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bioscientific vocabulary
greek and latin stems
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Undergraduate 2
04/08/2011
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Term
a-(an- before vowels or h)
 Definition
not
Term
amphi-,ampho-
 Definition
both
Term
ana-(an-)
 Definition
up
Term
anti-(ant-)
 Definition
against
Term
apo-(ap-)
 Definition
from
Term
cata-(cat-)
 Definition
down
Term
dia-(di-)
 Definition
through
Term
ALG-
 Definition
pain
Term
ARTHR-
 Definition
joint
Term
BI-
 Definition
life
Term
BALL-,BOL-,-BLE
 Definition
to throw
Term
BRADY-
 Definition
slow
Term
CRYPT-
 Definition
hidden
Term
DROM-
 Definition
running
Term
HOD-,OD-
 Definition
way
Term
MNE-
 Definition
to remember
Term
MORPH-
 Definition
form
Term
ODONT-
 Definition
tooth
Term
PHOR-,PHER-
 Definition
to bear
Term
PLEX-
 Definition
stroke
Term
PLEG-
 Definition
paralysis
Term
POD-,-PUS
 Definition
foot
Term
PROCT-
 Definition
rectum
Term
STOL-,STAL-,-STLE
 Definition
to send
Term
STOM-,STOMAT-
 Definition
opening
Term
TROP-,TREP-
 Definition
to turn
Term
UR-
 Definition
urine
Term
dys-
 Definition
bad
Term
es-,eis-
 Definition
inward
Term
ec-(ex-)
 Definition
out
Term
en-(em-,el-)
 Definition
in
Term
en- + anti-
 Definition
opposite
Term
endo-,ento-(end-,ent-)
 Definition
within
Term
epi-(ep-)
 Definition
upon
Term
eu-
 Definition
well
Term
exo-,ecto-
 Definition
external
Term
BUL-(BOUL-)
 Definition
will
Term
CARDI-
 Definition
heart
Term
CEPHAL-
 Definition
head
Term
CHONDR-,CHONDRI-
 Definition
cartilage
Term
DEM-
 Definition
people
Term
DERM-,DERMAT-
 Definition
skin
Term
GAM-
 Definition
union
Term
LECITH-
 Definition
yolk
Term
OPHTHALM-
 Definition
eye
Term
OST(E)-
 Definition
bone
Term
PHYLL-
 Definition
leaf
Term
PHYT-
 Definition
plant
Term
PLAS(T)-
 Definition
to form
Term
SOM-,SOMAT-
 Definition
body
Term
THEC(A)-
 Definition
case
Term
THERM-
 Definition
heat
Term
TOM-
 Definition
to cut
Term
TOP-
 Definition
place
Term
TROPH-
 Definition
nourishment
Term
ZO-
 Definition
animal
Term
hyper-
 Definition
excessive
Term
hypo-(hyp-)
 Definition
below
Term
meta-(met-)
 Definition
after
Term
para-(par-)
 Definition
beside
Term
peri-
 Definition
around
Term
pro-
 Definition
before
Term
pros-
 Definition
in addition to
Term
syn-(sym-,syl-,sy-,sys-)
 Definition
with
Term
ACOU-(ACU-)
 Definition
to hear
Term
AMBLY-
 Definition
dull
Term
ANTH-
 Definition
flower
Term
CHROM-,CHROMAT-,CHRO-
 Definition
color
Term
DACTYL-
 Definition
finger
Term
DE-
 Definition
to bind
Term
DESM-
 Definition
ligament
Term
ENTER-
 Definition
intestine
Term
ERG-
 Definition
work
Term
ESTHE-(AESTHE-)
 Definition
to feel
Term
GER-,GERONT-
 Definition
old age
Term
GNATH-
 Definition
jaw
Term
GNO-
 Definition
to know
Term
GRAPH-
 Definition
to write
Term
-GRAM
 Definition
thing written
Term
HEPAT-,HEPAR-
 Definition
liver
Term
KINE-(CINE-)
 Definition
to move
Term
LEX-
 Definition
to read
Term
MY-,MYS-,MYOS-
 Definition
muscle
Term
NEPHR-
 Definition
kidney
Term
OSM-
 Definition
smell
Term
THE-
 Definition
to put
Term
-al
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
-an(-ian)
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
-ous(-ious)
 Definition
full of
Term
-ic,-tic(-ac after i)
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
-ics,-tics
 Definition
art, science, or study of
Term
-oid,-ode
 Definition
like
Term
AMYGDAL-
 Definition
almond, tonsil
Term
ANDR-
 Definition
male
Term
ANTHROP-
 Definition
human being
Term
CHRON-
 Definition
time
Term
CLAD-
 Definition
branch
Term
DYNAM-,DYN-
 Definition
power
