a
not, without
ab
away, apart
able
able, ability
ac/ad
to, toward
aero
air
ambi/amphi
both
an
without
ana
back, again
angi
blood, vessel, duct
ante
before
anti
against, opposite
arche
ancient
arthro
joint
ase
enzyme
ate (verb)
the act of
ation (noun)
the act of
auto
self
bi
two
bio
life, living
blast
embryo
calor
heat
capill
hair
carcin
cancer
cardi
heart
carn
flesh
cata
breakdown, downward
cell
chamber, small room
centr
center
ceph
head
cerebr
brain
chlor
green
chondro
cartilage
chrom
color
cide
kill
circ
around
co
with, together
con
with, together
cycle
circle
cyt
cell nucleus
de
away from, down
derm
skin
di
two; through; across; apart
dia
through
diplo
double
dis
apart, out
dorm
sleep
duct
lead
eco
house
ecto
outer, outside
ectomy
removal
elle
small
en
made of
endo
inner, inside
epi
upon, over
eu
true, good
ex
away, from
fer
bear, carry, produce
gam
marriage
gastro
stomach
gen
type
gene
origin, birth
geo
land, earth
gram
write or record
gymno
naked, bare
hapl
simple
hemi
half
hemo
blood
hetero
different
hist
tissure
homo/homeo
same, alike
hydro
water
hyper
above, beyond, over
hypo
below, under, less
ic
of, pertaining to
im
to, toward, into
in
not, non
inter
within, inside
intra
within
iso
equal
ist
one who deals with
itis
inflammation
kary
cell nucleus
lys
dissolve, break, “slice”
macr
large
mal
bad
med
middle
mega
large
meso
middle
meta
change
mono
one, single
mut
change
nema
thread
neo
new
nephr
kidney
neur
nerve
nom/nomy
ordered knowledge, law
non
not
nuc
center
ocul
eye
ology
study of
oma
swelling
omni
all
oo
egg
org
living
orth
straight
ose
sugar
ous
full of
pachy
thick
pal
ancient
pan
all
par/para
beside, near, equal
path/pathy –
disease, suffering
peri
around
phag
eat
pheno
show
philic
love of
phob
fear of
photo
light
phyl
related group
phyte
plant
pod/ped
foot
poly
many
post
after
pre
before, ahead of time
prim
first
pro
forward, favoring; before
re
again, back
sacchar
sugar
scrope
instrument to see
script
write
semi
partially
sis
condition, state
solv
loosen, free
some
body
sperm
seed
stasis
placed, staying
stom/stoma
mouth
sub
under, below
super/supra
above
syn
together
tel/telo
end
therm
heat
throph
nourishment
tomy
to cut
tox
poison
trans
across
tri
three
uni
singular
vas
vessel
visc
organ
volve
roll, wander
vore
eat
xyl
wood
zo
animal
zyg
joined together