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Greek Bases

Bases, Prefixes, and Suffixes

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GNATH
jaw
CHRON
time
(H)APT
to touch
CHROM(AT)
color
BROM
stench, bromine
GON(I)
angle
COPR
excrement
DIDYM
twin, testicle
COL
colon
CERC
tail
MALAC
soft
HYSTER
uterus, hysteria
HEMI
half
CRYPT
hidden
KYM
wave
CLAD
branch
ARGYR
silver
DROM
running, course
KILO
1,000
ENTER
intestine
IDI
one's own
CELE
hernia, swelling
GAM
marriage
ANTH
flower
LAPAR
abdomen
DREPAN
sickle
KER(AT)
horn, cornea
BLENN
mucus
BALL (BOL, BLE)
to throw, to put
CYN
dog
LIP
fat
CLI (CLEI)
to close
CAMP(YL,T)
bent
ANTHROP
man, people
GEN(E)
to be produced
BRACHY
short
CRI(N)
to secrete
AGOG(UE)
inducing flow
COR(E)
pupil
EURY(S)
wide
CALYPT(R)
hidden
AMYGDAL
almond, tonsil
CRY(M)
cold
CHLAMYD
cloak, envelope
LEMM(A)
sheath
CRA
to mix
CHOL(E)
bile, gall
HYPN
sleep
LYMPH
water, lymph
DYN(AM)
power
HYDR
water, fluid
LEI
smooth
CEL (COEL)
cavity, abdominal cavity
CYCL
circle, wheel
CHOR(I)
fetal membrane
CEPHAL
head
ACTIN
ray
GEU
to taste
GANGLI
mass of nerve tissue
CAC (KAK)
bad
DACRY
tear
LEPT
thin, delicate
GLAUC
silvery, gray green
LY
to loosen, dissolve
ICHTHY
fish
HIDRO(S)
sweat
HELI
sun
HOM(E)
same, similar
ANKYL
bent, adhesion of parts
LECITH
yolk
CROT
pulse beat
IRID
iris, rainbow
CENTE
puncture
BALAN
acorn, glans of penis
CONI
dust
BUL (BOUL)
will
IS
equal
CYST
bladder, cyst
CYAN
blue
CHORD
cord
ARTHR
joint, articulation
CARP
fruit, wrist
ASTR (ASTER)
star
HEPAT
liver
BLAST
bud, embryonic cell
COLP
vagina
LEUK
white
BI
life
ARCH(E)
ancient, primitive, beginning
ER(OT)
love
DOCH
to take/receive
ALEX
to ward off
ERG
work
KINE
to move
ADEN
gland
CHY(M)
to pour (juice)
CHLOR
green, chlorine
BRY
moss
BRACHI
arm
DOLICH
long
DIPS
thirst
BLEPHAR
eyelid
DEUT(ER)
second
BLEP
to see
ECH
echo, repetition
ANCON
elbow
ISCHI
hip
DE(SM)
to bind (ligament)
ANGI
vessel
ACR
extremity, summit
BA
to step, to go
BRONCH(I)
air tube
GYMN
naked
GALA(CT)
milk
ENNE(A)
nine
HELIC
spiral
ADELPH
brother
LOPH
crest, ridge
ARACHN
spider
ASC
bag
DENDR
tree
LAL
to talk
AUX(E)
increase
CORM
trunk
BRANCHI
gills
ERYTHR
red
ALL
different, other
HIST(I)
tissue
HIPP
horse
GYR
ring, circle
HYGR
moisture
(O)EC
house
LEP
to seize
CLAS
to break
GASTR
stomach
GE
earth
DEM
people
DACTYL
finger, toe
HEX(A)
six
ISCH
to suppress
HEM(AT)
blood
DERM(AT)
skin
ALG
pain
HETER
other, different
CHONDR(I)
cartilage
BRADY
slow
CRANI
cranium
CHEIL
lip
CAU(S)
to burn
BAR (Y)
weight, heavy
LARYNG
larynx
CONDYL
knob, knuckle
(H)OD
road, way
IDE
idea
IATR
physician
GLI
glue
LOG
word, speech
DICH
in two
GON(Y)
knee
MACR
large, long
LITH
stone
COLL(A)
glue
ACANTH
thorn, prickle
(A)ESTHE
to feel, to perceive
GLOSS (GLOTT)
tongue
AGRA
painful seizure
DI
twice, double
IN
fiber, muscle
GYN
female
LEPID
scale
GLYC
sugar
EME
to vomit
HEPT(A)
seven
GNO
know
AMYL
starch
EDE
to swell
CARCIN
cancer
HAL
salt
AUT
self
KARY
nucleus, nut
CLY(S)
to wash
HOL
whole, entire
CYT
cell
CLEID
clavicle
ANTR
hollow
ANDR
male, man
CARDI
heart
GENY (GENI)
jaw, cheek, chin
GRAPH
to write
HELMINTH
worm
CYE
to be pregnant
HYAL
glass
CHIR
hand
GER(ONT)
old age/person
LEX
to read
AER
air, gas
COCC
berry shaped
AMBLY
dull
HECT
hundred
HAPL
single

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