a-
not, without
abyss-
deep, bottomless
acro-
tip
adeno-
gland
aero-
air
agglutinat-
glued together
agon
a contest
aktin
a ray
-alexi
to ward off
allo-
different
alveol-
a cavity
ama-
together
amphi-
dual
an-
without, not
ana-
up
analog-
proportion
andro-
male
aneu-
without
-angio
vessel
annus, -ennis
year
anth-
a flower
anthrop
man
anti
against
-aphy
suck
apic
tip
apo-
off, away
-apsis
juncture
aqua
water
arachn
spider
arch
ancient, beginning
arthro
jointed
astro-
a star
atrio
a vestibule
auto-
self
aux-
grow, enlarge
bacul
a rod
bentho-
the depths of the sea
bi
two
bin-
two at a time
bio-, biot-
life
-bios
life
-blast
bud, sprout
blasto
produce
brachio
an arm
bryo
moss
cala
insert
capsa
a box
carb-
coal
cardi-
heart
-carp
fruit
cata-
down
-centesis
a puncture
centro-
center
cephal, cephalo
head
cheli
a claw
chemi-
chemical
chemo
chemical
chiasm-
marked crosswise
chloro-
green
choano
a funnel
-chol
anger
chondro-
cartilage
chord
string
chroma-
colored
chrom
colored
chylo
juice
chymo
juice
cili-
hair
circ-, circa
circle
clado-
branch
-clin
slope
cnido
a nettle
co-
together
coch
a snail
coel
hollow
coeno
common
coit
a coming together
coleo-
a sheath
coll-
glue
com-
together
con-
with, together
conjug
together
contra
against
cope
an oar
cortex
shell
-cortico
the shell
counter-
opposite
crani
the skull
crypto-
hidden
-cutane
skin
cuti
the skin
-cycle
circle
cyclo-
circle
cyst
sac, bladder
-cyte
cell
cyto-
cell
de
from, down, out
deca
ten
del
visible
demo-
people
dendro-
tree
-derm
skin
-desma
a band or bond
detrit-
wear off
deutero
second
di-
two
-dilat
expanded
dino
terrible
diplo
double
dis-
seperate
diure
urinate
dorm-
sleep
ecdys-
an escape
echino
spiny
-ecious
house
eco-
house
ecto-
outside
ectomy
cut out
electro
electricity
-ell
small
encephal
brain
enanti-
opposite
-enchyma
an infusion
end-, endo
within, inner
entero-
intestine, gut
epi-
above, over
erythro-
red
estuar-
the sea
etho
custom, habit
eu-
true, good
eury
broad, wide
ex-, exo-
out, outside
extero
outside
extra
outside
fertil
fruitful
fibrino-
a fiber
fibro-
fiber
flagell-
whip
-form
shape
fovea
a pit
fusi-
a spindle
gam-
marriage
gamet-
wife or husband
gamy
reproduction, marriage
gastro
stomache, belly
gen-, gene-
produce
genesis
origin, birth
-genic
producing
geno-
offspring
-geny
origin
geo-
the Earth
gest
carried
gibb-
humped
glia
glued together
-glob
globe, sphere
glomer
a ball
glotti
the tongue
gluco-
sweet
glyco-
sweet
gnatho
jaws
-graphy
writing
gusta
taste
gutt-
a drop
gymno-
naked
gyno
a woman
halin
salt
halo-
salt
haplo-
single
helic-
a spiral
hemo-
blood
herb
grass
hermaphrod
both male and female
hetero-
other, different
holo
whole
homeo-
same
homin
man
homo-
alike
horm-
to set in motion, excite
hydro-
water
hyl
matter
hyper-
over, above, excessive
hypo-
under, below, lower
ichthy
fish
immuno-
safe, free
in
without
inter-
between
intero
inside
intra
inside, within
intro
within
involu
wrapped up
-iodo
violet
iso-
equal
itero-
to repeat
-itis
inflammation
juxta
near to
karyo-
nucleus
kilo-
a thousand
kine, kinet-
movement
koilos
a hollow
-kytos
a vessal
labi
lip
lact
milk
lamin-
sheet, layer
lepido
a scale
leuko-
white
liga-
bound or tied
limn-
a lake
-lite
first
-lithe
stone
littor-
seashore
lobi
a lobe
lopho
crest, tuft
-luna
moon
lut-
yellow
-lyse
break
-lysis
split
lyso-
