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coal, charcoal
carbo, carbon-
Language
(Lat/Gk)
L
Example
carboniferous
The English form column indicates how the component appears in English words. The components are capitalized in order to facilitate
searching. For example, if you search for ferous , you must pass the entries for carb- and voc- which contain (carboniferous and
vociferous) before reaching the entry for FEROUS. A case-sensitive search for FEROUS will lead you directly to the entry for ferous.
The root indicates the word from which the component was derived, and the Language column might indicate that the root was from Latin (L)
or Greek (G). The Example column occasionally contains notes, e.g. histogram is derived from histos meaning mast, not histo
meaning tissue.
Contents
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Objects
inanimate objects
Artificial objects
Physics
Biology
Botany
Zoology / Animals
Anatomy
External
Intergumentary system
Internal
Skeletal system
Circulatory system
Respiratory system
Digestive system
Urinary system
Nervous system
Senses
Reproductive system
Medicine
Medical conditions
Medical operations
Abstract concepts and characteristics
Relationships and adjectives
Adjectives
Colours
Relationships
numbers / quantities
Verbs
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Objects
English form
Meaning
Root
Language
(Lat/Gk)
Example
axis, axle
crossing
ditch
a basin
grease
beam, timber
axial
VULVVAGIN-LEMMA
a covering
a sheath
sheath
vulva
vagina
FORAM-
opening
SIN-, SINOVENTER,
VENTRCOELLACUNCAMERA
AREOLAATRICLAUSTR(O)
a hollow
hollow cavity, belly
VESTIBUL-
a porch
vestibule: anterior
entry to the mouth
and nose
CYST-
sac, bladder
blastocyst
(growing sac)
VESIC(O)
bladder
hollow
space, cavity, lake
vault
open space
vestibule
enclosure
fossil?
claustrum
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L
from claudere to
shut
atrium
claustrophobia
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CYTCYTO
TUNIC-
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cell
covering
inanimate objects
Chemical elements
English form
NATRIARGENTUM
AURUM
FERROXY-
Meaning
sodium
silver
gold
iron
oxygen
Organic chemistry?
English form
LIP-, LIPOSTEATSTEATOATHERATHEROAMYL-
Example
Root
Language
(Lat/Gk)
Example
lipoprotein
fatty
starch
Meaning
coal, charcoal
stone, lime, chalk
stone, bone/rock?
English form
ASTER
Language
(Lat/Gk)
L
L
Meaning
Geology
English form
CARB(ON)(I)
CALC
LITH
Root
Root
carbo, carbon-
Meaning
star
Language
(Lat/Gk)
L
L
Root
aster
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amylase
carboniferous
Language
(Lat/Gk)
G
Example
Example
asteroid, astrology
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VITRECOLOSS
glass
gigantic statue
LAMELLLAMINA
MITOCOL(L)
-GLEA, -GLIA
small plate
layer, sheet
thread, filament
glue
glue
Forces?
English form
kolossos
colossus
kolla
Meaning
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G
L
Root
Language
(Lat/Gk)
fire, fever
CALORTHERMTHERMOCRYCRYO-
heat
heat
STER-
solid
steros
AQUA-, AQUEHYDR-,
HYDROLYMPH
NIMBUS
HUMORRHEUM-
water
water
aque
XER(O)
dry
Example
pyromaniac,
pyrotechnics
calor
cold
RHE
-RRHEA
laminate
mitochondria
collagen
PYRPYRO-
water
rainy
a fluid
watery flow, change, or
flux
flow
flow or discharge
coliseum
calories
thermometer
cryogenics
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cholesterol (solid
bile)
nimbus clouds
rheumatoid
arthritis
diarrhea
xerox? (dry
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copying?)
