Greek Bases 2

ASC

bag

BRANCHI

gills

CARP

fruit

-CELE

hernia, swelling

COLP

vagina

GEN(E), GON

to be produced, to produce; seed

HELI (heliocentric)

sun

MER (myomere)

part

NYCT

night

ONYM (anonymous)

name

OO (oocyte)

egg

PACHY (pachyderm)

thick

PEN

deficiency, want

PHLEB (phlebotomist)

vein

PHTHI

to waste away

PHYC

seaweed, algae

PTO

to fall

SALPING

tube specifically eustachian or fallopian tube

SAUR

lizard, dinosaur

XANTH

yellow

-AGRA

painful seizure

BRACHI (brachiosaurus)

arm

CINTE

to puncture

CHIR, CHEIR (chirography)

hand

CEL(I), COEL

cavity, abdominal cavity

DENDR (dendrite)

tree

HYAL (hyalin)

glass, vitreous body of the eye

LARYNG (laryngitis)

larynx

LEI

smooth

MALAC

soft

MASTIX, MASTIG

whip, flagellum

MIS (misanthropy)

to hate

PTER, PTERYG(I)

wing, fin

SCHIZ, SCHIS(T) (schism)

to split

SPLANCHN

entrails, viscera

THI

sulfur

THORAC (thoracic cavity)

chest, thorax

TOX (cytotoxin)

poison

TRICH, THRIX

hair

XER

dry

ALL (allopathic)

other, different

ANKYL

bent, stiff, adhesion of parts

CYCL (bicycle)

circle, wheel, ciliary body of the eye

ER, EROT (erotic)

love

GENY

jaw, cheek

GENI

chin

HOL (holocaust, holistic)

whole, entire

HOM, HOME (homogenous)

same, similar

HYPN (hypnosis)

sleep

IDE (ideology)

idea, mental image

LEUK, LEUC (leukocyte)

white

ONT

being, individual

PHYL (phylogenic)

rare, class

PYEL

pelvis, especially of the kidney

PYG

buttocks

STEAR, STEAT

fat, tallow

STREPT, STROPH (apostrophe)

turned, twisted

THALL

young shoot

THYM

mind, emotions

TRIB, TRIP

to rub, to crush

ZYG (zygote)

yoke

HEMI (hemisphere)

half

MON (monocle)

single, one

PROT (prototype)

first, original, primitive

DI (dioxide)

twice, double

DICH (dichotomy)

in two

DEUT, DEUTER (“deuces”)

second

TRI (tricycle)

three

TETR(A)

four

PENTA (pentagon)

five

HEX(A)

six

HEPT(A)

seven

OCT(A)

eight

ENNE(A)

nine

DEC(A)

ten

HECT (hectare)

hundred

KILO (kilogram)

one thousand

BRACHY

short

CAC, KAK (cacophony, Kakia)

bad

CAU, CAUS (caustic, holocaust)

to burn

CLI, CLEI; CLEIST

to close; closed

CLY(S)

wash

CROT

pulse, beat

DOLICH

long

EDE

to swell

LEPT

thin, delicate

LOG (analogy, logos)

word, speech, reason

MYX

mucus, slime

OXY, OX (paroxysm)

sharp, acid, oxygen

PETR (petrify)

rock

PHON (phonetics)

sound, voice

PHOT (photon)

light

POIE (onomatopoeia)

to make

PRESBY (presbyterian)

old

PYR, PYRET; PYREX (pyrotechnics)

fire, fever

-RHIZ, RRHIZ (mycorrhiza)

root

GLAUC

silvery, gray-green

GON(Y), GONAT

knee

(H)APT; (H)APH

to touch; sense of touch

KARY, CARY

nucleus, nut