loosen
lyto-
loosen
macro-
large
magnet-
magnetic
major
larger
mal-
bad or evil
mamm-
breast or teat
marsupi
a bag or pouch
mechano
an instrument
mega-
large, great
meio-
less
melan-
black
menstru
month
mere
part
meristo-
divided
mero-
part
meso-
middle
meta-
boundary, turning, point; charge; with; between
-metron
measure
micro-
small
minor
smaller
missi
send
mito-
a thread
mono-
one
morph, morpho-
form
morul
a little mulberry
muta-
change
mutu-
reciprocal
myco
fungus
myo
muscle
-nema
thread
nemato
a thread
nephri
kidney
neuro-
nerve
neutr-, neutro-
neutral
noci
harm
nom-
name
non-
not
noto
back
nucle-, nucleo
nucleus
-oid
like, form
olfact
smell
oligo-
small, scant
ology
the study of
omma
the eye
omni
all
onco
tumor
oo
egg
opercul
a covering, lid
oscul
a little mouth
osis
a conditioning of
osmo-
pushing
osteo-
bone
ostraco
a shell
ovi
an egg
oxy-
sharp, acid
paedo-
child
paleo-
ancient
para-
beside, near
-parity
to beget
parous
bearing
parsi-
few
partheno
without fertilization, virgin
partur
giving birth
-patri
father
pedi-
a child
pelag-
the sea
pellucid
transparent
perfora-
bore through
peri
abound
perman-
remaining
-phage
to eat
phago-
to eat
pheno-
appear
-phil
loving
-philia
loving
-philos
loving
phloe-
the bark of a tree
-phobos
fearing
phora
to carry
-phore
bearer
photo
light
phragmo-
a partition
-phyll
leaf
phylo-
tribe
-phyte
plant
phyto-
plant
pino-
drink
placo
a plate
plan
flat or wandering
plasm- , plasmo
molded
-plast
formed, molded
pleio-
more
pluri-
more, several
-pod, -podium
foot
podo-
foot
-poiet
produce
poly
many
-pomo
fruit
pore
a passage
-pori
small opening
-port
gate, door
post-
after
potent
powerful
pre-
before
pro-
before
profund-
deep
proto
first
pseudo
false
pter-
a wing, a feather, a fin
ptero
a wing
pterygi
a fin
pulmo-
a lung
quadr-
four
radia
a spoke, ray
ratit
flatbottomed
re-
again
recta
straight
regula
regular
reni
a kidney
retro
backward
rhizo-
root
rhodo
red
sacc
a sack
-sacchar
sugar
salta-
leap
sarco
flesh
saur
lizard
schizo
split
sclero
hard
script
write
scutell-
a little shield
semel-
once
semi-
half
simi
an ape
socio
a companion
soma
body
-sperm
seed
sporo-
seed
stalsis
constriction
stam-
standing upright
-stasis
standing, staying
stato-
standing, placed
steno
narrow
stoma
mouth
stromato
something spread out
sulf-
sulfur
supra-
above, over
sym-
with, together
-symmetr
symmetrical
syn-
together
taxo-
arrange
telos-
an end
tens
stretched
tetan
rigid, tense
tetra-
four
thallos-
sprout
theca
a cup, case
therm-
heat
thermo-
heat, temperature
thigmo-
a touch
thio-
sulfur
thrombo-
a clot
thylaco-
sac or pouch
tono-
stretched
-tonus
tension
-topo
place
toti
all
trachei-
the windpipe
trans-
across
tri
three
trocho
wheel
-trop
turn
-troph
food, nourishment
tropho
food, nourishment
-tropic
to turn or change
tropo
turn, change
trypsi
wearing out
-tubul
a little pipe
tunic
a covering
turg-
swollen
tympan
a drum
ultra-
beyond
uni-
one
uro
tail
utric
a leather bag
vacu-
empty
vagin
a sheath
-valent
strength
vasa
vessel
vascula-
little vessel
-vect
carried
-ventriculo
ventricle, hallow organ
vestigi-
trace
villi
shaggy hair
virul
poisonious
vitre
glass
vivi
alive
vora
eat
-xantho
yellow
xero-
dry
xyl-
wood
-yl
substance or matter
zea-
a grain
zoa, zoan
animal
zona
a belt
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