VENTUS
PNEUMO
PNEA
PNEUM(ATO)
AER(O)
ANEM(O)
wind
air, wind
breathing
breath, air
air
wind
ventilation
aer
anemos
G
G
anemone
Artificial objects
English form
BIBLIOFOLLIGLOMSAGITTSEPTUM
FENESTRFONTANCLAVICFLAGELLSERRATTHYROTRAPEZTYMPAN-
Meaning
book
bag, bellows
ball
arrow
fence
window
fountain
key
whip
saw
a shield
table
drum
Root
biblion
Language
(Lat/Gk)
G
Example
bibliography
?follicle?
sagitarius
flagella
serrated
Physics
English form
BARO
Meaning
Root
Language
(Lat/Gk)
weight, pressure
baros
heavy
depth
barys
bathos
G
G
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Example
barotrauma,
barometer
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TONO-
tension
VALEN-
strength
DURA
SCLEROMALAC, MALACIA
hard
hard
soft
ALT(I)
ALTO
LEVA-
high, height
CAUST, CAUT
BELLUM
CID
CIDIUM
-CIDA
-CIDE
NECR(O)-
hypertonic
valere to be
strong
sclerosis
spondylomalacia =
a softening of the
vertebrae
altus
alto clouds
alto pitch
raise, elevate
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Meaning
ashes
to burn
Root
cinis
ardere
kaustikos burning
war
a killing
caedere to kill
Language
(Lat/Gk)
L
L
G
L
L
Example
incinerate
caustic
fratricide,
homicide,
genocide,
insecticide
killer
destroy or kill
death
Biology
English form
BIOS
VIVVIVI
Meaning
life
life
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Root
Language
(Lat/Gk)
G
Example
biology
vivisection
in vivo
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VITAORG-
life
living
GERMIN-PLAS
grow
grow
English form
organism
organic?
germinate?
Meaning
GYN
ANDRANDROGERO-,
GERONTMATER
GAM-, GAMET-
mother
married, spouse
PAROUS
PED(O)
parent?
child
GON-, GONOSEMEN
ZYGAZYG-
seed, offspring
seed, sperm
a yoke, twin
unpaired
-NATA
birth
PARTUM
?birth?
microbiology:
English form
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woman
man, male, husband
Root
aner
Language
(Lat/Gk)
Example
gynacologist
androgynous?
android?
old man
monogamy,
bigamy
ped also means
foot, e.g.
pedestrian, pedal,
bipedal
zygote
prenatal, neonatal,
antenatal
postpartum
Meaning
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Root
Language
Example
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(Lat/Gk)
MENING(O)- membrane
meningitis
Botany
English form
Meaning
ANTH(O)
flower
ARBOR
DENDRCORTPHY-
tree
tree, branch
bark
leaf
BLAST-BLAST
CAUL(I)
CARP(O)
COCC
NUCLECAROTRHACHOS
MYC-, MYCO-
fungus
Root
anthos
Language
(Lat/Gk)
G
Example
chrysanthemum?
anthology?
phyllon
blastos
caulis
karpos
kokkos
L
G
dendrite
corticosteroids?
phyllo pastry,
chlorophyl
blastocyst
trophoblast
cauliflower?
staphylococus
staphylo- (cluster)
+ cocus (berry) =
rounded bacteria
clustered like
bunches of grapes
nucleus
L
G
Zoology / Animals
English form
ANTHROAV-
Meaning
human being
bird
Root
anthropos
avis
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Language
(Lat/Gk)
G
L
Example
anthropology
aviary
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CANICARCIN-,
CARCINO-
HIPPOCAVAL
CET(AC)
dog
crab
a cancer (apparently
because the veins
around a cancerous
tumour were thought to
resemble the limbs of a
crab)
horse
horse
whale, sea-monster
VACCCOCHLEA
CONCHA
COCCY-
cow
snail shell
shell
cuckoo
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canis
karkinos
L
G
canine
caballus
cetus
ketos
L
L
G
cavalry
cetacean
vaccine
Anatomy
External
English form
CORPOR,
CORPSOMASOMAT
SOMATO
-SOME
Meaning
Language
(Lat/Gk)
Example
body
body
limbs:
English form
BRACHIPINNIS
PENIPENNA-
Root
chromosome?
