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Term
ACO(U)
 Definition
Greek
to hear
Term
ACR
 Definition
Greek
highest
the extremities
Term
ACTIN
 Definition
Greek
ray
radiating structure
Term
ACU
 Definition
Greek
to hear
Term
ADEN
 Definition
Greek
gland
Term
AESTHE
ESTHE
 Definition
Greek
to feel,percieve
Term
AGOG(UE)
 Definition
Greek
to lead
Term
AGON
 Definition
Greek
struggle,contest
Term
ALG
 Definition
Greek base
pain
i.e neuralgia,nostalgia
Term
ALIEN
 Definition
Latin base
Of another
English derivatives
Alien,alienation
Term
ALL
 Definition
Greek
other
Term
ANDR
 Definition
Greek
male,man
Term
ANGEL
 Definition
Greek
messenger,message
Term
ANGI
 Definition
Greek
vessel
Term
ANTH
 Definition
Greek
flower
Term
ANTHROP
 Definition
Greek
human being
Term
ARCHA(E)
ARCHE
 Definition
Greek
ancient,primitive,beginning
Term
ART
 Definition
Latin base
Art,skill
English derivatives
Art, artifact
Term
ARTHR
 Definition
Greek
joint
speech sound or articulation
Term
ASCE
 Definition
Greek
to exercise
Term
AST(E)R
 Definition
Greek
Star
Term
BALL
BOI
BLE
 Definition
Greek
to throw,put
Term
BAR
 Definition
Greek
weight
pressure
Term
BI
 Definition
Greek base
life
i.e. biology,biography
Term
BIBLI
 Definition
Greek base
Book
Term
BLAST
 Definition
Greek
bud
formative substance
embryonic cell
Term
BRACHY
 Definition
Greek
short
Term
BRADY
 Definition
Greek
slow
Term
BUCOL
 Definition
Greek
cowherd
Term
CAC
 Definition
Greek
bad
Term
CAL(L)
KAL(L)
 Definition
Greek
beauty
Term
CANON
 Definition
Greek base
Rule
Term
CARDI
 Definition
Greek
heart
Term
CARP
 Definition
Greek
fruit
Term
CAU(S)
 Definition
Greek
to burn
Term
CED,CESS
 Definition
Latin base
to go,yield
English
concede,precede,excess,procession
Term
CENTR
 Definition
Greek
center
Term
CEPHAL
 Definition
Greek
head
Term
CH(E)IR
 Definition
Greek
hand
Term
CHLOR
 Definition
Greek
green
yellowish-green
chorine
Term
CHOL(E)
 Definition
Greek
bile
gall
Term
CHONDR
 Definition
Greek
cartialge
Term
CHORE
 Definition
Greek
dance
Term
CHROM(AT)
 Definition
Greek
color
Term
CHRON
 Definition
Greek base
time
i.e. chronic,chronicles
Term
CLA
 Definition
Greek
to break
Term
COCC(US)
 Definition
Greek
berry
seed
spherical bacterium
Term
COSM
 Definition
Greek
universe,hand
Term
CRI
 Definition
Greek
to judge,decide,seperate
Term
CRYPT,CRYPH
 Definition
Greek base
hidden,secret
Term
CYAN
 Definition
Greek
dark blue
Term
CYCL
 Definition
Greek base
circle,wheel
Term
CYN(OS)
 Definition
Greek
dog
Term
CYST
 Definition
Greek
bladder
sac
sac containing morbid material
Term
CYT
 Definition
Greek
cell
Term
D(A)EMON
 Definition
Greek base
spirit, evil spirit
i.e. demon
Term
DACTYL
 Definition
Greek
digit
finger or toe
Term
DEC(A)
 Definition
Greek
ten
Term
DEM
 Definition
Greek
people
Term
DENDR
 Definition
Greek
tree
treelike structure
Term
DERM(AT)
 Definition
Greek
skin
Term
DEUTER
 Definition
Greek
second
Term
DI
 Definition
Greek
twice
double
Term
DICH
 Definition
Greek
in two
Term
DIDAC
 Definition
Greek
to teach
Term
DO
