• a-; an-• ab- • -able • ac- • -aceous

• not; without; lacking; deficient

• away from; out from• capable of• to; toward• of or pertaining to

• ad- • aden- • adip- • alb- • ambi-

• to; toward• gland• fat• white• both

• ameb- • amni- • amphi-;

ampho- • angi- • ante-

• change; alternation• fetal membrane• Both

• blood vessel; duct• before; ahead of time

• anter- • antho- • anthropo- • apo-; ap- • archaeo-

• front• flower• man; human• away from• primitive; ancient

• -ase • aster-;

astr- • audi- • aur- • auto-

• forms names of enzymes• Star

• hear• ear• self

• bacter-; bactr-

• bi- • bi-; bio- • -blast- • brachi-

• bacterium; stick; club

(Latin) two; twice• (Greek) life; living• sprout; germ; bud• arm

• bronch- • capill- • carcin- • cardi- • carn-

• windpipe• hair• cancer• heart• meat; flesh

• carp- • carpal- • caud- • -cell- • centi-

• fruit• wrist• tail• chamber; small room• hundredth

• cephal- • cerebr- • cervic- • chem- • chlor-

• head• brain• neck• dealing with chemicals• green

• chondr-• chrom-; -

chrome • co- • cocc- • coel-

• cartilage• Color

• with; together• seed; berry• hollow

• contra- • corp- • cort-;

cortic- • cotyl- • crani-

• against• body• outer layer

• cup• skull

• cuti-• cyan- • -cyst- • cyt-; -cyte • dactyl-

• skin• blue• sac; pouch; bladder• cell; hollow container• finger

• de- • deca- • deci- • demi- • dendr-

• away from; down

• ten

• tenth

• half • tree

• dent- • derm- • di-; dipl- • di-; dia- • dia-

• tooth

• skin

• (Latin) two; double

• (Greek) through; across; apart

• (Latin) day

• dis- • dors- • -duct • echin- • eco-

• apart; out

• back

• lead

• spiny; prickly

• house

• ecto- • -elle • -emia • en-;

endo-; ent-

• encephal-

• outside of • small • blood

• in; into; within

• brain

• enter- • entom- • epi- • erythro- • eso-

• intestine; gut

• insects

• upon; above; over

• red

• inward; within; inner

• eu- • ex- • extra-• -fid; fiss- • fract-

• well; good; true; normal • out of; away from

• beyond; outside• split; divided into

• break

• -gam- • gastr- • -gene- • -gest- • gluc-;

glyc-

• marriage

• stomach

• origin; birth

• carry; produce; bear

• sweet; sugar

• gnath- • -grad- • gymno- • halo- • hapl-

• jaw

• step

• naked; bare

• salt

• simple

• hecto- • hem- • hemi- • hepar-;

hepat- • herb-

• hundred

• blood

• half • liver

• grass; plants

• hetero- • hex- • hist- • holo- • homo-

• different; other

• six

• tissue

• entire; whole

• (Latin) man; human

• (Greek) same; alike

• hort- • hydr- • hyper- • hypo-• ichthy-

• garden

• water

• above; beyond; over

• below; under; less

• fish

• in-; il-; im-; ir-

• in-; il-; im-; ir-

• infra- • inter- • intra-

• not

• to; toward; into • below; beneath • between • within; inside

• iso- • -kary- • kerat- • kilo- • kine-

• equal; same

• cell nucleus

• horn

• thousand

• move

• lact- • lat- • -less • leuc-;

leuk- • lingu-

• milk

• side

• without

• white; bright; light

• tongue

• lip- • loc- • -logist • -logy • -lys-; -lyt-;

-lyst

• fat • place

• one who studies... • study of... • decompose; split; dissolve

• macr- • mamm- • med- • mela-;

melan- • mes-

• large

• breast

• middle

• black; dark

• middle; half; intermediate

• met-; meta-

• micro- • milli- • mito- • mono-

• between; along; after

• small; millionth

• thousandth

• thread

• one;b single

• -mot- • morph- • multi- • mut- • my-

• move

• shape; form

• many

• change

• muscle

• mycel- • moll- • nas- • neo- • nephro-

• threadlike

• soft • nose

• new; recent

• kidney

• neur- • noct-;

nox- • -node • non- • not-

• nerve

• night

• knot

• not • back

• nuc-• ob- • ocul- • oct- • olf-

• center

• against

• eye

• eight • smell

• onc- • oo- • opt- • orb- • ornith-

• mass; tumor

• egg

• eye

• circle; round; ring

• bird

• orth- • oscu- • -osis • oste- • oto-

• straight; correct; right

• mouth

• abnormal condition

• bone

• ear

• ov- • pachy- • paleo- • palm- • pan-

• egg

• thick

• old; ancient

• broad; flat

• all

• par-; para- • -ped- • pent- • peri- • permea-

• beside; near; equal

• foot

• five

• around

• pass; go

• phag- • pheno- • -phil- • photo- • phyl-

• eat • show

• loving; fond of • light

• related group

• -phyll • physi- • phyt-; -

phyte • pino- • plasm-; -

plast-

• leaf • nature; natural qualities

• plant

• drink

• form; formed into

• pleur- • pneumo- • -pod • poly- • por-

• lung; rib; side

• lungs; air

• foot

• many; several • opening