Meaning
Root
Language
(Lat/Gk)
Example
arm
fin
a tail
a wing
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PTERON
wing
PTERYGOTE
SOMAOURA
CAUDCODA
CHIR
CHIRO
DACTYL
DACTYLO
CARPAL
MANUS
TARSAL
PEDAL
wings
body
tail
tail
cauda, coda
hand
cheir
Gk
wrist
hand
ankle
foot
POD(O)-
foot
caudal: towards
the tail
chiropractic: hand
activity
teradactyl?
finger or toe
head
English form
CEPHAL(O),
ENCEPHAL(O)
CAPUT-CIPIT
CORONA
OCULOOPHTHALM(O)
OT(O)AUR
AURI
BUCC-
pterosaur: pteron
wing + sauros
lizard
Meaning
head
head
head
crown
eye
eye
ear
ear
Root
kephale
Language
(Lat/Gk)
Example
Gk
?ocipital?
coronary
otoscope
auris
cheek
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BUCCORHIN(O)ROSTRIS
NAS(O)
STOM(A)
LABI-, LABRI-
jaw
nose
nose
nose
mouth, opening
lip
gnathus
nasal
colostomy
Meaning
Root
Language
(Lat/Gk)
Example
neck
cervix
neck
point of shoulder?
armpit
breastbone
chest
chest
abdominal
the belly-side
flank, abdomen
buttock
hip
groin
collum
cervix = neck of
the womb
collar
stethos
stethoscope
venter = belly
ventral
Intergumentary system
English form
PILI
CAPILLHIRSUTCILICILI
Meaning
hair
hair
hairy
small hair
eyelid, eyelash
Root
Language
(Lat/Gk)
Example
capillus
capillary
cilium
Lat
cilia: eyelash-like
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appendages to
cells
long-haired
CIRRUS
VILLUS
BARBA
tuft of hair
shaggy hair
beard
nail
horn
horn
skin
DERMLEPIS
skin
scales
LACT-, LACTOMAMM(O)MAST(O)
PECTPIPILL-
milk
breast
breast
breast
nipple
kometes
Gk
from komes hair
cirrus clouds
L
cutaneous,
cuticle?
derm(ato)
pectus
mastectomy
pectoral muscles
Internal
English form
SPLANCHNVISCEROHIST(O)-
SARCO-
Meaning
organ
organ
tissue
flesh
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Root
Language
(Lat/Gk)
Example
?hysterectomy?
Note: histogram
from Greek histos
mast
sarcophagus
(flesh eating)
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CARNEOCARN(I)
flesh
MY(O)-
muscle
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caro
carnage heap of
flesh; carnival:
lifting of flesh(eating): carnival
before Lenten fast,
incarnate
myocardial
infarction heart
muscle
Skeletal system
English form
Meaning
RACHI(O)
SPONDYL
SPONDYLO
MEDULLMYELONOTOCANI(O)CHRONDR(O)CHONDRO
spine
vertebra
COST(O)PLEURDEN-, DENTDONTUS
ODONTOADOUS
OSSE(O)OSTE(O)ARTHRON
ARTHR-
rib
side, rib
tooth
teeth
teeth
tooth
bone
bone
joint
Root
Language
(Lat/Gk)
spondylolysis: +
"lysis" = dissolve
marrow
spinal cord, marrow
back
skull
cartilage
cartilage
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Example
notochord
hypochondriac =
below cartilage
(concern about
parts under the
breastbone)
pentacostal
arthritis
(inflamation of the
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ARTHROARTUS
ATRIC(UL)-
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joints)
joint
joint
Circulatory system
English form
Meaning
CARDI(O)
HAEMHEM- (NAM)
HEMA-,
HEMATO-,
HEMOSANGUINEMIA
heart
blood
ANGI(O)-
vessel
ARTERI(O)
AORTPHLEB(O)VEN(O)
VAS(O)
artery
great artery
vein
vein
vessel
Root
Language
(Lat/Gk)
Example
kardia
blood
blood
anemia
angiitis,
angioplasty
aorta
vasculum small
vessel
vascular
Respiratory system
English form
BRONCHOPULMO(N(O))-
Meaning
Root
Language
(Lat/Gk)
Example
bronchus
lung
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pulmonary
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PNEUMON(O)
lung
BRANCHIA
gills
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pneumonia
pneumatic?