 Definition
Greek
to give
Term
DOLICH
 Definition
Greek
long
Term
DOX
DOG
 Definition
Greek
opinion,teaching
Term
DROM
 Definition
Greek
a running
a course
Term
DYN(AM)
 Definition
Greek
force,power
Term
EGO
 Definition
greek
I
Term
EM
 Definition
Greek
blood
Term
ENTER
 Definition
Greek
intestine
Term
ER(OT)
 Definition
Greek
love
Term
ERG
URG
 Definition
Greek
work
Term
ERYTHR
 Definition
Greek
red
Term
ESTHE
 Definition
Greek
to feel
perceive
Term
ETHN
 Definition
Greek
race,cultural group
Ethnic
Term
EURY(S)
 Definition
Greek
wide,broad
Term
FIN
 Definition
Latin base
End,limit
English
Final,definite
Term
FIRM
 Definition
Latin base
Firm,strong
English:
Firmament,confirm
Term
FORT
 Definition
Latin base
Strong
English :
Fort,forte,comfort
Term
GAM
 Definition
Greek
marriage
Term
GASTR
 Definition
Greek
stomach
Term
GE
 Definition
Greek base
earth
i.e.geography,geology
Term
GEN(E)
 Definition
Greek
kind,race
Term
GER(ONT)
 Definition
Greek
old age,old people
Term
GLOSS,GLOT(T)
 Definition
Greek base
tongue,language
Term
GLYPH
 Definition
Greek
to carve
Term
GNO(S)
 Definition
Greek
to know
Term
GRAND
 Definition
Latin base
Great
English:
Grand,grandeur
Term
GRAPH
 Definition
Greek
to write
Term
GRAV-, [ GRIEV]
 Definition
Latin base
Heavy
English
Grave,grievance
Grief is an orthopraphic variation of the form GRIEV
Term
GYM
 Definition
Greek
naked
Term
GYN(E)
GYN(A)EC
 Definition
Greek
woman
Term
HECT
 Definition
Greek
a hundred
Term
HEDON
 Definition
Greek
pleasure
Term
HEGEMON
 Definition
Greek
leader
Term
HEM(AT
HAEM(AT)
 Definition
Greek
blood
Term
HEM(AT)
 Definition
Greek
blood
Term
HEMER
 Definition
Greek
day
Term
HEMI
 Definition
Greek
half
Term
HEPAT
 Definition
Greek
liver
Term
HEPT(A)
 Definition
Greek
seven
Term
HETER
 Definition
Greek
other,different
Term
HEX(A)
 Definition
Greek
six
Term
HIER
 Definition
Greek
sacred
Term
HIPP
 Definition
Greek
horse
Term
HIST(I)
 Definition
Greek
tissue
Term
HOL
 Definition
Greek
whole
Term
HOM(E)
 Definition
Greek
same,similar,regular
Term
HYDR
 Definition
Greek
water
Term
HYGR
 Definition
Greek
wet
moist
Term
HYSTER
 Definition
Greek
uterus
hysteria
Term
IATR
 Definition
Greek
medicine,physician
Term
ICHTHY
 Definition
Greek
fish
Term
ICON
 Definition
Greek base
image
Term
IDE
 Definition
Greek
thought
idea
Term
IDI
 Definition
Greek
one's own
peculiar
Term
IS
 Definition
Greek
equal
Term
JUDIC
 Definition
Latin base
judgement
English
judical,adjudicate
Term
JUR,JUST
 Definition
Latin base
right,law, take an oath, form an opinion
English
jury,conjure,just,justify
Term
KILO
 Definition
Greek
one thousand
Term
KINE
CINE
 Definition
Greek
to move
Term
LAB
LEM
LEP
 Definition
Greek
to take
seize
Term
LAT(E)R
 Definition
Greek
to worship excessively
to be fanatically devoted to
Term
LEUC
LEUK
 Definition
Greek
white
Term
LEV
 Definition
Latin base
light(in weight), to lift
English
levity,elevate
Term
LINE [ LIGN]
 Definition
Latin base
Line
English
Line,align
Term
LIP
 Definition
Greek
fat
Term
LITH
LITE
 Definition
