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The following is an alphabetical list of Greek and Latin roots commonly used in English. Those used in Medicine and Medical Terminology are not listed here but instead in Wikipedia's List Of Medical Roots . A B C D dactyl- finger (Greek δάχτυλο, finger) deci- tenth deka- ten demi- half dendr- tree dent/dont- tooth/teeth derm- skin (Greek δέρμα, skin) deut- second (Greek δεύτερο, second) dextro- right (Greek δεξ-, right) di(a)- two dia- through (Greek δια, through) digit- finger dino- terrible/fearfully great dors- back dub- doubtful dulc- sweet duo- two E eco- house ecto- outside -ell- diminutive embol- thrown in endo- inside engy- narrow ensi- sword eo- dawn, east epi- upon equi- horse, equal ethm- sieve eu- well, very eury- wide ex- from exo- outside F fab- bean falc- sickle-shaped fallax- false fasc(ic)- bundle fatuus- foolish, useless feli- cat fer- carry ficar- fig-like fil- thread fistul- hollow, tube flacc- flabby flav- yellow flexu- wavy foen- hay foetid- foul smelling foli- leaf fornix- vault fovea- shallow round depression fund- to pour furc(ul)- fork Fus - to pour or melt G gal- milk gale- weasel gaul- of France gangli- knot gano- shining gast(e)r- stomach, pouch gemin- twins gemm- bud genu- knee, joint genus- to be born geo - earth gerro- shield gladi- sword glen- socket glia- glue glom(er)- half of yam gloss- tongue glott- tongue glut- sticky gl(uly)c- sweet glypt- carved, engraved gnaph- wool gnath- jaw gon- angle gono- seed gracil- slender gram- of grass graph- to write or draw gymn- naked gyn,gyne,gynaec,gynec- woman gyr- turning H hadro- thick, heavy, massive hal- salty hallu(x/ci)- big toe hamat- hook haplo- single, simple hasta(t)- spear-tip shape hect- hundred heira- hawk helios- sun helminth- worm helo- wart hemi- half hemo- blood hepa(r/t)- liver hepta- seven hetero- different hex- six hibem- winter hippo- horse hirsu {Link without Title} - hairy hispid- bristly histri- actor holo- complete, whole homo- human/man (Latin) homo- same (Greek) homal- flat hormon- that which excites hortens- of gardens humus- ground hyal- glassy hydr- water hyemal- winter hyo- U-shaped hyper- above hypo- beneath I J K L M macr- large med- middle mega- large mel(l)i- honey menin(x, g)- membrane meno- moon mer- part micro- small mil- thousand min- smaller miso- hate; hatred miss- sent mito- thread mixi- mingle moll- soft monil- string of beads myo- muscle, mouse myri- countless myx- mucous,vagina myz- sucker N na(rls)- nose necro- dead necto- bananas nema- hair nemoral- in woods neo- new nephr- kidney neur- nerve nictitat- winking nigr- black nona- nine noth- spurious notho- southern noto- back, south nov-new nu(clx)- nut nuch- back of neck nucle- little nut nud- naked nulli- none numer- number nutans- nodding O obesus- fat obtect- concealed obturat- closed obtusi- blunt occiden- Western occip- back of head oct- eight -ode- way or path odont- tooth odor- fragrant oecious- house of oed- swollen oen- wine oesoph- gullet officinal- used in medicine -oid- like olecran- skull of elbow oleo- oily olfact- smelling oligo- few ology-study of oliva- olive omaso- paunch oment- fat skin omm- eye omni- all omo- shoulder omphalo- navel onto- existing oo- egg op(t)- eye operculum- little cover ophi- snake ophthalmo- eye opistho- behind opoter- either or- mouth orbi- circle orch- testicle oriental- Eastern ornith- bird ortho- straight os(ti)- mouth os(s/t)- bone ostrac shell ot- ear ovi- sheep ovo- egg oxys, oxus- sharp, pointed P pachy- thick palae- old palli(um)- mantle pallid- pale palustri- in marshes pan- all par(a)- near parie- wall parvi- little patella- small dish patens- spreading pect(or)- chest pectin- comb-like ped- foot, child pel- to drive pend- to hang pene- almost penia- deficiency pent- five per(i)- through, beyond peregrin- foreign peri- around persic- peach petr- rock phaeo- dark phag- eat phalan(g/x)- close formation of troops phalar- shining phanero- visible pher- carry phil- love phloe- tree bark phon- sound phor- carry pho(s/to)- light phragm- fence phren- diaphragm, mind