Term
EME(T)-
 Definition
to vomit
Term
GYMN-
 Definition
naked
Term
GYN(E)-,GYNEC-(GYNAEC-)
 Definition
female
Term
HELIC-,HELIX-
 Definition
spiral
Term
HYDR-
 Definition
fluid
Term
IATR-
 Definition
physician
Term
MELAN-
 Definition
dark
Term
NECR-
 Definition
dead tissue
Term
OLIG-
 Definition
few
Term
PED-(PAED-)
 Definition
child
Term
PHAG-
 Definition
to eat
Term
PHIL-
 Definition
to love
Term
POLY-
 Definition
many
Term
TARS-
 Definition
instep
Term
-emia(-hemia)
 Definition
condition of the blood
Term
-logy
 Definition
science of
Term
-lysis
 Definition
dissolution of or by
Term
-mania
 Definition
madness for or about
Term
-pathy
 Definition
disease of
Term
-phobia
 Definition
abnormal fear of
Term
-therapy
 Definition
treatment of or by
Term
-tomy
 Definition
surgical operation on
Term
-ectomy
 Definition
surgical removal of
Term
-uria
 Definition
condition of the urine
Term
ACR-
 Definition
extremity
Term
AMYL-
 Definition
starch
Term
BAR-
 Definition
weight
Term
BARY-
 Definition
heavy
Term
BLENN-
 Definition
mucus
Term
CYT-
 Definition
cell
Term
DIPS-
 Definition
thirst
Term
DREPAN-
 Definition
sickle
Term
ERYTHR-
 Definition
red
Term
GLYC-
 Definition
sugar
Term
GLYCOS-
 Definition
glucose
Term
HIST-,HISTI-
 Definition
tissue
Term
HYSTER-
 Definition
uterus
Term
ICHTHY-
 Definition
fish
Term
IRID-,IRIS-
 Definition
iris
Term
ISCH-
 Definition
to suppress
Term
LAPAR-
 Definition
abdomen
Term
LIP-
 Definition
fat
Term
MAST-,MAZ-
 Definition
breast
Term
PHREN-
 Definition
mind
Term
PY-
 Definition
pus
Term
THANAT-
 Definition
death
Term
-genous,-genic
 Definition
producing
Term
-hedron
 Definition
solid figure having a (specified) number of faces
Term
-iasis
 Definition
diseased condition
Term
-meter
 Definition
instrument for measuring
Term
-metry
 Definition
art or science of measuring
Term
-nomy
 Definition
science of
Term
-oecious
 Definition
having a house or dwelling
Term
-philous,-philic
 Definition
loving
Term
-plasty
 Definition
formation
Term
-rrhea
 Definition
abnormal flow or discharge of
Term
-stomy
 Definition
the making of a surgical opening
Term
ACANTH-
 Definition
thorn
Term
AER-
 Definition
air
Term
AUT-
 Definition
self
Term
BLEPHAR-
 Definition
eyelid
Term
CARCIN-
 Definition
cancer
Term
CHEIL-(CHIL-)
 Definition
lip
Term
COL-
 Definition
colon
Term
COPR-
 Definition
excrement
Term
CRY-,CRYM-
 Definition
ice
Term
CYST-
 Definition
cyst
Term
DACRY-
 Definition
tear
Term
GASTR-(GASTER-)
 Definition
stomach
Term
HELMINTH-
 Definition
worm
Term
HETER-
 Definition
other
Term
HYGR-
 Definition
moisture
Term
MEN-
 Definition
menstruation, moon
Term
OT-
 Definition
ear
Term
PSYCH-
 Definition
mind
Term
RHIN-,RRHIN-
 Definition
nose
Term
TAC-,TAX-
 Definition
to arrange
Term
-ter
 Definition
means of
Term
-ist,-ast
 Definition
one who
Term
-te,-t
 Definition
one who
Term
-ician
 Definition
specialist in
Term
ACTIN-
 Definition
ray
Term
ARGYR-
 Definition
silver
Term
BA-
 Definition
to walk
Term
BROM-
 Definition
stench
Term
CHOL(E)-
 Definition
bile
Term
CLAS-
 Definition
to break
Term
CRANI-
 Definition
cranium
Term
CRI-
 Definition
to seperate
Term
EURY(S)-
 Definition
wide
Term
HEM-,HEMAT-(HAEM-,HAEMAT-)
 Definition
blood
Term
HIDRO(S)-
 Definition
sweat
Term
LITH-,-LITE
 Definition
stone
Term
MYI-
 Definition
fly
Term
OP-,OPT-
 Definition
eye
Term
PROSOP-
 Definition
face
Term
ORTH-
 Definition
straight
Term
PHA-,PHAN-
 Definition
to appear
Term
RHE-,-RRH
 Definition
to flow
Term
SCOP-
 Definition
to view
Term
STA-
 Definition
to stand
Term
STYL-
 Definition
pillar
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