Greek
stone
Term
LOQU,
LOCUT
 Definition
Latin base
to speak
English
colloquial,eloquent,elocution
Term
LUD
,LUS
 Definition
Latin base
to play ,mock
English
interlude,delude,illusion
Term
LY
 Definition
Greek base
to loosen
i.e.analysis,paralysis
Term
MACR
 Definition
Greek
large
long
Term
MAST
MAZ
 Definition
Greek
breast
Term
MEGA(L)
 Definition
Greek
large
a million
Term
MELAN
 Definition
Greek
black
dark
Term
MENING
 Definition
Greek
membrane
Term
MER
 Definition
Greek
part
Term
MES
 Definition
Greek
middle
Term
MICR
 Definition
Greek
small
one millionth part of
Term
MIM
 Definition
Greek base
to imitate
Term
MIS
 Definition
Greek
hatred
Term
MNE
 Definition
Greek base
to remember
i.e.amnesia,
Term
MON
 Definition
Greek
one
single
Term
MORPH
 Definition
Greek
form
Term
MY(S)
MYOS
 Definition
Greek
muscle
Term
MYEL
 Definition
Greek
bone marrow
the spinal cord
Term
NE
 Definition
Greek
new
new and different form of
Term
NIHIL
 Definition
Latin base
Nothing
English
Annihilate,nihilism
Term
NUL(L)
 Definition
Latin base
Nothing
English
Null,annul
Term
OCT(A)
 Definition
Greek
eight
Term
OD
 Definition
Greek base
song,
poem
Term
OD
HOD
 Definition
Greek
way,
road
Term
ODONT
 Definition
Greek
tooth
Term
OLIG
 Definition
Greek
few
Term
ONYM
 Definition
Greek
name
word
Term
OO
 Definition
Greek
egg
Term
OP(T)
 Definition
Greek
eye
to see
Term
OPHTHALM
 Definition
Greek
eye
Term
ORA
 Definition
Greek
to see
Term
ORGAN
 Definition
Greek
instrument
Term
ORNIS
ORNITH
 Definition
Greek
bird
Term
ORTH
 Definition
Greek
straight
correct
Term
OST(E)
 Definition
Greek
bone
Term
OT
 Definition
Greek
ear
Term
P(A)ED
 Definition
Greek
child
Term
PAL(A)E
 Definition
Greek
old
Term
PAN(T)
 Definition
Greek base
all,every
i.e. Pan-American,panorama,pantomine
Term
PART
 Definition
Latin base
Part
English
Part,depart
Term
PATE
 Definition
Greek
old
Term
PATH
 Definition
Greek
to feel,suffer,disease
Term
PATR
 Definition
Greek
father
Term
PATRI
 Definition
Greek
family
clan
Term
PED
 Definition
Greek
child
Term
PEDIA
 Definition
Greek
education
Term
PENT(A)
 Definition
Greek
five
Term
PEP(T)
 Definition
Greek
to digest
Term
PETR
 Definition
Greek
rock
Term
PHAG
 Definition
Greek
to eat
Term
PHE(M)
PHA
 Definition
Greek
to speak
Term
PHER
PHOR
 Definition
Greek
to bear,go
Term
PHIL
 Definition
Greek
to love
Term
PHLEB
 Definition
Greek
vein
Term
PHON
 Definition
Greek
sound,voice
Term
PHOT
 Definition
Greek
light
Term
PHREN
 Definition
Greek
mind
diaphragm
Term
PHY
 Definition
Greek
to grow
Term
PHYLL
 Definition
Greek
leaf
Term
PLAS(T)
 Definition
Greek
to form
Term
PLATY
 Definition
Greek
flat
broad
Term
PLEG
 Definition
Greek
paralysis
Term
PLEX
 Definition
Greek
paralytic stroke
Term
POD
 Definition
Greek base
foot
i.e. podium,tripod
Term
POL(IS)
 Definition
Greek
city,state
Term
POLEM
 Definition
Greek
war
Term
POLY
 Definition
Greek
many,much
Term
PROT
 Definition
Greek
first
original
primitive
Term
PSEUD
 Definition
Greek
false
Term
PSYCH
 Definition
Greek
mind,soul
psychosis,psychology
