ROOT WORDS Flashcards
Not, without, lacking deficient
A-, an-
Self
Auto-
Nourishment, one who feeds
-troph
Life, living
Bi-, bio-
Study of
-logy
Away from, down
De-
Sharp, acid, oxygen
Oxy-
House
Eco-
Different, other
Hetero
Same, alike
Homo-
Standing, placed, staying
Stat-, -stasis
Many
Multi-
Chamber, small, room
-cell-
A state or condition
-ism
Light
Photo-
Condition, state
-sis-
Lead
-duct
Two, double, between, along
Di-, dipl-
After
Met-, meta-
Capable of
-able
Having the character of
-al
Below,under, less
hypo-
Not, to, toward,into
in-,il-,im-,ir-
before, ahead of time
pre-
small, millionth
micro-
look, device for seeing
-scop-
electricity
electro-
eye
ocul-
across
trans-
large
magn-
to, toward
ad-
hair
capill-
with, together
co-
water
hydr-
three
tri-
again, back
Re-
large
macr-
many
poly-
Part
-mer-
equal, same
iso-
one, single
mono-
chemicals
chem-
under, below
sub-
sweet, sugar
gluc-, glyc-, sacchar-
mass
mole-
breakdown, downward
cata-
in, into, within
en-, endo, ent-
out of, away from
ex-
water
aqu-