Root Words INFRA - ZYM

INFRA

under, below

INTER

between

INTRA

within

ISO

equal

-ITIS

inflammation

LEUKO

white

LIPOS

fat

LOGY

to study

LYSIS

dissolution

-LYT

dissolvable

LYTIC

destroy, reduce

MAL

bad

MALACIA

softening

MEGALY

enlargement

META

change

MYO

muscle

NEPHRO

kidney

NEURO

nerve

OID

resembling

OMA

tumor, mass

OSTEO

bone

OSTOMY

creation of an artificial opening

PARA

beside, around

PARESIS

slight paralysis

PARIET

wall

PATHY

diseased

PENIA

abnormal reduction in number

PERI-

surrounding

PHAGY

to eat or consume

PHILO, PHIL

loving

PHLEB

vein

PHOBE

fear

PHYSIS

growth

PLEUR

rib

PNEUM

wind, air

POIESIS

formation

POLY

many

PORT

to carry

POST

after

PSEUDO

to deceive, false

PTOSIS

drooping, falling

SQUAM

scale

SACCHAR-

sugar

SANDS

teacher / king

SOMA

body

STASIS-

standing still

STRAT

layer

SYN-

together

TEND, TENS

to stretch

TOMY

to cut

ZYM

to ferment

OLFACT

smell

PLEGIA

paralysis