Term
PTER(YX)
 Definition
Greek
wing
fin
Term
PY
 Definition
Greek
pus
Term
PYR
 Definition
Greek base
fire
pyre,pyretic
Term
R(R)HIN
 Definition
Greek
nose
Term
SCHIZ
SCHIS
 Definition
Greek
to split
Term
SCLER
 Definition
Greek
hard
Term
SOM(AT)
 Definition
Greek
body
Term
SOPH
 Definition
Greek
wise
Term
SPHER
 Definition
Greek
ball
Term
STA
 Definition
Greek
to stand,stop
Term
STEN
 Definition
Greek
narrow
Term
STERE
 Definition
Greek
solid
three dimensional
Term
STHEN
 Definition
Greek
strength
Term
STOM(AT)
 Definition
Greek
stomach
Term
TACH(Y)
 Definition
Greek
swift
speed
Term
TACT
TAX
 Definition
Greek
to arrange,put in order
Term
TAPH
 Definition
Greek
tomb
Term
TAUT
 Definition
Greek
the same
Term
TECHN
 Definition
Greek
art,skill,craft
Term
TECHN
 Definition
Greek
art,skill,craft
Term
TELE
 Definition
Greek
afar
operating at a distance
Term
TETRA
 Definition
Greek
four
Term
THANAT
THANAS
 Definition
Greek
death
Term
THE
 Definition
Greek base
god
i.e. theology,monotheism
Term
THE
 Definition
Greek
to place,put
Term
THEC(A)
 Definition
Greek
case
Term
THERM
 Definition
Greek
heat
Term
THROMB
 Definition
Greek
clot
Term
THYM
 Definition
Greek
mind
strong feeling
Term
TOM
 Definition
Greek base
to cut
Term
TON(US)
 Definition
Greek
a stretching
tension
Term
TOX
 Definition
Greek
poison
Term
TRI
 Definition
Greek
three
Term
TROPH
 Definition
Greek base
to nourish,grow
i.e. atrophy
Term
TRUD,TRUS
 Definition
Latin base
to push ,thrust
Englsh
protrude,intrusion,unobtrusive
Term
TYP
 Definition
Greek
stamp,model
Term
UR
 Definition
Greek
urine
tail
Term
VEN,
VENT [VENU]
 Definition
Latin base
to come
English
intervene,avenue,venue,invention
Term
VERB
 Definition
Latin base
Word,verb
English
Verb,adverb,verbatim,proverb
Term
VEST
 Definition
Latin base
Garment
English
Vest,vestment
Term
XANTH
 Definition
Greek
yellow
Term
XYL
 Definition
Greek
wood
Term
ZO
 Definition
Greek
animal
Term
AUT
 Definition
Greek
self
Term
CLYS
 Definition
Greek
to wash
Term
CRA
 Definition
Greek
to mix
Term
DIPL
 Definition
Greek
twice
double
Term
DUC,DUCT
 Definition
Latin base
to lead
English
induce,conduct,reduction
Term
GEN(E)
GON
 Definition
Greek
to produce
originate
Term
GON
 Definition
Greek
angle
angled figure
Term
GON
 Definition
Greek
generative
reproductive
sexual
Term
LECT
 Definition
Greek
to speak ,to choose
Term
LOG
,LOGUE
 Definition
Greek base
speech, word, reasoning, proportion
i.e. apology,epilogue,prologue
LOGUE came into Engligh thru French
Term
MANC
MANT
 Definition
Greek
to divine by means of
Term
MYC(ET)
 Definition
Greek
fungus
mold
Term
PHA(N)
 Definition
Greek
to show,
appear
Term
PHRA
 Definition
Greek
to speak
Term
PHYSI
 Definition
Greek
nature
Term
PREC
 Definition
Latin base
to request,beg,prayer
English
imprecate,precarious
Pray,Prayer come from this verb,through French
Term
STOL
STAL
STLE
 Definition
Greek
to send,draw
Term
STROPH
 Definition
Greek
to turn
Term
TOP
 Definition
Greek
place
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