scientific roots and prefixes(gyr-myc Flashcards
gyr
ring;circle;spiral
hal
hale breathe;breath
halo
salt
hapl
simple
hecto
hundred
helminth
worm
hem
blood
hemi
half
hepar
hepat-liver
herb
grass;plants
hetero
different;other
hex
six
hibern
winter
hidr
sweat
hipp
horse
hist
tissue
holo
entire;whole
homo
(latin) man;human
homo
(greek) same;alike
hort
garden
hydr
water
hygr
moist;wet
hyper
above;beyond;other
hyph
weaving;web
hypno
sleep
hypo
below;under;less
hyster
womb;uterus
iac
person afflicted with disease
iasis
disease;abnormal condition
ic
(adjective former)
ichthy
fish
ign
fire
in;il;im;ir
not
in;il;im;ir
to;toward;into
in
very;thoroughly
ine
of or pertaining to
infra
below;beneath
inter
between
intra
within;inside
ism
a state or condition
iso
equal;same
ist
person who deals with
itis
inflammation;disease
ium
refers to part of body
kary
cell nucleus
kel
tumor;swelling
kerat
horn
kilo
thousand
kine
move
lachry
tear
lact
milk
lat
side
leio
smooth
less
without
leuc;leuk
white;bright;light
lign
wood
lin
line
lingu
tongue
lip
fat
lith;lite
stone;petrifying
loc
place
log
word;speechless
logist
one who studies
logy
study of
lumin
LIGHT
lys;lyt;lyst
decompose;split;dissolve
macr
large
malac
soft
malle
hammer
marg
border;edge
mast
breast
med
middle
meg
million;great
mela;melan
black;dark
mer
part
mes
middle;half;intermediate
met;meta
between;along;after
meter
metry measurement
micro
small;millionth
millli
thousandth
mis
wrong;incorrect
mito
threat
mole
mass
mono
one;single
mort
death
mot
move
morph
shape;form
multi
many
mut
change
my
muscle
myc
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