- (G)
other, different
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hirsut- (L)
hairy, rough
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histo- (G)
tissue
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homeo-, homo- (G)
like, resembling, alike
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homin- (G)
man
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hydro- (G)
water
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-phytum (G)
plant
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phili- (L)
hair
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pino- (G)
drink
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pleio- (G)
more, full
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pneumo- (L)
lung
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-pod (G)
foot
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poly- (G)
many, much
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pori- (G)
a passage
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post- (L)
behind, after
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pre- (L)
before
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primi- (G)
first
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pro- (G)
before, in front of
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proto- (G)
first, original
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pseudo- (G)
false
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pterido- (G)
fern
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re- (L)
again
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ren- (G)
kidney
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retro- (L)
backward
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rhizo- (G)
root
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-sacchar (G)
sugar
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salt- (L)
jump
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sclero- (G)
hard
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-script (L)
write
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semi- (L)
half
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-sis (G)
the act of
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somato- (G)
body
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-stasis (G)
standing, posture
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stom- (L)
mouth
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sub- (L)
under
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super- (L)
above
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syn- (G)
together, with
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taxo- (G)
arrange
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tele- (G)
far
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tempor- (L)
time
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tetra- (G)
four
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therm- (G)
heat
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topo- (G)
place
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toti- (L)
all
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trach- (L)
rough
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trans- (L)
across
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tri- (L)
three
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tropho- (G)
eat
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ultra- (L)
beyond
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vacu- (L)
empty
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ventr- (L)
belly
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vestigi- (L)
trace
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virul- (L)
poisonous
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viscera- (L)
organs of the body cavity
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vivi- (L)
alive, living
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zoo-, -zoon (G)
animal
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hyper- (G)
exceeding, over, above
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hypo- (G)
lower, under, below
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immuno- (L)
safe, free
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in- (L)
into
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inter- (L)
between, among
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intra-, intro- (L)
inside, within
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iso- (G)
equal
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karyo- (G)
nucleus
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kinet- (G)
move, moving
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limno- (G)
lake
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-lyse, -lysis (G)
loose, to loosen
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macro- (G)
large, long
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mal- (L)
bad, wrong, evil
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menta- (L)
mind
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mero-, meri- (G)
a part
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meso- (G)
the middle
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meta- (L)
boundary, turning point
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micro- (G)
small
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mono- (G)
single, one
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morpho- (G)
form
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muta- (L)
change
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myo- (G)
muscle
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neo- (G)
new
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neutr- (L)
neither
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nom- (L)
name
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non- (L)
not
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noto- (G)
back
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nucle- (L)
nucleus
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nyct- (G)
night
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obscur- (L)
dark
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-oid, -oda (G)
like, form
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-ology (G)
the science of
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onco- (G)
tumor, a mass
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ora- ori- (L)
mouth
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osmo- (G)
pushing, thrusting
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osteo- (G)
bone
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-osus, ,-osa (L)
full of or prone to
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ovi- (L)
egg
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paedos- (G)
child
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paleo- (G)
ancient
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para- (G)
beside, near
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pedi- (G)
a child (foot in L)
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peri- (G)
around
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phago- (G)
to eat
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pheno- (G)
appear, show, seem
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philo- (G)
love
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phlebo- (G)
vein
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-phobos (G)
dread
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photo- (G)
light
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-phyll (G)
leaf
