Root Words Flashcards
Pro
Before
Eu
True, good
Karyo
Kernel, nucleus
Chroma
Color
Soma
Body
Endo
Within, inside
Lyso, lysis
Dissolve, break-up
Micro
Small
Exo
Out of
Phago
To eat
Pino
To drink
Meta
Between, after, over, near
A, an
Without, not
Syn, sym
Together
Poly
Many
Blasto
Bud, sprout, germ
Mere
Part, portion
Coel
Hollow, cavity
Gastro
Stomach, gut
Derma
Skin
Ecto
Out of, from
Meso
Middle
Di
Two
Tri
Three
Schizo
Split
Proto
First
Deutero
Second
Stoma
Mouth
Cephalo
Head
Pseudo
False
Homo
Same
Morphos
Form
Apo
Separate
Mono
One, single
Para
Beside
Zo
Animal
Api
Tip
Phora
Bearing
Auto
Self
Troph
Food, nourishment
Cyto
Cell
Osmo
Push
Kineto
Move
Pod
Foot
Hyalo
Glass
Pygo
Rump
Procto
Rectum
Iso
Equal
Gamos
Marriage, union
Oo
Egg
Poro
Hole, pore
Calci
Stone, lime
Hex
Six
Actino
Ray
Demo
People
Ostium
Door, entrance
Asco
Bag
Proso
Forward, onward
Pyle
Gate, orifice
Leuro
White
Choano
Funnel
Sclero
Hard
Myo
Muscle
Amphi
Double, on both sides
Placo
Plate
Cnido
Nettle
Cteno
Comb
Nemato
Thread
Hypo
Under, beneath
Oeci
House
Rhizo
Root
Caulis
Stalk
Coeno
Common
Peri
Around
Anthos
Flower
Scyphus
Cup
Strobilus
Cone
Aconto
Spear, dart
Platys
Flat, broad
Rhabdo
Rod, stick
Nephro
Kidney
Lecitho
Yolk
Vitellius
Yolk
Miraco
Young girl, lass
Spore
Seed
Cerco
Tail
Thrix
Pair
Onco
Mass, swelling
Corona
Crown
Parthenos
Virgin
Gen
Producing, forming
Micto
Mixed
Rado
Scape
Odonto
Tooth
Ostraco
Shell
Trocho
Wheel, ball, round
Umbo
Knob
Stylos
Column