Word Roots Flashcards
a (an)
without, not (Gr.)
ab
from (L)
acet
vinegar (L)
acro
extremity (Gr)
ad
to, toward (L)
adeno
gland (Gr)
adipo
fat (L)
alba
white (L)
algia
pain (Gr)
amphi
both (Gr)
angi
vessel (Gr)
ankylo
bent (Gr)
ante
before (L)
anti
against (Gr)
aqua
water (L)
archi
first (Gr)
arthro
joint (Gr)
artic
joint (L)
aud, aur, aus
hear (L)
auto
shelf (Gr)
bi
two (L)
bio
life (Gr)
blast
germ, bud (greek)
brachi
arm (Gr)
brachy
short (Gr)
brady
slow (Gr)
brevis
short (L)
capit
head (L)
caud
tail (L)
cec
blind (L)
cervix
neck (L)
choan
funnel (Gr)
chrom
color (Gr)
chyl
juice (L)
chym
juice (Gr)
clast
to break (Gr)
coel
hollow (Gr)
conch
or (L); a shell (Gr)
corn
horn (L)
coron
crown, beak (Gr)
cortico
bark (L)
cruci
cross (L)
crypt
hidden (Gr)
cyan
dark blue (Gr)
cyt
cell, hollow (Gr)
dent
tooth (L)
di
double (Gr)
dia
through (Gr)
diplo
trouble (Gr)
duo
two (L)
dura
hard (L)
duct
convey (L)
ecto
outside (Gr)
endo
within (Gr)
entero
intestine (Gr)
epi
upon (Gr)
erythro
red (Gr)
ex
and (Gr); out (L)
extra
beyond, outward (L)
faci
face (L)
fenestra
window (L)
fer
to carry, bear (L)
flav
yellow (L)
fug(e)
flee (L)
gamo
marriage (Gr)
gastro
stomach (Gr)
gen
to produce (Gr)
gloss
tongue (Gr)
glyco
sweet, sugar (Gr)
gnath
jaw (Gr)
gogue
leading (Gr)
gon
angle, seed (Gr)
graph
to write (Gr)
gutter
throat (L)
haemo, hem, em
blood (Gr)
hepat
liver (Gr)
hetero
different (Gr)
hippo
horse (Gr)
histo
tissue (Gr)
homo
same (Gr)
horm
to excite (Gr)
hyalo
glassy, clear (Gr)
hydro
water (Gr)
hymen
a membrane (Gr)
hypo
under (Gr)
in, en
and (Gr); into (L)
inter
between (L)
intra
within (L)
iso
equal (Gr)
kerato
horn (Gr)
lact
milk (L)
lacun
pit, lake (L)
lamin
layer, plate (L)
leio
smooth (Gr)
lemma
skin (Gr)
leuco
white (Gr)
lingua
tongue (L)
lipo
fat (Gr)
lith
stone (Gr)
lute
yellow (L)
lysis
divide, destroy (Gr)
macro
large (Gr)
macula
spot (L)
mal
bad-ill (L)
mast
breast (Gr)
mater
mother (L)
medi
middle (L)
mega
large (Gr)
mes
middle (Gr)
meta
change, beyond (Gr)
meter
measure (Gr)
micro
small (Gr)
mono
single (Gr)
morph
form (Gr)
morti
death (L)
myo
muscle (Gr)
myelo
marrow (Gr)
necro
dead (Gr)
nema
thread (Gr)
neo
new (Gr)
nephro
kidney (Gr)
neuro
nerve (Gr)
nid
nest (L)
nigr
black (L)
noct
night (L)
noto
back (Gr)
nuc
nut (L)
odont
tooth (Gr)
oid
like (Gr)
olig
few (Gr)
oma
tumor (Gr)
omphalo
navel (Gr)
opercul
a cover (L)
ophthalm
eye (Gr)
oral
