final exam word roots

aktis (actin)

a ray, beam (Gr)

amnos (amn)

the membrane around the fetus (Gr)

amphi (amph)

both sides of, double (Gr)

atrium (atri)

hall, entrance-room (L)

caecilia (caecil)

a kind of lizard (Gr)

chondros (chondr)

cartilage (Gr)

cloaca (cloac)

a sewer (L)

conus (con)

a cone (L)

deinos (din)

terrible, powerful, mighty (Gr)

delos (del)

visible (Gr)

gnathos (gnath)

the jaw (Gr)

ichthys (ichthy)

a fish (Gr)

incudis (incud)

an anvil (L)

ischion (ischi)

the hip joint, hip (Gr)

kyklos (cycl)

a circle (Gr)

malleus (malle)

a hammer (L)

marsypos (marsip)

a purse, bag (Gr)

myxa (myx)

slime, mucus (Gr)

myzo (myz)

to suck in (Gr)

odous (odont)

tooth (Gr)

operculum (opercul)

a cover, lid (L)

ornis (ornith)

bird (Gr)

oss

a bone (L)

osteon (oste)

bone (Gr)

oura (ur)

the tail (Gr)

ovum (ov)

egg (L)

petra (petr)

a rock (Gr)

repto (rept)

to crawl (L)

sarx (sarc)

flesh (Gr)

sauros (saur)

lizard (Gr)

squama

a scale (L)

stapes (stap)

a stirrup (L)

therao (ther)

to hunt after, to find (Gr)

tunica (tunic)

a garment (L)

vivus (viv)

alive (L)

alimentum (aliment)

food, nourishment (L)

chiton (chit)

an outer covering (Gr)

cirrus (cirr)

a lock of hair, a curl (L)

errans (erran)

wandering (L)

ganglion (gangli)

a swelling, a tumor under the skin (Gr)

gloios (gloi)

gelatinous, viscid, sticky (Gr)

glottis

the tongue (Gr)

helmins (helminth)

a worm either flat or round (Gr)

hermaphroditos

person with attributes of both sexes (Gr)

hyle (hyl)

wood (Gr)

medousa

guardian (Gr)

nephros (nephr)

the kidneys (Gr)

osculum (oscul)

a little mouth (L)

parthenos (parthen)

virgin (Gr)

pektos (pect)

fixed, compact, congealed (Gr)

platys (platy)

flat (Gr)

plax (plac)

a flat, round plate (Gr)

polypus (polyp)

an aquatic animal (L)

potentia (poten)

power, force, might (L)

proboskis (probosc)

an elephant's trunk (Gr)

proktos (proct)

the anus (Gr)

radula (radul)

a scraper (L)

rota (rot)

a wheel (L)

sedentarius (sedentary)

sitting (L)

skolex (scolec)

a worm (Gr)

spica (spic)

a point or dart (L)

tainia (taen)

band, ribbon (Gr)

totus (tot)

the whole, entire (L)

trema (trem)

perforated (Gr)

valva (valv)

a leaf of a folding door (L)

viscus (visc)

an entrail (L)

askaris (ascar)

an intestinal worm (Gr)

aster

a star (Gr)

chele (chel)

a hoof, claw (Gr)

holothourion (holothur)

a sort of water polyp, sea cucumber (Gr)

hymen (hymen)

a parchment or membrane (Gr)

koleos (cole)

a sheath (Gr)

krinon (crin)

a lily (Gr)

lepras (lepr)

rough (Gr)

lumbricus (lumbric)

an intestinal worm (L)

mandibula (mandibul)

to chew (L)

myrias (myri)

the number 10,000 (Gr)

ophis (ophi)

a snake, a serpent (Gr)

orthos (orth)

straight (Gr)

palpo (palp)

to stroke, to feel one's way (L)

pan

all (Gr)

pes (ped)

a foot (L)

pteron (pter)

wing (Gr)

pupa (pup)

baby, child, doll (L)

pyknos (pycn)

compact, dense, solid, strong (Gr)

rhabdos (rhabd)

a rod (Gr)

trachia (trach)

the windpipe (L)