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CARP: FRUIT
PATE: WALK
TELE: DISTANCE
TECHN: ART, SKILL
-oid: like
ARTHR: JOINT, SPEECH
GON: GENERATIVE, REPRODUCTIVE, SEXUAL
PETR: ROCK
PROT: FIRST, ORIGINAL, PRIMATIVE
HIER: SACRED
-phobia: one who fears or hates
STERE: SOLID, THREE-DIMENTIONAL
-ize: verbal suffix
ALL: OTHER
cata-, cat-: down, against, very
CAL: BREAK
HYGR: WET, MOIST
OD, HOD: WAY, ROAD
CAU, CAUS: TO BURN
CYN, CYNOS: DOG
MNE: REMEMBER
PALE, PALAE: OLD
-ac, -al, -an, -ian, -ic, -tic, -ous, -ious: pertaining to
TETR, TETRA: FOUR
STROPH, TROP: TURN
PHE, PHEM: PEAK
POL, POLIS: CITY, STATE
DROM: A RUNNING, A COURSE
BLE: THROW, PUT
peri-: around
PHIL: LOVE
CYT: CELL
HIPP: HORSE
XYL: WOOD
EURY, EURYS: WIDE, BROAD
MANC, MANT: TO DIVINE BY MEANS OF
-m, -ma, -mat, -me: result of
ONYM: NAME, WORD
PLATY: FLAT, BROAD
ORTH: STRAIGHT, CORRECT
HOM, HOME: SAME
HELI: SUN
DI: TWICE, DOUBLE
hypo-hyp-: below
MEGA, MEGAL: LARGE, A MILLIION
sy-, syl-, sym-, syn-, sys-: with, together
EM: BLOOD
-phobe: one who fears or hates
CRA: MIX
PAED: CHILD
THERM: HEAT
ARCHA, ARCHAE, ARCHE: ANCIENT
PHREN: MIND, DIAPHRAGM
LOG, LOGUE: SPEECH, WORD, PROPORTION, REASONING
SOPH: WISE
pros-: toward, in addition to
DYN, DYNAM: FORCE, POWER
OO: EGG
GEN, GENE: ORIGINATE, PRODUCE
MYEL: BONE MORROW, SPINAL CORD
CYAN: DARK BLUE
ICON: IMAGE
ADEN: GLAND
COSM: UNIVERSE, ORDER
ERYTHR: RED
SCHIS, SCHIZ: SPLIT
ACTIN: RAY
ACR: HIGHEST
KILO: ONE THOUSAND
KAL, KALL: BEAUTY
DERM, DERMAT: SKIN
TROPH: NOURISH GROW
NEPHR: KIDNEY
LATR, LATER: WORSHIP EXCESSIVELY
ODONT: TOOTH
ASCE: EXERCISE
CHONDR: CARTILAGE
HEGEMON: LEADER
-oma: tumor
DOX: OPINION, TEACHING
-ia, -y: quality of
-tomy: surgical operation on
PLAS, PLAST: FORM
-se, sia, sis, sy: act of
DOG: OPINION, TEACHING
ecto-: outside
PATRI: FAMILY, CLAN
BALL: THROW, PUT
dia-, di-: through, accross, between
GLOSS, GLOT, GLOTT: TONGUE, LANGUATE
BRACHY: SHORT
PHA: SPEAK
-ism: belief in
DACTYL: DIGIT, FINGER, TOE
-path: one who suffers from a disease of
CLYS: WASH
ESTHE: FEEL
BRADY: SLOW
HEDON: PLEASURE
-therapy: treatment of or by
PENT, PENTA: FIVE
-mania: madness, passion
PHLEB: VEIN
ex-: out
a-, an-: not, without
MON: ONE
ENTER: INTESTINE
OST, OSTE: BONE
OPHTHALM: EYE
MIS: HATED
meta-, met-: after, changed
HEPAT: LIVER
-tics: act, science, or study of
URG: WORK
anti-, ant-: against, opposite
EGO: I
ALG: PAIN
BIBLI: BOOK
XANTH: YELLOW
LITE, LITH: STONE
AUT: SELF
MES: MIDDLE
ANTH: FLOWER
PHYLL: LEAF
-t, te: he who
-maniac: one having madness, passion
CAC: BAD
-meter: measure
ICHTHY: FISH
GLYPH: CARVE
CHROM, CHROMAT: COLOR
PAN, PANT: ALL, EVERY
eu-, ev-: good, well
-scope: instrument for viewing
ANGEL: MESSENGER
-pathy: disease of
SOM, SOMAT: BODY
-ist: one who believes in
TACH, TACHY: SWIFT, SPEED
HOL: WHOLE
TYP: STAMP, MODEL
POD: FOOT
PATH: FEEL, SUFFER, DISEASE
COCC, COCCUS: BERRY, SEED
-in, ine: chemical substance
GNO, GNOS: KNOW
STA: STAND
CHLOR: GREEN, YELLOWISH-GREEN, CHLORINE
amphi-: both
PTER, PTERYX: WING, FIN
OCT, OCTA: EIGHT
ANDR: MAN
PLEX: STROKE
-crat: one who advocates or practices rule by
PHER, PHOR: TO BEAR, GO
