WORD ROOT MEANING
a(an) without
acous to
hear
aer (aeri, aero) air
algia pain
amphi both sides of, double
annel a
small ring
anom abnormal, unusual
ante before
anth (antho) flower
anti against
apt fit, faster
aqua water
arachn spider,
web
arch first, beginning
arthr (arthro) joint
ase enzyme
aster
(astero) star
auto self
avi bird
bi twice
bio life
brach (brachi) arm
bronch (bronchi) windpipe
capit head
captor receiver
carcin cancer
cardi heart
carn (carni) flesh
caud (caudo) tail
centi one hundred
centr center
cephal head
chaet bristle, hair
chlor green
chondr cartilage
cide kill, destroy
cili an eyelash
circum around
cloaca a sewer
com (con) together
contra opposed, against
corn together
corp body
crani (cranio) skull
crine to secrete
crypt (crypto) hidden
cyano dark blue
cycl (cyclo) circle,
round
cyt (cyte, cyto) cell,
hollow
dactyl finger
de down,
from, off
deca ten
dent (denta, dont) tooth
derm hide,
skin
di double
digi (digiti) finger, toe
din (dina, dino) terrible
diplo double
dorm sleep
dors back
dura hard
dys painful, difficult
echino spiny
eco house
ecto outside
ectomy cut out
endo within
epi upon
eu true,
good, well
evol to
unroll
ex out, off
extra outside,
beyond
fer to carry, bear
foram a
hole, perforation
gam marriage, wife
gastro stomach
gene birth,
origin
geo earth
glyc (glycol) sweet
gnath jaw
haem (hem) blood
hal breathe
hapl (haplo) single, simple
hemi half
heli (helia, helio) sun
helmin a worm
hetero other, different
hex (hexa) six
hippo horse
histo tissue
holo whole, entire
homo (homeo) same, resembling
hydr (hydro) water
hyper above
hypo under
ia condition
ic pertaining to
ichthy fish
infra beneath
inter between
intr within, inside
is (iso) equal
ism condition of
-itis inflammation
kary nucleus
lac milk
later (latero) side
leuc white
lingua tongue
lith (litho) stone
lipo fat
-logy study of, word
luna moon
lysis divide, destroy
macro large
macul spot
mal bad, abnormal
mars pouch
maxi large
meg (mega) large, great
melan black
mes (mesen, meso) middle
meta with, after
micr (micro) small
mini small
moll soft
mon (mono) single
morph (morpho) form
mort death
muta change
nem (nema) thread
neo new, recent
nephr kidney
neuro nerve
noct night
nom name
nona nine
oct (octo) eight
olfact to smell
olig (oligo) few, small
omni all
opercul cover, lid
ose sugar
osis condition, increase
osteo bone
ov (ovi) egg
pal (palaeo) ancient
palp touch
par beside, near
path (patho) disease
ped (pes) foot
penta five
peri around
phago eat
pheno show, appear
phil loving
phob fear
phot (photo) light
phyll leaf
phyt plant
pino to drink
plan flat, wandering
platy flat, broad
pod foot
poly many
por small opening
post after behind
pre before
pri first
pro before, in front of
pseud (pseudo) false
pyr fire
quadr four
re back, again
rept (repta) creep, crawl
rhin(rhino) nose
rhiz root
ryncho snout
sarc flesh
saur (sauro) lizard
sect cut
semi half
-sis the act of, process of
sperm seed
stat (stato) standing
stom (stoma) mouth
strat layered
sub below
super over
supra above
sym, syn with, together
tacti touch
tax order, arrange
tele far, end
terr earth
tetra four
therm heat
thigmo touch
tonic tension, pressure
tox poison
trans across, beyond
tri three
troph nutrition
tuber knot, swelling
tunc covering
ultr beyond
uni one
vacu empty
vent belly
vivi alive
-vor to devour
zoo animal, life
zyg (zygo) yoke, join