Unit 4 Root Words

Lactis

milk

phago

To eat

alveus

Hollow sac

concha

shell

glottis

Mouth of windpipe

kridos

ring

para

alongside

respiro

To breathe

ailimentum

nourishment

Digestus

To force apart; divide; dissolve

enteron

intestine

falx

sickle

mastico

To chew

mikros

small

mys

muscle

ot

ear

papula

pimple

rectus

straight

ruja

wrinkle

sinus

cavity

vermis

worm

ad

towards

capsa

A box

cle

tiny

corpus

body

detrudo

To drive away

Efferens

To bring out

ferre

To lead

glomus

Ball of yarn

juxta

Close to; near

micturio

Desire to make water

pedicellus

Little foot

podos

foot

Trigonum

triangle

ulus

small

vasculum

Small vessel

adenos

glands

gone

seed

krino

To separate

ren

kidney

akros

tip

duco

To lead

Erecto

To set up

Fero

To carry

Homo

Same

luteus

saffron-yellow

men

month

metra

uterus

oon

egg

pauses

cessation

puber

Grown up

semen

seed

Soma

Body