-ite: one connected with
BLAST: BUD
HETER: OTHER, DIFFERENT
HEX, HEXA: SIX
BOL: THROW, PUT
-cracy: rule by
TAUT: THE SAME
para-, par-: beside
OD: SONG, POEM, WAY, ROAD
-metry: art or science of measuring
pro-: before
STOM, STOMAT: MOUTH
THROMB: CLOT
OLIG: FEW
PY: PUS
CHIR, CHEIR: HAND
CRI: JUDGE, DECIDE
-emia: condition of the blood
MICR: SMALL, ONE MILLIONTH
TAPH: TOMB
PYR: FIRE
OP, OPT: EYE, TO SEE
-st: one who does
UR: URINE, TAIL
-rrhea, rrhoea: abnormal discharge
CARDI: HEART
CYST: BLADDER, SAC
PSYCH: MIND
DEM: PEOPLE
PATE: WALK
TOP: PLACE
PHRA: SPEAK
HECT: HUNDRED
XEN: STRANGER, FOREIGNER
TON, TONUS: STRETCHING, TENSION
GE: EARTH
ec-: out
BAR: WEIGHT, PRESSURE
exo-: outside
IDE: THOUGHT, IDEA
SCLER: HARD
-ploid: fold
PLEG: PARALYSIS
AESTHE: FEEL
PHOT: LIGHT
GYN, GYNE, GYNEC, GYNAEC: WOMAN, FEMALE
TRI: THREE
CYCL: CIRCLE, WHEEL
AGON: STRUGGLE
-ectomy: surgical removal of
LEUC, LEUK: WHITE
PEP, PEPT: DIGEST
HYDR: WATER
CENTR: CENTER
-ium: little, part of
ASTR, ASTER: STAR
GAM: MARRIAGE
DIPL: TWICE, DOUBLE
-graph, -graphy: writing
epi-, ep-: upon, to, in addition to
MY, MYS, MYOS: MUSCLE
-ician: specialist in
HEMI: HALF
ana-, an-: up, back, again
NECR: DEAD, CORPSE
HEPT, HEPTA: SEVEN
HEMER: DAY
DAEMON, DEMON: SPIRIT, EVIL SPIRIT
-archy: rule by
STLE, STOL, STAL: SEND, DRAW
DEUTER: SECOND
-iasis: diseased condition
BI: LIFE
-ics: art, science, or study of
DENDR: TREE
-idium, -ion, -iscus, isk: little
-itis: inflammation of
CHRON: TIME
PAED: CHILD
ER, EROT: LOVE
NAUT: SAILOR
-ast: one who does
POLEM: WAR
DO: GIVE
IATR: PHYSICIAN, MEDICINE
MER: PART
HAEM, HAEMAT, HEM, HEMAT: BLOOD
STAL: SEND, DRAW
AGOG, AGOGUE: LEAD
-gram: thing written
MYC, MYCET: FUNGUS MOLD
TOM: CUT
LAB: TAKE, SIEZE
IS: EQUAL
MACR: LARGE, LONG
IDI: ONE'S OWN, PECULIAR
apo-, ap-: from, off
GYMN: NAKED
NE: NEW, NEW AND DIFFERENT
RHIN, RRHIN: NOSE
MAST, MAZ: BREAST
PALE, PALAE: OLD
-logy, -nomy: science of
PATR: FATHER
DOLICH: LONG
endo-, ento-, end-, ent-: within
THANAS, THANAT: DEATH
DEC, DECA: TEN
PSEUD: FALSE
ETHN: RACE, CULTURE GROUP
ANTHROP: HUMAN BEING
LIP: FAT
hyper-: over
ORA: SEE
THE: PLACE, PUT, GOD
CEPHAL: HEAD
-arion, -arium: little
THYM: MIND, STRONG FEELING
ANGI: VESSEL
TACT, TAX: ARRANGE, PUT IN ORDER
PHON: SOUND, VOICE
PEDIA: EDUCATION
PHY: GROW
el-, em-, en-: in, into
LECT: SPEAK, CHOOSE
PAN, PANT: ALL, EVERY
ZO: ANIMAL
HYSTER: UTERUS, HYSTERIA
PHYSI: NATURE
POLY: MANY, MUCH
DICH: IN TWO
-hedron: solid figure
MORPH: FORM, SHAPE
NEUR: NERVE
LEM, LEP: TAKE, SIEZE
ERG: WORK
CANON: A RULE
PHAG: EAT
PHA, PHAN: SHOW, APPEAR
-arch: one who rules
CRYPH, CRYPT: HIDDEN, SECRET
dys-: bad, disordered
TOX: POISON
CAL, CALL: BEAUTY
-osis: diseased condition of
GER, GERONT: OLD AGE, OLD PEOPLE
LY: LOOSEN
MELAN: BLACK, DARK
MENING: MEMBRANE
ORNIS, ORNITH: BIRD
CINE, KINE: MOVE
STHEN: STRENGTH
ACO, ACOU, ACU: TO HEAR
PATH: FEEL, SUFFER, DISEASE
PATR: FATHER
HIST, HISTI: TISSUE
CHORE: DANCE
GASTR: STOMACH
BUCOL: COWARD
MIM: IMITATE
THEC, THECA: CASE
OT: EAR
NES: ISLAND
DIDAC: TEACH
CHOL, CHOLE: BILE, GALL
PED: CHILD

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