G
Digestive system
English form
Meaning
PEPPEPS
PEPT
PHAG-, PHAGONUTRIAILMENT-
digest
TROPH-
nourish
JUGULPHARYNG(O)
throat
throat
GLOSS(O)LINGUALINGU(O)
tongue
tongue
ILEENTER(O)GASTR(O)-
intestine
intestine
stomach
PROCT(O)
rectum, anus
HEPAT(O)CHOL(ER)
CHOLE-
liver
bile, or referring to
gallbladder, anger
BILI-
bile
eat, destroy
feed, nourish
nourish
Root
Language
(Lat/Gk)
Example
peptic acid
phagein
macrophage
ailmentary canal,
or digestive tract
atrophy,
trophoblast
jugular vein
linguistics
gastric, epigastric,
gastrointestinal
chole
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hepatitis
cholera: bilious
disease;
cholesterol: bile
solid
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Urinary system
English form
Meaning
-URIA
DIUREMICTUR-
urine
urinate
urinate
RENREN(I)
REN(O)
ADRENNEPHRONEPHR-
kidney
PYEL(O)
pelvis of kidney
Root
Language
(Lat/Gk)
Example
diuretic
renes
adrenal, renal
Nervous system
English form
NEUR(O)
CEREBROCEREB(R)(O)
ENCEPH(AL
(O))PSYCH(O)MNEMSOMNUS
HYPNO-
Meaning
nerve
brain, especially the
cerebrum
brain
brain
mind, psyche
memory
sleep
sleep
Root
Language
(Lat/Gk)
Example
cerebrum
cerebral
encephalograph
hypnos
hypnotise?
Senses
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Meaning
Root
Language
(Lat/Gk)
Example
SENS-ESTHESI
NARCO-
feeling
sensation
numbness
PLEG, -PLEGIA
-ALGIA, ALG
paralysis
pain in a certain part
-ODYN, ODYNO
pain
-OPIA
myopia
OLFACTOSM-
smell
smell
olfactory
GUSTGLYCERGLYC(O)
SUCR-DIPS
taste
sweet, or referring to
glucose
sweet
thirst, dry
TACT-
touch
AUSCULTAUDITAUDI(O)
listen
to hear
hearing
ACOU-, ACUCANERE
hearing
to sing
esthete
narcotic,
narcolepsy
analgesic
(an=without+
algesis = sense of
pain)
glykeros or
glykys = sweet
glycerol, glucose?
tactile
audire
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acoustics
L
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-PHASIA
VOX,
VOC-
speech
voice
vocalis
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vociferous
vocal
Reproductive system
English form
Meaning
GONO
HYSTER(O)-
gonad?
uterus or womb
METROOOOOPHOR(O)
OV-, OVIORCHI(O)-
uterus
egg
ovaries
egg, ovum, ovary
testis/testes
Root
Language
(Lat/Gk)
Example
hysterectomy,
hysteria (from the
notion that
hysteric women
were suffering
from disturbances
of the womb)
ocyte?
