Greek Bases

ALG (ex: nostalgia)

pain

ARTHR (ex: arthritis)

joint, speech, sound, articulation

BI (ex:biology)

life

BALL, BOL, BLE (ex: ballistics)

to throw, to put

BRADY (ex: bradycardia)

slow

CRYPT (ex: cryptogram)

hidden

DROM (ex: syndrome)

running, course

GE (ex: geology)

earth

HOD, OD (ex: exodus)

road, way

MNE (ex: amnesia, amnesty)

to remember

MORPH (ex: metamorphosis)

form

ODONT (ex: orthodontist)

tooth

PHOR, PHER (ex: euphoria)

to bear, to go

BUL, BOUL (ex: hyperbulia)

will

CARDI (ex: cardiac)

heart

CEPHAL, enCEPHAL (ex: hydrocephalus)

head, brain

CHONDR, CHONDRI (ex: chondrocyte)

cartilage, granule

DEM (ex: democracy)

the people, country

DERM, DERMAT (ex: dermatology)

skin

GAM (ex: polygamy)

marriage, union

LECITH

yolk

OPHTHALM (ex: ophthalmology)

eye

OST(E) (osteoarthritis)

bone

PHYLL (ex: chlorophyll)

leaf

PHYT (ex: autophyte)

plant, growth

PLAS(T) (ex: cytoplasm)

to form, to mold

SOM, SOMAT (ex: somatic cells)

body

THEC(A)

case, sheath

THERM (ex: thermometer)

heat

TOM, enTOM

to cut, insect (ex: appendectomy)

TOP (ex: topography)

place

TROPH (ex: autotroph)

nourishment, development

ZO (ex: zoology)

animal

ACOU, ACU (acoustics)

to hear

AMBLY (amblyopia)

dull

ANTH (chrysanthemum)

flower

CHROM, CHROMAT, CHRO (monochrome)

color

DACTYL (polydactyl)

finger, toe

DE, DESM (asyndeton,)

to bind, ligament

ENTER (enteritis)

intestine

ERG (energy)

work

ESTHE, AESTHE (synesthesia)

to feel, to perceive

GER, GERONT (geriatric)

old person, old age

GNATH (gnashing teeth)

jaw

GNO (agnostic)

to know

GRAPH (telegraph)

to write

GRAM (telegram)

thing written

HEPAT, HEPAR (hepatitis)

liver

KINE, CINE (kinetic)

to move

LEX (dyslexia)

to read

MY, MYOS, MYS (myosin)

muscle

NEPHR (nephrology)

kidney

OSM

smell

THE (hypothesis, thesis)

to put, to place

AMYGDAL (amygdala)

almond, tonsil

ANDR (androgen)

man, male

ANTHROP (anthropology)

man, human being

CHRON (chronology)

time

CLAD (clade)

branch

DYNAM, DYN (dynamic, dynamite)

power

EME (emetic)

to vomit

GYMN (greek gymnasium)

naked, uncovered

GYN, GYNEC, GYNAEC (misogynist)

female

HELIC, HELIX (helicopter)

spiral

HYDR (hydrant)

water, fluid

IATR (pscychiatrist)

physician, medical treatment

MELAN (melanin)

black, dark

NECR (necrosis)

corpse, dead tissue

OLIG (oligarchy)

few, scanty

PED, PAED (pediatrician)

child

PEDIA (encyclopedia)

instruction

PHAG (phagocyte)

to eat

PHIL (philanthropy)

to love, have an affinity for

POLY (polytheism)

many, much

TARS (tarsal)

instep, edge of the eye

ACR (acropolis)

extremity, summit

AMYL (amylase)

starch

BAR; BARY (baritone)

weight, pressure; heavy

BLENN

mucus

CYT (microcytic)

cell

DIPS (polydipsia)

thirst

DREPAN (drepanocyte)

sickle

ERYTHR (erthrocyte)

red

GLYC; GLYCOS (glycolysis)

sugar; sugar, glucose

HIST, HISTI

tissue

HYSTER (hysteria)

uterus, hysteria

ICHTHY

fish

LAPAR

abdomen, soft part of the body between the ribs and hip

LIP (lipid)

fat

MAST, MAZ (mastectomy)

breast

PHREN

mind, diaphragm

PY

pus

THANAT

death

ACANTH

thorn, prickle

AER (aeroplane)

air, gas

AUT (autograph)

self

BLEPHAR (blink and you miss it)

eyelid

CARCIN (carcinogen)

cancer

CHEIL, CHIL

lip

COL (colonoscopy)

colon