Latin & Greek Roots #1-124

lacto

milk

lamella, lamina, strata

layer

latero

side

lueko

white blood cells

luteus

yellow

lyso, lyto

split apart, break down

macro, mega

large

medi, meso

middle

meta

beyond

micro

small

morpho

form

myo, mysi

muscle

neo

new

nephro, reno

kidney

neuro

nerve

oo

egg

oculo

eye

ology

study of

oma

tumor

osteo

bone

ot

ear

oxy

oxygen

para

beside

papillae

taste buds, bumps on tongue

pariet

wall

patho

disease

pedi

child

peri

surrounding

phago

to eat

philo

love

phobo

fear

physio

nature

pleuro

side, rib

pneumo, pulmono

lungs

poly

many

pro

before

pseudo

false, fake

quadri

four

recto, ortho

straight

sclero

hardening

scope

instrument for viewing

sept

seven

soma, somato

body

squamo

scale

stasi, stati

put, remain, stay the same

sub

under

supra

above

sym, syn

together

tachy

fast

tact, tang

touch

thermo

heat

trans

across, through

tri

three

trochlea

structure that looks like pulley

troph

nourishment

tropo

to turn

uni, mono

one

vaso

vessel

ventro

the front, abdomen

vertebro

spine

a- and an-

not, without

adeno-

gland

adip-

fatty tissue

aero-

air, oxygen

albi-

white

andro-

man

angi-

vessel

-al, -ary, and -ie

pertaining to

ante-

before

anti-

against

arthr-

joint

-ase

enzyme

athero

plaque

auto-

self

bi-

two

baro-

weight, pressure

blasto-

germination

brachi-

arm

brady-

slow

carcino

cancer

cardi-

heart

cauda-

tail

cephalo-

head

cervi-

neck, narrow part

chondro-

cartilage

clast-

to break

co-

together

contra-

against

corpo-

body

costa-

ribs or side of body

cutane-, cuti-, and dermi-

skin

cyto-

cell

demi, hemi, and semi

half

dorsi-

back

dys-

bad, painful, difficult

ecto- and exo-

outside

encephalo-

brain

endo-

within, inner

epi-

above, upon

eryth-, erythro-

red