Medicine
iatr(o)
-iatrics medical specialty
doctor
Medical conditions
English form
Meaning
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Root
Language
Example
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(Lat/Gk)
OSIS
-IA
-ISM
-TY
-EMIA
condition
condition
condition
condition of, state
condition of the
English form
DYS-
Meaning
Root
Language
(Lat/Gk)
Example
dysfunctional
-ITIS
inflammation
dermatitis,
hepatitis, arthritis,
etc
SEPTI-ASTHEN
-OMA
ONCONCOTRAUMA
rotten
weakness
tumor
tumor
antiseptic
ECTOPPIA
EDEMTUBERGANGLI-BRYO
THROMB-,
THROMBO-
-PATHY,
PATH
wound
embryo
thrombosis
carcinoma
oncology
G
barotrauma
disease
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PATHO
-RRHAGIA
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abnormal or excessive
discharge
ferment
-ZYME
Medical operations
English form
-ECTOMY
Meaning
OPSY
excision (removal by
cutting)
repair
reconstruction of a part,
plastic surgery
incision (operation by
cutting)
establishment of an
artificial opening
examination
SCOPY
examination
THERAP
treatment
-PLASTY
TOMY
-STOMY
tox-, toxi-
Language
(Lat/Gk)
Example
mastectomy
rhinoplasty,
angioplasty
(fixing arteries)
colostomy
G
autopsy: seeing
for oneself
see scope =
instrument
poison
pharmaco
pyosebserosudoranginthyro-
Root
pus
grease
serum
sweat
choked
a shield
drug
sebaceous
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English form
Meaning
GNOSTIC
-LOGY
-ICIAN
knowing
the study of
noun suffix meaning
specialist / practitioner
VERITAS
PSEUD(O)
BONUS
KAKOS
MALEU
NOCI-
truth?
false
good
bad
bad, abnormal
normal
harmful
AMIC, AM(OR),
IMIC
AMAT-PHIL, -PHILO
-PHOB
-PHOBIA
to love
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Root
Language
(Lat/Gk)
Example
agnostic
obstetrician,
electrician,
patrician
L
G
amare
like, love
fear
Time
English form
Meaning
Root
Language
(Lat/Gk)
Example
CHRON(O)
TEMPL-,
TEMPOBRADY-
time
time
chronos
slow
bradys
TACHY-
bradycardia
(abnormally slow
heart beat)
tachometer?
MEN-,
month
menstruation
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MENSTRUANNUS
year
CENE, CAINO
NEOARCHPRESBY
new, recent
new
ancient, primitive
elder
POIE
GENE
make, produce
beginning, origin,
become, originate
the end
TELO-
English form
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L
kainos
archaios
Meaning
Root
archaic
Language
(Lat/Gk)
Example
ATLAS
APHRODITE
BAAKCHOS
god
goddess of love
god
G
G
G
-ARCHES
-ARCHOS
ruler
monarchy (one
ruler), -cracy (e.g.
democracy,
plutocracy)
-NOM
ARCHI-
govern
first, chief
architect,
archangel
AUT-, AUTOPROPRI-
self, by oneself
one s own
automobile
proprietary
Communication
English form
-GRAM
autos
Meaning
data that are
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Root
Language
(Lat/Gk)
Example
telegram
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-GRAPH
TELE
SCOPE
-SCOPE
systematically recorded
writer or signaler
an instrument used for
recording or drawing
at a distance
SEMA
PHOROS
watcher or observer
instrument used for
examination
ign or symbol
bearer or carrier
NOM-
name
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graphos
G
telegram,
telegraph
telescope
skopos
semaphore
phosphorus?
nomenclature
Meaning
STAPHYLO-
cluster
STREPTOCUMULUS
STRAT-
chain
heap
layer
pot pouri:
English form
COMMIS-
Root
Language
(Lat/Gk)
Example
staphylococus
staphylo- (cluster)
+ cocus (berry) =
rounded bacteria
clustered like
bunches of grapes
cumulus clouds
stratus clouds,
strata
stratus
Meaning
Root
Language
(Lat/Gk)
Example
united
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TENSTETANASPER
DECIDARISTOS
-TEGM
-FEROUS
English form
stretched
rigid, tense
rough
falling off
best
cover
bearing, yielding,
producing, containing
Meaning
ORTHO-
striaght, direct
ANKYL(O)
ANUS
ARACUS
crooked, curved
ring
curve
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tension
tetanus
L
deciduous
aristocracy
carboniferous
Root
Language
(Lat/Gk)
Example
orthogonal?
orthodontist?
