Greek Bases

CLAS205

tars

instep, edge of the eye

poly

many, much

phil

to love, have an affinity for

phag

to eat

ped (paed)

child

olig

few, scanty

necr

corpse, dead tissue

melan

black, dark

iatr

physician, medical treatment

hydr

water, fluid

helic, helix

spiral

gyn, gynec

female

gymn

naked, uncovered

eme

to vomit

dynam, dyn

power

clad

branch

chron

time

anthrop

man, human being

andr

man, male

amygdal

almond, tonsil

the

to put, to place

osm

smell

nephr

kidney

my, mys, myos

muscle

lex

to read

kine, cine

to move

hepat, hepar

liver

gram

thing written

graph

to write

gno

to know

gnath

jaw

ger, geront

old person, old age

esthe (aesthe)

to feel, to perceive

erg

work

enter

intestine

desm

ligament

de

to bind

dactyl

finger, toe

chrom, chro, chromat

color

anth

flower

ambly

dull

acou (acu)

to hear

phyll

leaf

phyt

plant, growth

plas (t)

to form, to mold

som, somat

body

thec (a)

case, sheath

therm

heat

tom

to cut, section

entom

insect

top

place

troph

nourishment, development

zo

animal, living being

bul, boul-

will

cardi

heart

cephal

head

encephal

brain

chondr, chondri

cartilage, granule

dem

people, country

derm, dermat

skin

gam

marriage, union

lecith

yolk

ophthalm

eye

ost(e)

bone

alg

pain

arthr

joint, speech sound, articulation

bi

life

ball, bol, ble

to throw, to put

brady

slow

crypt

hidden

drom

running, course

ge

earth

hod, od

road, way

mne

to remember

morph

form

odont

tooth

phor, pher

to bear, to go

plex

stroke

pleg

paralysis

pod, pus

foot

proct

anus, rectum

stol, stal, stle

to send, to contract

stom, stomat

mouth, opening

trop, trep

to turn, response to stimulus

ur

urine, urinary system

ure

to urinate

acr

extremity, summit

amyl

starch

bar

weight, pressure

bary

heavy

blenn

mucus

cyt

cell

dips

thirst

hist, histi

tissue

hyster

uterus, hysteria

ichthy

fish

irid, iris

iris, rainbow

isch

to suppress

lapar

abdomen

lip

fat