Marieb Root Words | 3

orb-

circular

ortho-

straight, direct

osteo-

bone

oto-

ear

ov-, ovi-

egg

oxy-

oxygen

pan-

all, universal

papill-

nipple

para-

beside, near, beyond

pariet-

a wall

pect-, pectus

breast

pelv-

a basin

peni-

a tail

pep-, peps-, pept-

digest

peri-

around

phago-

eat

phleb-

vein

pia-

tender

pin-, pino-

drink

pleur-

side, rib

plex-, plexus

net, network

pnuemo-

lungs, air, wind

pod-

foot

poly-

multiple

post-

after, behind

pre-, pro-

ahead, before

procto-

rectum

psuedo-

false

psycho-

mind, psyche

pulmo-

lung

pyo-

pus

quad-, quadr-

four

re-

back, again

rect-

straight

ren-

kidney

retro-

backward, behind

ruga-

fold, wrinkle

sagitt-

arrow

sarco-

flesh

sclero-

hard

semi-

half

septo-

a fence

serrat-

saw

sinu-

a hollow

soma-

body

splanchn-

viscera

squam-

scale, flat

steno-

narrow

stroma

spread out

sub-

below, under

super-

above, over

supra-

above, over, beyond

sym-, syn-

together, with

synerg-

work together

tachy-

rapid

telo-

the end, complete

templ-, tempo-

time

teres

round

therm-

heat

tissue

woven

toxic-

poison

trab-

beam, timber

trans-

across, through

tri-

three

troph-

nourish

tuber-

swelling

vas-

a vessel, duct

venter-, ventr-

belly

villus-

shaggy hair

viscero-

organs of the body