Greek Bases (1-9)

arthr-

joint, speech sound, articulation

ball-, bol-, -ble

to throw, to put

brady-

slow

crypt-

hiden

drom-

running, course

ge-

earth

hod-, od-

road, way

mne-

to remember

alg-

pain

bi-

life

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

bul-, boul-

will

cardi-

heart

cephal-

head (w/ en=brain)

chrondr(i)-

cartilage, granule

dem-

people, country

derm-, dermat-

skin

gam-

marriage, union

lecith-

yolk

ophthalm-

eye

ost(e)-

bone

phyll-

leaf

phyt-

plant, growth

plas(t)-

to form, to mold

som-, somat-

body

thec(a)-

case, sheath

therm-

heat

tom-

to cut, section (w/ en=insect)

top-

place

troph-

nourishment, development

zo-

animal, living being

acou-, acu-

to hear

ambly-

dull

anth-

flower

chrom-, chromat-, chro-

color

dactyl-

finger, toes

de-

to bind

desm-

ligament

enter-

intestine

erg-

work

(a)esthe-

to feel, to percieve

ger-, geront-

old person, old age

gnath-

jaw

gno-

to know

graph-

to write

\-gram

thing writtedh

hepat-, hepar-

liver

kine-, cine-

to move

lex-

to read

my-, mys-, myos-

muscle

nephr-

kidney

osm-

smellth

e-

to put, to place

amygdal-

almond, tonsil

andr-

man, male

anthrop-

man, human being

chron-

time

clad-

branch

dynam-, dyn-

powerem

eme-

to vomit

gymn-

naked, uncoveredgy

gyn(e)-, gyn(a)ec-

female

helic-, helix-

spiral

hydr-

water, fluid

iatr-

physician, medical treatment

melan-

black, dark

necr-

corpse, dead tissue

olig-

few, scanty

p(a)ed-

child

\-pedia

instruction

phag-

to eat

phil-

to love, to have an affinity for

poly-

any, much

tars-

instep, edge of the eye

acr-

extremity, summit

amyl-

starch

bar-

weight, pressure

ry-

heavy

blenn-

mucus

cyt-

cell

dips-

thirst

drepan-

sickle

erythr-

red

glyc-

sugar

glycos-

sugar, glucose

hist(i)-

tissue

hyster-

uterus, hysteria

ichthy-

fish

irid-, iris-

iris, rainbow

isch-

to supress