Mandy Flashcards
Greek and Latin roots
a, an, in
not, without
ant, anti, contra, contro
against, opposite
bio, vit
life
(o) logy
study or science of
psych(o)
mind, spirit
phil, philo, phile
to love or lover of
affix
One or more syllable or letter added to a root word to change its meaning
prefix
A word or part of a word that is placed at the beginning of another word to change its meaning
suffix
a letter or group of letters that is attached at the end of a root or a base word to change its meaning
act
to do, driven to do
hyper, super, sur
over, above
hypo, sub, under
below, under
mono, uni
one
poly
many
auto
self
graph, gram, scrib
to write
tele
from afar
vis
to see
andr(o), anthrop
male, mankind
patr, pater
father
matr, mater
mother
ped
child
dem(o)
people
ion, tion, ism, ya
act of/ state of
arthr
joint
bronch(o)
windpipe
cardi(o), cor
heart
cephal, cap
head, brain
manu
hand
pod(o), ped
foot
opt(o)
eye, sight
corp
body
hem
blood
