Lesson 2 Flashcards
dys-
bad, disordered, difficult
prefix
ex: dysfunction, dysentery, dystrophy
es-, eis-
inward, into
prefix
ex: esoteric, esoidic
ec-
ex- before vowels or h
out, out of, outside
prefix
ex: eccentric, ecstasy, eclipse, exodus, exodontist
en-, em-, el-
in, into, inward
prefix
ex: energy, enthusiasm, embryo, emphatic, elliptical
en- + anti-
opposite
prefix
ex: enantiopathic, enantiolalia
endo-, ento-
end-, ent- before vowels or an h
within, inner
prefix
ex: endocrine endoderm, endoparasite, entophyte, enozoa, endomoeba, endarteritis, entopic
epi-
ep- before vowels or an h
upon, on, to, in addition to
prefix
ex: epidemic, epidermis, epitaph, eponym, ephemeral
eu-
well, good, normal
prefix
ex: eugenics, eulogy
exo-, ecto-
outside, external
prefix
ex: exotic, exoskeleton, ectoparasite, ectoderm
bul-, boul-
will
base
ex: parabola, abulia, hyperbulia
cardi-
heart
base
ex: acardiacus, cardioblast, diplocardiac, hydropericardium, myocardial, orthocardiac
cephal-
head
base
ex: acanthocephaliasis, acrocephaly, cephalopod, cynocephalous, encephalodysplasia, prosencephalon
chrondr-, chondri-
cartilage, granule
base
ex: chondriosome/mitochondria, chondriokinesis, perichondrium, synchondrosis
dem-
people, country
base
ex: apodemialgia, endemic, pandemic
derm-, dermat-
skin
base
ex: dermatophyte, demographia, mesoderm, ododerm
gam-
marriage, union
base
ex: agomogensis, gamete, aplanogamete, autogamy, cytogamy, gamophyllous, gamostele, oogamy
lecith-
yolk
base
ex: centrolecithal, lecithin, lecithocoel, lysolecithin
ophthalm-
eye
base
ex: megalopthalamus, opthalmogyric, photopthalmia, podophthalmite, xerophthalmiaopthalmogyric, photophthalmia
ost(e)-
bone
base
ex: actinost, angiosteosis, dysostosis, heteroosteoplasty, osteoanagenesis, osteodermia, periosteophyte, synostis,
phyll-
leaf
base
ex: adenophyllous, autophyllogeny, litophyll, phylloclade, phyllodous, phyllotaxy
phyt-
plant, growth
base
ex: autophyte, endophyte, epidermophytosis, gametophyte, hematophyte, zoophyte
plas(t)-
to form, to mold
base
ex: alloplasty, amyoplast, cytoplasm, hyperplasia, metaplasia, ooplasm, protoplasm, somatoplasm
som-, somat-
body
base
ex: acrosome, dermatosome, hymnosomatous, karyomicrosome, meromicrosomia, somesthesia, somite
thec(a) -
case, sheath
base
ex: apothecium, cepthalotheca, exotheca, hydrotheca, podotheca, theca, thecaphore, thecium, thecodont
therm-
heat
base
ex: adiathermancy, hyperthermalgesia, hypothermia, thermaphagy, thermophyte, thermotropism
tom-
to cut, section
base
ex: diatomaceous, dermatome, lithotomous, myotome, somatome
top-
place
base
ex: atopagnosia, ostectopy, topotype
troph-
nourishment, development
base
ex: autotroph, hypertrophy, metamorphic, monotrophic, trophobiotic, trophonemata, trophoneurosis, trophotrophism
zo-
animal, living being
base
ex: cryptozoic, epizootic, hemocytozoon, metazoan, phyllazooid, protozoon, zoogamy
entom-
insect
base
