24/25 lang word stems #8

tropo—heliotrope, troposphere, tropism, trophy, phototropism, apogeotropism

turn

gastro—gastronomy, gastroscope, gastropod, gastroenteritis, hypogastric, gastrolith

stomach

arthro—arthritis, arthropod, arthralgia, arthrospore, arthroscopic

joint

ventri—ventriloquist, ventral, ventricle, dorsoventral, ventriculus

belly

dors—dorsal, dorsoventral, dorsum, dorsal fin, dorsiventral

back

macro—macrobiotic, macrocephalic, macrocosm, macron, macroscopic

large

dextro—dextrose, dextral, dexterity, dexterous, dextrorotation

right or clockwise

brachy—brachycephalic, brachypterous, brachycranic, brachyology, brachiosaur

short

brachio—brachiopod, brachiation, brachiate, brachium

arm

branchio—branchiopod, branchiate, branchia

gills

kin—kinetic, kinescope, hypokinesia, hyperkinetic, telekinesis, cinema

motion

phylo—phylum, phylogeny, phyla, phylogenesis, subphylum

kind

blasto—blastocyst, blastogenesis, erythroblast

embryo

dactyl—pterodactyl, dactylic, dactylology, dactylography

finger

phos—phosphorus, phosphine, phosphoroscope, phosphoresce

light

gon—pentagon, tetragon, decagon, hexagonal, diagonal, orthogonal

angle

lite—anthracite, perlite, cryolite, stalactite, halite, coprolite

mineral or fossil

vore—omnivore, herbivore, carnivore, voracious, devour, fructivorous

eating

holo—holocaust, hologram, holometabolous, holograph, holophrastic, holistic

whole

haplo—haploid, haplopia, haplosis, haplology

single or simple

opia—myopia, hyperopia, hemeralopia, synopsis, diplopia, biopsy

sight

lent—corpulent, virulent, turbulent, excellent, succulent, insolent, indolent

full of

ef—effusive, effulgent, efflux, efficacy, effeminate, effluvium, effluent

out

ium—radium, sodium, uranium, germanium, iridium, einsteinium

an element

dicho—dichotomy, dichotomize, dichogamous, dichotomist

in two parts

Anglo—Anglophile, Anglophobe, Alglican, Anglicism, Anglo-Saxon

English

ist—artist, funambulist, anthropologist, solipsist, centriat, atheist, sophist

one who

saur—dinosaur, pterosaur. Tyrannosaurus, stegosaurus, saurian, plesiosaur

lizard

pithec—pithecanthropus, Australopithecus, dryopithecus, oreopithecus

ape

calli—calligraphy, calliope, calisthenics, calliopsis, callithumpian

beautiful

austro—australopithecus, Australia, austral, Austronesia, austromancy, aurora australis

south

cephalo—cephalic, cephalopod, cephalothorax, microcephalic, encephalitis

head

chiro—chiromancy, chiropody, chiropteran, chiropractor

hand

caust—caustic, holocaust, cauterize, caustically, causticity

burn

terr—extraterrestrial, subterranean, Mediterranean, terrain, terra firma

land

cata—catapult, catastrophe, catacombs, catalepsy, cataclysm, cataract

down

jur—abjure, adjure, perjure, jury, jurisdiction, jurisprudence, jurist

swear

flu—confluence, fluid, influence, fluent, superfluous, effluent, fluvial

flow

here—coherence, adhesive, adhere, inherent, incoherent

stick

pos—position, deposit, superimpose, transpose, depose, imposition

put

mund—mundane, transmundane, intermundane, mundanity, mundo

world

cracy—autocracy, democracy, aristocracy, plutocracy, meritocracy

government

mania—kleptomania, egomania, pyromania, dipsomania, megalomania

madness

ize—victimize, harmonize, temporize, mobilize, fossilize, polarize, bowdlerize

make

antho—anthology, anthozoan, anthocyanin, anthophilous, anther

flower

algia—neuralgia, analgesic, arthralgia, hemialgia, algometer, algophobia

pain

somn—insomnia, somniferous, somnolent, somnambulate, somniloquy

sleep

quadr—quadruped, quadratic, quadrant, quadruplet, quadrilateral, quadriplegic

four

err—error, erratic, Knight-errant, erroneous, erratum

wander

sine—sinecure, sine qua non, sine die, sine prole

without