CLA MIDTERM GREEK ROOTS

ACOU, (Acu) 1

To hear

Aesthe, (Esthe) 1

To feel, to perceive

Alg 1

Pain (algesia, sense of pain)

Ambly 1

Dull

Anth 1

Flower

Arthr 1

Joint, speech sound, articulation

Bi 1

Life

Ball, bol, ble 1

To throw , to put

Brady 1

Slow

Bul(boul) 1

Will, volition

Cardi 1

Heart

Cephal 1

Head(encephal - brain)

Chondr, Chondri 1

Cartilage, granule,(orig. ‘groat(hullled grain) wheat’)

Chrom, chromat,chro 1

Colour

Crypt 1

Hidden

Dactyl 1

Finger,toe

De, desm 1

To bind, binding, ligament

Dem 1

People, country

Derm 1

Skin

Drom 1

Running, course

Enter 1

Intestine

Erg 1

Work

Gam 1

Marriage, union

Eg 1

Earth

Gen(e), gon 1

To be produced, to produce, seed

Ger, geront 1

Old person, old age

Gnath 1

Jaw

Gno 1

To know

Graph, gram 1

To write, Thing written

Hepat, Hepat 1

Liver

Hod, od 1

Road, way

Kine(cine) 1

To move

Lex 1

To read

Lecith 1

Yolk

Mne 1

To remember

Morph 1

Form

My, Mys, Myos 1

Muscle

Nephr 1

Kidney

Odont 1

Tooth

Ophthalm 1

Eye

Osm 1

Smell

Ost(e) 1

Bone

Ec,(oce, oek), oik,oic 1

House (not to be confused with the prefix ‘ec(out)’)

Phil 1

To love, have an affinity for

Phor, pher 1

To bear, to go

Phyll 1

Leaf

Phyt 1

Plant, growth

Plas(t) 1

To form, to mould

Plex, pleg 1

To strike, to paralyze

POD, -pus 1

Foot

Proct 1

Anus, rectum

Som, somat 1

Body

STOL, stal,-stle 1

To send, to contract

Stom, stomat 1

Mouth, opening

The 1

To put, to place

Thec 1

Case, sheath

Therm 1

Heat

Tom 1

Cut, section (enTOM- , insect)

Top 1

Place

Trop, trep 1

To turn, response to stimulus

Troph 1

nourishment, development

Ur 1

Urine, urinary system

zo 1

Animal, living being

2 Acanth

Thorn, prickle

2 Acr

Extremity summit

2 actin

Ray

2 Aer

Air , gas

2 Agon

Contest, to struggle

2 Amygdal

Almond , tonsil

2 Amyl

Starch

2 Andr

Man, male

2 Anthrop

Human being

2 Argyr

Silver

2 Aut

Self

2 Ba

To step, to go, to walk

2 bar, bary

Weight, pressure, heavy

2 Blenn

Mucus

2 Blephar

Eyelid

2 Brom

Stench, bromine

2 carcin

Cancer

2 cheil, chil

Lip

2 Chol(e)

Bile, gall

2 chron

Time

2 Clad

Branch

2 Clas

To break

2 Col

Colon (not to be confused with ‘coll(a)(glue)’ of list 5)

2 Copr

Excrement

2 Crani

Cranium

2 Cri, Crin

To separate , to distinguish, to secrete

2 Cry, Crym

Cold, ice

2 Cyst

Bladder, cyst, sac

2 Cyt

Cell

2 Dacry

Tear(from crying)

2 Dips

Thirst

2 Depan

Sickle

2 Dynam, Dyn

Power

2 Eme

To vomit

2 Erythr

Red

2 Eury(s)

Wide

2 Gastr, Gaster

Stomach, belly of a muscle