phryno- toad, toad-like phyl- tribe phyll- leaf physa- bladder physio- nature phyto- plant pil- hair pinea- pine cone pinnat- feather-shaped pisum- pea pisc- fish plac- plate, tablet plagio- oblique plan- flat platy- flat, broad plec(o/t)- twist, pluck plesio- near pleth- full pleur- side plex- interwoven plica- fold plum- feather pneu(mo/st)- air, lung pod- foot pogo- beard polio- grey polit- polished poll(ex)- thumb poly- many pons- bridge porc- pig porphyr- purple porta- gate post- after potam- river potero- drinking cup praeco- early pratens- in meadows prae- before prim- first pro- in front of proct- anus procumbens- lying flat profund- deep proliger- bear offspring prom- first proso- front prostratus- lying flat prot- first prunus- plum psamma- sand pseud- false psycho- mind psychro- cold pter- wing, fern ptyal- sahva pubescens- downy pubi- sexually mature pulmo- lung pungens- pungent pusill- very small pygo- rump pyl- gate pyo- pus pyr- heat, fire pyrus- pear Q R rach- spine radi- root ram- branching ran- frog rapa- turnip raph- seam rect- straight reflex- bent back ren- kidney repens- crawling reptans- crawling retic- network retina- little net retro- behind, backward rhabd- rod rhach- spine rhage- tear, rent rhin- nose, snout rhiz- root rhodo- red rhynch- snout -rrh- flow roborem- oak tree, strength rode- gnaw rogos- wrinkled rostr- beak, prow rota- tum, wheel rub(e)r- red rumen- throat S sapien- thinking, wise, knowing sacchar- sugar saccul- little sac sacr- sacred sagitta- arrow sal- salt sanct- holy sanguini- bloody sapon- soap sarc- flesh sativus- cultivated saur- lizard/reptile saxum-rock scala- ladder scalene- uneven scaph- anything hollow, bowl, ship schizo- split scler- hard scop, scopy, scept- look at, examine, view, observe scrib(script)- to write scut- shield scyph- cup seba- tallow, wax sect- cut segetum- in cornfields selen- moon sella- saddle, seat semi- half sept- seven, wall ser(olu)- any body fluid serot- late serrat- saw-toothed set- hair sex- six simi- monkey sinus- hollow, bay skept- look at, inspect, consider, examine sipho- tube sol- sun soleno- pipe, channel soma- body somni- sleep spas- hope spec- see specios- showy sperm- seed sphen- wedge sphinct- closing spinos- spiny spondyl- vertebra squalid- squalid squam- scale squarros- spreading at tips stae(rlt)- fat sta(silt)- standing steg- covering stell- star steno- narrow stereo- solid steril- sterile stern- breastbone stom- mouth strat- layer strept- twisted strictus- upright, stiff strigos- having stiff bristles stroph- turning stupor- wonder styl- column sub- below sucr- sugar sulc- furrow super- beyond supin- lying back supra- above sutur- seam sym- with syn- with syrin(glx)- pipe sys- with T tachy- fast tact- touch taenia- ribbon talus- ankle tapetum- carpet tard- late tarsus- ankle tect- covered tegmen- covering tel (e/o)- far, end teleo- complete temno- cut tenacul- holding tentor- spread like a tent tenuis- slender ter(ti)- three teres- round tetr- four textilis- of textiles thalam- chamber, bed thalass- sea theca- case thel- nipple, female the- god therm- heat thero- breast, mammal thyreo- large shield tinctori- of dyes tom- cut topo- local, place torn- cut tomentos- densely woolly torpe- numb totus- total toxo- arrow, dart trab- beam trachy- rough trago- goat trans- across trapez- four sided, table trema- hole tremulans- trembling tri- three trich- hair trivialis- trivial troch- wheel trop- turning troph- feed tussi- cough U uliginosus- in marshes -ul- diminutive ulo- wooly ultra- above umbilic- navel umbra- dark un- one unc- hook ungui- nail, claw ungul- hoof, claw universitas- universe urens- bum uro- tail urs- of bears utricul- little skin bag uv(ela)- grapes uxor- wife V vu- thing many people go in velum- veil ven- vein ventr- belly verd- green veris- true verm- worm vern- spring versi- various vesic- blister vesper- evening, western vid- to see vill- shaggy hair, velvet virens- green visc- organs of body cavity vita- life vitell- yolk vitr- glass vora- devour vulgaris- common vulp- fox Z SEE ALSO
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