mouth (L)
orchi
testicle (Gr)
ornith
bird (Gr)
ortho
straight (Gr)
os
mouth (L)
osteo
bone (Gr)
osti
door (L)
ot
ear (Gr)
ov
egg (L)
pachy
thick (Gr)
paleo
ancient (Gr)
pan
all (Gr)
para
beside (Gr)
pariet
wall (L)
path
disease (Gr)
pe, pes
foot (L)
peri
around (Gr)
petro
stone (Gr)
phago
to eat (Gr)
phil
loving (Gr)
phon
voice, sound (Gr)
phot
light (Gr)
phyll
leaf (Gr)
phy
produce (Gr)
pia
tender (L)
plasm
formed (Gr)
platy
flat (Gr)
pleuro
side (Gr)
pneumo
air (Gr)
pod
foot (Gr)
poly
many (Gr)
pons
bridge (L)
porta
gate (L)
post
after (L)
pre
before (L)
pro
before (Gr)
proct
anus (Gr)
pseudo
false (Gr)
ptero
wing (Gr)
ptyl
saliva (Gr)
pulic
flea (L)
pulmo
lung (L)
pupa
baby (L)
pyri
pear (L)
pyro
fire (Gr)
quadr
four (L)
rachi
spine (Gr)
ram
branch (L)
rect
straight (L)
ren
kidney (L)
ret
net (L)
retro
backwards (L)
rhabdo
rod (Gr)
rheo
to flow (Gr)
rhino
nose (Gr)
rhyncho
snout (Gr)
rosti
beak (L)
rub
red (L)
sagitta
arrow (L)
salpingo
tube (Gr)
sapro
rotten (Gr)
sarco
flesh (Gr)
scalar
ladder (L)
sclera
hard (Gr)
scolio
bent (Gr)
scope
see (Gr)
scut
shield (L)
seb
tallow (L)
sect
to cut (L)
sella
saddle (L)
semi
half (L)
sept
wall (L)
septic
putrid (L)
serra
a saw (L)
seti
bristle (L)
siphon
tube (Gr)
soma
body (Gr)
somn
sleep (L)
sperm
seed (Gr)
spheno
wedge (Gr)
splanchno
viscera (Gr)
squam
scale (L)
stella
star (L)
steno
narrow (L)
stereo
solid (Gr)
stetho
breast (Gr)
stigma
point (Gr)
stoma
mouth (Gr)
strati
layered (Gr)
stria
furrowed (L)
stylo
column (L)
sub
under (L)
super
over (L)
supra
above (L)
sym
together (Gr)
syn
together (Gr)
syringo
pipe (Gr)
tachy
rapid (Gr)
tacti
touch (L)
taen
ribbon Gr)
tapet
carpet (L)
tele
far, end (Gr)
terato
wonder (Gr)
thalam
chamber (Gr)
theca
case, covering (Gr)
theli
nipple (Gr)
therio
beast (Gr)
thermo
heat (Gr)
thrombo
clot (Gr)
thyro
door, shield (Gr)
tok
birth (Gr)
tomo
to cut (Gr)
toxo
poison (L, Gr)
trabecul
small beam (L)
trach
windpipe (Gr)
tremat
hole (Gr)
tricho
hair (Gr)
troch
pulley (Gr)
tropho
nutrition (Gr)
tuber
swelling (L)
tunic
garment (L)
tympano
drum (Gr)
ultra
beyond (L)
unci
hook (L)
ungula
hoof (L)
uni
one (L)
uro
urine (Gr)
vagin
sheath (L)
vaso
vessel (L)
ven
vein (L)
ventr
belly (L)
vermi
worm (L)
vesicul
blister (L)
villi
shaggy (L)
vita
life (L)
vitr
glassy (L)
vivi
alive (L)
vora
to devour (L)
xantho
yellow (Gr)
xero
dry (Gr)
zoo
life, animal (Gr)
zygo
yoke (Gr)