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