L
L
Adjectives
English form
-AL
-AR
-ABLE
English form
CUSPDELTA
Meaning
Root
Language
(Lat/Gk)
adjective suffix
indicating of, relating
to, or characterized by
adjective suffix
indicating of, relating
to, being, or
resembling
adjective suffix: able to,
capable of
Meaning
Example
lateral
viable: ability to
live of exist
Root
Language
(Lat/Gk)
Example
pointed
triangular
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ARRECT-
upright
LATENCRYPT-
hidden
hidden
STRIAMACULA
FASCIATUM
ACTIN-
furrow, streak
spot
spotted
banded
having a radiate form
STEGO
CHARCHAROS
plates
jagged/rough
PRONRECT
SAPHEN
SQUAM
bent forward
straight
visible, clear
scale, flat
STEN-, STENO-
narrow, compressed
VISCOS-PLASM
ORECTOS
sticky
form, shape
stretched-out
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latent, latency
aktin
stegos = roof
stegosaurus
stenograph
Colours
English form
Meaning
CHROMCHROMAT
CHROMATO
coloured
LUMEN
CANDERE
light
to be shining white,
shine, glow with heat
Root
chroma
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Language
(Lat/Gk)
G
Example
chromosome
illuminate?
L
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RUBRI
ERYTHRERYTHRO-
red
red
erythros
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LUTEUM, LUT-
orange
yellow
CHRYS(O)
gold
chrysos
CHLOR(O)
chloros
VERT, VERD
CAERULEUS
CYANCYANOLIVIDUS
green
blue
blue
viridis
LEUKOALB
ALBI
GLAUCMELANMELANOLUCIHYAL-
??erythocyte = red
blood cell??
corpus luteum:
yellow body
chrysanthemum:
golden flower
chlorine,
chlorophyll (many
names are derived
from chlorine &
describe substances
that aren t green,
e.g. chloroform
CHCl3 &
chlorofluorocarbon)
chloasma =
to be green
verdant
cyanide?
albus
gray
black, dark
Lat
leukemia?
albino?
glaucoma?
melanoma?
clear
clear
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colours in English and Italian: (translation by Alta Vista s Babel Fish; note that the order was reversed)
red orange yellow green blue indigo violet purple brown white black
nero bianco marrone viola viola dell' indaco blu verde giallo arancione rosso
Relationships
English form
A, AN
A, AB, ABS
Meaning
without, absence or lack
prefix that negates that
which follows
away, from, away from,
departing from
AD-
to or toward
ANT-, ANTI-
CONTRACOM, CON, CO
(OR COL, CORBEFORE L
OR R )
SYM-, SYNJUXTAPARA-
English form
IMPARA
HOM-, HOMO-
Root
Language
Example
G
L
abnormal:
departing from
normal
together, with
symbiotic
near, close to
beside, near
juxtaposition
parallel,
paranormal?
Meaning
not
same as
same
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Root
Language
(Lat/Gk)
Example
impossible
parallel, paragon?
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HETERO-
different or other
heterosexuality
META-
beyond, between,
transition
beyond
ultraviolet
ULTRAEPISUPRASUPER-
SUBINFINFRA
beneath, under
lower
beneath
PERI-
around
CIRCUM-
epi
Gk
superior: toward
the head (for
directions)
superficial
toward the
body surface
inferus
superior,
superficial
Sirloin steaks
(from sur, meaning
over (from
Latin super))
submarine
inferior
infrared
perimeter,
pericardial ?
periscope?
