Lesson 1 Flashcards
a-
an- before vowels or an h
not, without
prefix
ex: atheist, atypical, amoral, anarchy, anesthetic
amphi-, ampho-
both, on both sides of, around
prefix
ex: amphibious, amphitheater, amphogenic
ana-
an- before vowels or an h
up, back, again
prefix
ex: analysis, anatomy, anachronism, anode, aneurysm
anti-
an- before vowels or an h
against, opposite
prefix
ex: antidote, antitoxin, antiseptic, antagonist, antarctic
apo-
ap- before vowels or an h
from, off, away
prefix
ex: apology, apostle, aphorism, apheliotropism
cata-
cat- before vowels or an h
down, against, according to, very
prefix
ex: catalyst, catastrophe, category, cathode, catholic
dia-
di- before vowels or an h
through, across, between
prefix
ex: diameter, diagnosis, diocese, diopter
alg-
pain
base
ex: analgesic, neuralgia, algolagnia, algedonic, causalgia
arthr-
joint, speech sound, articulation
base
ex: arthritis, dysarthria, arthropod, enarthrosis, arthrobranchial, arthropterous, diarthrosis, nearthrosis, stereoarthrolysis, synarthrophysis
bi-
life
base
ex: biomorphic, symbiosis, diplobiont, biopsy, abiogenesis, biochrome, biotherapy, dermatobiasis, geobios, metabiosis, photobiotic, psychobiology
ball-, bol-, ble-
to throw, to put
base
ex: xeriobole, metabolism, embolism, hemiballismus, embololalia, epiboly, periblem, sporobolus
-analgesia
sense of pain
bardy-
slow
base
ex: bradychardia, bradydylexia, bradycarpic
crypt-
hidden
base
ex: crypt, cryptogram, cryptorchism, cryptesthesia, cryptoclastic, cryptogenic, crypotphyte, cryptovolcanic, cryptozoic, sybcryptic
drom-
running, course
base
ex: acrodromous, syndrome, heterodromia, romania, anadromous, adromia, dromography, photodromy
ge-
earth
base
ex: geomancy, geocarpy, geophagy, geophilous, amphigean, geophyte, geotaxis, hypogous
hod-, od-
road, way
base
ex: anode, hodophobia, esodic, prosodus, urodeum
mne-
to remember
base
ex: amnesia, pseudomnesia, acousmatamnesia, autoanamnsia, catamnesia, ecmnesia, mnemodermia
morph-
form
base
ex: therimorphic, morphology, polymorphonuclear, dysmorphophobia, actinomorphous, enantiomorph, gynandromorphy, mesomorphic, morpheme, phyllomorphosis
odont-
tooth
base
ex: exodontist, prosthodontia, pleurodont, homodont, rhizodontotrophy, tetraselenodont, xantodont
phor-, pher-
to bear, to go
base
ex: gynophore, oophorectomy, heterophoria, euphoria, chromatophore, aeophore, osmodsyphoria, photophore
plex-
stroke
base
ex:
pleg-
paralysis
base
ex: paraplegia, laryngoplegia, apoplexy, diplegia, quadriplegia
pod-, pus-
foot
base
ex: podiatrist, micropus, cephalopod, adenophdous, cynopodous, metapodium, podotheca
proct-
anus, rectum
base
ex: proctology, cytoproct, periproct, proctostasis
stol-, stal-, -stle
to send, to contract
base
ex: systole, peristalsis, anastalsis, catastasis, hemisystole, telediastolic, thermosystaltic
stom-, stomat-
mouth, opening
base
ex: gymnostomatous, enterostomy, stomatitis, odontostomatous, actinostome, microstome, nephrostome
trop-, trep-
to turn, response to stimulus
base
ex: apotropaic, apheliotropism, phototropic, esotropia, anisotropia, autotropism,barotropic, orthotropism, stereotropism
ur-
urine, urinary system
base
ex: ureter, uremic, albuminuria, hip-eric acid, urpcyanosis, urolithiasis
ure
to urinate
base
