scientific roots, prefixes and suffixes pg 3-4 Flashcards
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cirru-
A
hairlike curls
2
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co-
A
with, together
3
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cocc-
A
seed, berry
4
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coel-
A
hollow
5
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coll-
A
glue
6
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coni-
A
cone
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contra-
A
against
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corp-
A
body
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cort-, cortic-
A
outer layer
10
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cosmo-
A
world, order, form
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cotyl-
A
cup
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counter-
A
against
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crani-
A
skull
14
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cresc-, cret-
A
begin to grow
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crypt-
A
hidden, covered
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-cul, -cule
A
small, diminutive
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cumul-
A
heaped
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cuti-
A
skin
18
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cyan-
A
blue
18
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-cycle, cycl-
A
ring, circle
19
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cyt-, -cyte
A
cell, hollow, container
19
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dactyl-
A
finger
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-cyst-
A
sac, pouch, bladder
20
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de-
A
away from, down
21
deca-
ten
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deci-
tenth
23
deliquesc-
become fluid
24
demi-
half
25
dendr-
tree
26
dent-
tooth
27
derm-
skin
28
di-, dipl-
two, double
29
di-, dia-
through, across, apart
30
dia-
day
31
digit-
finger, toe
32
din-
terrible
33
dis-
apart, out
34
dorm-
sleep
35
dors-
back
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du-
duo, two
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-duct
lead
38
dynam-
power
39
dys-
bad, abnormal, difficult
40
ec-
out of, away from
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echin-
spiny, prickly
42
eco-
house
43
ecto-
outside of
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-elle
small
45
-emia
blood
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en-, endo-, ent-
in, into, within
47
-en
made of
48
encephal-
brain
49
enter-
intestine, gut
50
entom-
insects
51
-eous
nature of, like
52
epi-
upon, above, over
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-err-
wander, go astray
54
erythro-
red
55
-escent
becoming
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eso-
inward, within, inner
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eu-
well, good, true , normal
58
eury-
widen
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ex-
out of , away from
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extra-
beyond, outside
61
-fer-
bear, carry, produce
62
ferro-
iron
63
fibr-, -fiber
thread
64
-fid, fiss-
split, divided into
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-flect
flex bend
66
flor-
flower
67
flu-. fluct-
flux flow
68
foli-
leaf
69
fract-
break
70
-gam-
marriage
71
gastr-
stomach
72
geo-
land, earth
73
-gen, -gine
producer, former
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-gene-
origin, birth
75
-gest-
carry, produce, bear
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-glen-
eyeball
77
-glob-
ball, round
78
gloss-
tongue
79
gluc-, glyc-
sweet, sugar
80
glut-
buttocks
81
gnath-
jaw
82
-gon
angle, corner
83
-grad-
step
84
-gram
graph record, writing
85
grav-
heavy
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-gross-
thick
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gymno-
naked, bare
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gyn-
female