Morpheme Set 3 Flashcards
ac
‘sharp’
root
acr
‘height, tip’
root
aden
‘gland’
root
ambi- / amphi-
‘both’
prefix
aster / astr
‘star’
root
aur
‘ear’
root
auto / tauto
‘self’
root
axill
‘armpit’
root
bell
‘war’
root
bene / bon
‘good, well’
root
brach / brachy
‘short’
root
card / cord
‘heart’
root
caud / cod
‘tail’
root
cens
‘judge, assess’
root
cent
‘hundred’
root
cephal
‘head’
root
cervic
‘neck’
root
chili
‘thousand’
root
crat / crac
‘govern’
root
-cule / -cle
‘little’
suffix
cur
‘care’
root
cut
‘skin’
root
decem / deca
‘ten, tenth’
root
-itis
‘inflammation’
suffix
icosa
‘twenty’
root
kilo-
‘thousand’
prefix
lab
‘lip’
root
lacrim / lachrym
‘tear’ (from eye)
root
lact
‘milk’
root
laryng
‘voice box, vocal cords’
root
loc
‘place’ (a place or to place)
root
lic / lumen / lumin
‘light’
root
mamm
‘breast’
root
man
‘hand, handle’
root
mille / milli-
‘thousand (th)’
root / prefix
mon
‘one’
root
mult
‘many’
root
myri
‘countless, 10,000’
root
nas / nar
‘nose’
root
nephr
‘kidney’
root
novem
‘nine’
root
octo / octa
‘eight’
root
olig
‘few’
root
-oma
‘tumor, growth’
suffix
op
‘see’
root
ophthalm
‘eye’
root
os / or
‘mouth, opening’
root
os / oss
‘bone’
root
tetra / tessara
‘four’
root
tri
‘three’
root
un
‘one’
root
dem
‘people’
root
derm / dermat
‘skin’
root
di / dy / dicho
‘two’
root
dis- / di-
‘apart, reversed’
prefix
fla
‘blow’
root
flu / fluc / fuv
‘flow, river’
root
fratr
‘brother’
root
galact
‘milk’
root
gastr
‘stomach’
root
gloss / glott
‘tongue, speech’
root
gravid
‘pregnant’
root
gyn / gynec
‘woman, female’
root
hecaton
‘hundred’
root
hem / haem / em
‘blood’
root
hemi- / semi-
‘half’
prefix
hes / her
‘to stick, hold back’
root
hepat
‘liver’
root
hepta
‘seven’
root
hexa
‘six’
root
hist
‘body tissue’
root
hydat / hydr
‘water’
root
hyster
‘womb, neurotic disorder’
-ia
‘land, state, medical condition’
suffix
oste
‘bone’
root
pan- / pant-
‘all’
prefix
pauc
‘few’
root
penta
‘five’
root
phleb
‘vein’
root
phob
‘fear’
root
phylac
‘guard’
root
pl / plec / plic
‘fold, entwine, times’
root
plur
‘many, more’
root
poly
‘many’
root
pulmon / pulm
‘lung’
root
quadr
‘four’
root
quinque
‘five’
root
rhin
‘nose’
root
sarc
‘flesh’
root
scler
‘hard’
root
sep
‘putrid, infection’
root
septem
‘seven’
root
sesqui-
‘one and a half’
prefix
sex
‘six’
root
son
‘sound’
root
stom / stomat
‘mouth, opening’
root
tac
‘arrange, order’
root
ten / tin
‘hold, maintain’
root
thromb
‘clot’
root
vas
‘vessel, blood vessel, duct’
root
ven
‘vein’
root
viginti
‘twenty’
root
