a-, an- not, without, lacking, deficient centi- hudredth epi- upon, above, over

ab- away from, out from centr- center erythro- red

able capable of cephal- head escent becoming

ac- to, toward cerat- horn eso- inward, within, inner

acou-, acous- hear cerebr- brain escent becoming

ad- to, toward cervic- neck erre wander, go astray

aden- gland chel- claw eu- well, good, true, normal

adip- fat chem- dealing with chemicals eury- widen

aero- air chir- hand ex- out of, away from

af- toward chlor- green extra- beyond, outside

agri- field, soil chondr- cartilage ferro- iron

alb- white chrom-, -chrome color fibr- fiber, thread

alg-, -algia pain chron- time fid, fiss split, divide

alto- high chyme juice -flect, -flex bend

ambi- both -cid-, -cis- cut, kill, fall flor- flower

ameb- change, alternation circa-, circum- around, about flu-,fluct-,flux flow

amni- fetal membrane cirru- hairlike curls foli- leaf

amphi-, ampho- both co- with, together fract- break

amyl- starch cocc- seed, berry gam marriage

ana- up, back, again coel- hollow gastr- stomach

andro- man, masculine coll- glue gen producer, origin

anemo- wind coni- cone geo- land, earth

ang- choke, feel pain contra- against -gen, -gine producer, former

angi- blood, vessel, duct corp- body gloss- tongue

ante- before, ahead of time cort-, cortic- outer layer gluc-, glyc- sweet, sugar

anter- front cosmo- world, order, form gon angle, corner

antho- flower cotyl- cup glut- buttock

anti- against, opposite counter- against grad step

antrhopo- man, human crani- skull gram, graph record, writing

-ap-, -aph- touch cresc-, cret- begin to grow graph writing

apo-, ap- away from crypt- hidden, covered gnath- jaw

aqu- water -cul-, -cule small, diminutive grav- heavy

archaeo- primitive, ancient cumul- heaped gymno- naked, bare

-ary, -arium denotes a place for something cuti- skin gyn- female

arteri- artery cyan- blue gyr- ring, circle, spiral

arthr- joint, articulation cycle ring, circle -hal-, -hale breathe, breath

ase names for enzyme cyst sac or pouch habit live

asis, asia- state of cyt-, -cyte cell, hollow container halo, hale- salt

aster-, astr- star dactyl- finger hapl- simple, single

anther- fatty deposit de- away from, down hector- hundred

atmo- vapor deca- ten hem- blood

audi- hear deci- tenth hemi- half

aur- ear deliquesc- become fluid hepar-, hepat- liver

auto- self demi- half herb- grass, plants

bacter-, bactr- bacterium, stick, club dendr- tree hetero- different, other

barb- beard dent- tooth hex- six

baro- weight derm- skin hibern- winter

bath- depth, height di-, dipl- (Latin) two, double hidr- sweat

bene- well, good di-, dia- (Greek) through, across, apart hipp- horse

bi- (Latin) two twice dia- (Latin) day hist- tissue

bi-, bio- (Greek) life, living digit- finger, toe holo- entire, whole

brachi- arm din- terrible homo- (Latin) man, human

brachy- short dis- apart, out homo- (Greek) same, alike

brady- slow dorm- sleep hort- garden

branchi- fin dors- back hydr- water

brev- short du-, duo- two hygr- moist, wet

bronch- windpipe duct lead hyper- above, beyond over

cac-. bad dur- hard hyph- weaving, web

calor- heat dynam- power hyphno- sleep

capill- hair dys- bad, abnormal, difficult hypo- below, under, less

capit- head ec- out of, away from hyster- womb, uterus

carcin- cancer echin- spiny, prickly icthy

cardi- heart eco- house, environment ign- fire

carn- meat, flesh ecto- outside of in-, il-, im-, ir- not

carp- fruit emia in-, il-, im-, ir- to, toward, into

carpal- wrist ende-, -ende swelling inter- between

cata- breakdown, downward en-, endo-, ent- in, into, within in- very, thoroughly

caud- tail encephal- brain infra- below, beneath

cen-, cene- now, recent endo within, inside inter- within, inside