circum
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circumference,
circumcise
circa
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EXOEXTRAEXTRINS-
ENDO-
EN-, EMESOINTRAINTER-
in, inside
within
within, inside
among, between
MESOMEDI-
middle
middle
English form
ISO-
Meaning
equal, same,
homogeneous, uniform
English form
RETROPANOMNITRANSAMPHI-
Meaning
backward, behind
all, universal
universally
across, through
on both sides; of both
kinds
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extrinsic
endocrine,
endothelium,
endothermic
(absorbs heat),
endometrium
esophagus
intrinsic?
mesoderm
median
medial:
toward the middle
Root
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Language
Example
isomer, isosceles
Language
Example
Gk
isos
Root
L
amphibian
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English form
ANTE
Meaning
before, preceding
OBANTER
ANTERI
before, against
front, forward
PRE-, PROPOST-
before, ahead of
after, behind
POSTERPOSTERIDORS(AL)
LATER-
back, behind
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Root
ante
Language
(Lat/Gk)
L
antenatal: before
birth
see also pre- :
earlier than, prior
to
?obstetrician?
anterior: toward
the front of the
body
posterior: toward
the back
a posterio
back
side
Magnitude
English form
Example
Meaning
HYPERHYPO-
PENIA
deficient, deficiency
NANO-
dwarf
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Root
Language
(Lat/Gk)
Example
hypothalamus,
hypochondriac =
below cartilage
(concern about
parts under the
breastbone)
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MICRO-ELL
-ELLE
BRACHYS,
BRACHY
BREVMEGA-,
MEGAL-,
MEGALOMACROMAGNAMPL(I)
small
small
LATPLATY-
wide
flat, broad
organelle
short
short
large
large
large
large
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G
brevis
brevity
amplus
amplify
latitude?, lateral
platypus Greek
platypous flatfooted, from platys
broad, flat + pous
foot
meio- less
numbers / quantities
English form
ARITH-
Meaning
number
-MER
MER-, MERO-ATOMOS
SEMIHEMIDEMI-
part
HOLO-
whole
indivisible
half
half
half
Root
arithmos
Language
G
L
Gk
demidiare = to
halve
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Example
arithmetic,
logarithm
isomer: equal
parts
atom
semicircle
hemisphere
demigod
hologram
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UNI
unicycle,
university,
universe
MONOOLIGPOLYMULTIDI
DIPL
DIPLO
BI
single
few
many, multiple, much
many
twice, double
TERTIUS
TRIQUAD-,
QUADRPENTCENT(I)
third
three
four-sided
KILO-
five
centi used in English to
mean a hundredth part
thousand
oligarchy
L
tertiary
triangle
quadrangle
centum a hundred
centimetre,
century
Verbs
English form
APPENDDESMDIALYSDIASTOLDUC-, DUCT
EJACEMBOLEXCRET
FLATPHENOPTOS-
Meaning
hang to
bond
separate, break apart
stand apart
lead, draw
to shoot forth
wedge
separate
blow, blown
show, appear
fall
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Root
Language
(Lat/Gk)
Example
appendix?
aquaduct
phenomenon?
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CADERE
RUGASALTASYNERGTROP-TOME
SPHIN-CLAST
RHAG
-CRINE
HORMONINTERCALKIN-, KINESMUTAOSMOANASTOMOSPIN-, PINOSTROMA
VIBR-FERENT
CED, CEED, CES
(S)
CID, CIS
CAES-STITIA
-TRUD
BALLEIN
to fall
fold, wrinkle
leap
work together
turn, change
to cut
squeeze
break
break, burst
separate
to excite
insert
move
change
pushing
come together
drink
spread out
shake, quiver
carry
to cover
to go, withdraw,
yield
access
to cut, kill
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cadence?
tropics
hemorrhage
endocrine
mutation
osmosis
kalyptein
cedere
G
L
caedere
come in to stand
thrust
to throw
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concede, proceed,
recession
circumcise (cut
around), incision:
a cutting into
embolism
(presence of)
(blood clots etc)
thrown in (i.e.
inserted, put in the
way, blocking)
ballast?
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