cente- pierce enter- intestine, gut intra- between

entom- insects ion, -sion act of doing

ist a person who practices… opthalm- eye roto- wheel

iso- equal, same opt- eye rubr- red

juxta- near orb- circle, round, ring sacchar- sugar

kel- tumor, swelling -orium, -ory place for something sapr- rotten

kerat- horn ornith- bird sarc- flesh

kilo- thousand orth- straight, correct, right schis-, schiz- split, divide

kine- move oscu- mouth scler- hard

lachry- tear oste, osse- bone scope for viewing

lact- milk oto- ear -scribe, -script write

lat- side ov- egg semi- half, partly

leio- smooth oxy- sharp, acid, oxygen sept- partition, seven

less without pachy- thick septic infection

leuc-, leuk- white, bright, light paleo- old, ancient serrate- saw-edged

lign- wood palm- broad, flat sess- sit

lin- line pan- all sex- six

lingu- tongue par-, para- beside, near, equal sol- sun

lip- fat path-, -pathy disease, suffering solv- loosen, free

lith-, -lite stone, petrifying pent- five som-, somat-, -some body

loc- place per- through somn- sleep

log word, speech peri- around son- sound

lumin- light permea- pas, go spec-, spic- look at

-lys, -lyt, -lyst decompose, split, dissolve phag- eat sperm, spore seed

macr- large pheno- show spir-, -spire breathe

malac- soft phil- love for stat-, -stasis standing, placed, staying

malle- hammer phobia fear of stell- stars

mamm- breast phon-, -phone sound sten- narrow

marg- border, edge -phore,, pher- bear, carry stern- chest, breast

mast- breast photo- light stom-, -stome mouth

med- middle phren- mind, diaphragm strat- strat

meg- million, great phyc- seaweed, algae stria- stripe

mela-, melan- black, dark phyl- related group stereo- solid, 3-dimensional

mes- middle, half, intermediate physic- nature, natural qualities strict- drawn tight

met-, meta- between, along, after phyt-, phyte platn styl- pillar

-meter, -metry measurement pino- drink sub- under, below

micro- small, millionth pinni- feather super-, sur- over, above, on top

milli- thousandth plan- roaming, wandering sym-, syn- together

mis- wrong, incorrect plasm-, -plast- form, formed into tachy- quick, swift

mito- thread platy- flat tarso- ankle

mole- mass pleur- lung, rib, side tax- arrange, put in order

mono- one, single pneumo- lungs, air tele- far off, distant

mort- death ply- many, several telo- end

mot- move pod, ped food terr- earth, land

morph- shape, form poly- many tetr- four

multi- many por- opening thall- young shoot

mut- change port- carry -the-, -thes- put

my- muscle post- after, behind therm- heat

myc- fungus pom fruit toxico- poison

mycel- threadlike pre- before, ahead of time top- place

myriad- many prim- first trache- windpipe

moll- soft pro- forward, favoring, before trans- across

nas- nose proto- first, primary tri- three

necr- corpse, dead pseudo- false, deceptive trich- hair

nemat- thread psych mind tropic influencing

neo- new, recent pter- having wings or fins turb- whirl

neprho- kidney pulmo- lung -ul-, -ule diminutive, small

neur- nerve puls- drive, push ultra- beyond

noct-, nov- night pyr- heat, fire uni- one

-nom-, -nomy ordered knowledge, law quadr- four ur- urine

non- not quin- five vas- vessel

not- back radi- ray vect- carry

nuc- center re- again, back ven-, vent- come

ob- against rect- right, correct ventr- belly, underside

ocul- eye ren- kidney vig- strong

oct- eight ret- net, made like a net vit-, viv- life

odont- tooth retro- backward, behind volv- roll, wander

olf- smell rhag-, -rrhage burst forth vor devour, eat

oligo- few, little rhe-, rrhea flow xanth- yellow

oma- tumor rhin- nose xero- dry

omni- all rhiz- root zo-, -zoa animal

onc- mass, tumor rhodo- rose zyg- joined together