Greek

anthropo-

The Greek root word anthrop means “human.”

anti-

meant “against” or “opposite

aristo-

meaning "best," also best of its kind, noblest, bravest, most virtuous"

astro-

"star"

auto-

auto- means self

baro- barophilic baroscope

combining form meaning pressure,

biblio- biblioclast

-biblio- comes from Greek, where it has the meaning book.

caco-

combining form from kakós bad, of poor quality, worthless, low-born, unsightly, cacophony

calis-; kaleido-

meaning. beautiful, meaning form

chiro-

The lesser-known root chir, or chiro-, comes from a Greek word meaning "hand" chiropterophilous

chole-; cholo- cholagogue

a combining form meaning “bile,” “gall,” cholelithiasis

cymo-

a combining form meaning “wave,” cymoscope

-dactyl; dactylo-

Prefix or suffix denoting the digits (fingers or toes),

demo-

from Greek, where it has the meaning people, population.

en-; em-

a prefix meaning within, in

encephalo-

a combining form meaning brain,

ergo-; -ergy; -ergic

meaning "work"

gamo-; -gamy; -gamic; -gamous

combining form meaning joined, united

hydro-; hydato-

water

ideo-

indicating idea or ideas ideologue

lepido-; -lepis

scale

morpho-; -morph-morphy; -morphic; -morphous

combining form meaning form, structure,

philo-; -phile; -philia

loving

-philic; -philous

love for, tendency toward or excessive appetite or craving for

acr-;  acro- acrocyanosis

-acro- comes from Greek, where it has the meaning "high. '

aer-;  aero-

air or referring to the lower atmosphere.

amphi-

meaning "both; on two sides''.

ana-

means “up,” “against,” “back,” “re-”

andro-  

"male; man. ''

anemo-

“wind”).

angio-

container, primarily for blood

antho-

“flower”.

batho-

“depth,”

bathy-

“deep”).

bio-

'life. ' 

cardio-

“heart”).

carp-  (-carpous)

fruit.

chrono-

“time”).

cyano-

“dark blue”).

derma-; dermo-

"to split, flay, peel,"

dermato-

skin.

glyph;  glypt

I carve, engrave”).

gyneco-;  gyno-

"woman, female," 

mega-;  megalo-

Large great grand

mono-

one

nomo-  (-nomy)

custom,law

pter-;  ptero-

wing,feather

xanth-;  xantho-

Relating to yellow

zoa-;  zoo-

animals

-agogue:

“leader, bringer,”

-algia  (-algic):

pain.

-archy  (-arch):

“rule,” “government,”

-bathy  (-bathic):

"deep,"

-biosis  (-biotic):

“mode of life,”

-blast:

"shoot, bud, embryo, germ"

-carpous  (-carp; -carpic):

“fruited,”

-chrome  (-chromous; -chromic):

"color." 

-clast  (-clasm):

“to break”).

-crat  (-cracy):

“rule,” “rule by.” 

-drome (-dromous):

meaning “running,” “course,” “racecourse”

-ectomy:

"act of cutting out" surgical usually from body.

-emic (-emia; hemo-)

blood

-ergy (-ergic):

“work”).

-gamy (-gamous; -gamic):

“marriage,” “union,” “fertilization, pollination,”

-geny (-genic; -genous; -genetic):

generation, origin, production.

-gnostic (-gnosis; -gnomy):

knowledge.

-glot:

"tongue. '

-glyph (-glyphic):

"to carve." 

-gram:

"what is written. ''

-graph (-graphy; -grapher):

To compare

-gyny (-gynous; -gynic):

"wife; woman. ''

-iatry (-iatrist):

"healing; the medical practice of'

-ic: 

pertaining to; meaning “relating to”

-ician: 

specialist in

-ism (-ist):

form action nouns from verbs

-itis; (-itic):

meaning inflammation.

-kinesis (-kinesic; -kinetic):

"physical movement, muscular action,"

-lexia (-lexic; -lalia):

reading or language

-latry (-later):

“worship”

-lepsy (-lepsia; -leptic):

meaning “seizure,”

-lite (-lyte):

"stone"

-lith (-lithic; litho-):

meaning "stone. ''

-logy (-logic; logos):

log means 'word,' 'study (of). 

-lysis (-lyst; -lyze; -lytic; -lytical):

"to unfasten, loose, loosen, untie" 

-machy:

“battle, fight; dispute”)

-mania (-manic; -maniac):

, “madness”).

-mancy:

meaning “divination,”

-meter (-metry; -metric)

“measure”

-mnesia (-mnesic):

"to remember"

-morph (-morphy; -morphic; -morphous):

meaning "form; shape. '

-nomy (-nomic):

“distribution,” “arrangement,” “management,”

-odont (-odon; -odus; -odonty):

"having teeth of a (specified) nature,"

-oid:

meaning "like, like that of, thing like a ______,"

-ology (-ologist; -ologic):

the study of.

-oma:

meaning a swelling or tumor.

-onym (-onymic; -onymous; onomato-)

meaning "name. ''

-opia (-ope; -opsia):

a condition of sight or of the visual organs

-orexis (-orexic):

“I reach, stretch”).

-osis (-otic):

“state, abnormal condition, or action”),

-path (-pathy; -pathic):

"feel" or "suffer."

-phagia (-phagic; -phagous; -phage):

eating, ingestion, devouring.

-phany (-phane):

“ appearance,” “manifestation”

-phile (-philia; -philic; -philous):

“dear, beloved”

-phobia (-phobe; -phobic):

"fear." 

-phony (-phone; -phonic):

speech disorder of a (specified) type, sound

-phore:

“to bear, to carry”).

-phrenia (-phrenic):

“mind”)

-phyll (-phyllic; -phyllous):

leaves or leaf structures.

-phyte:

“plant”).

-plasty:

"act or process of forming," also "plastic surgery"

-plegia (-plegic; -plegy):

seizure or stroke

-pod (-podia; -pus; -pous):

“foot.”

-polis:

"city. ''

-potamus (potamo-):

river or stream; 

-praxia (-practics):

action.

-rrhage (-rrhagia; rrhagic):

means to bleed excessively

-rrhea (-rrh; -rrhexic):

“flow, flux”).

-saur (-saurus):

“lizard, reptile”)

-scope (-scopy; -scopic):

meaning "see. ''

-sophy (-sophist; -sophic):

“knowledge, wisdom”).

-stat (-static):

"stand; remain. 

-sthenic (-stenia):

in pathology, "strong, robust, characterized by energy of function,"

-tomy (-tome):

a combining form meaning “cutting, incision” of an organ, “excision” of an object, 

-trophy:

refer to nourishment, nutrient material, or the acquisition of nourishment.

adreno-  

the name of a ductless gland above the kidney, is composed of near, and a root, which means kidney

agro-; agrosto-

meaning “field,” “soil,” “crop production,”

allo-

meaning “other,”

cata-

meaning “down,” “against,” “back,”

chromato-

means color

crypt; crypto-

“hidden, concealed, private, secret cryptonym

dich-; dicho-

: in two : apart.

dys-

diseased, abnormal, or faulty

ex-; exo-

mean “out.” 

hepato-

prefix denoting the liver.

holo-

meaning “whole,” “entire,”

onto-

“being,”

para-

alongside of, beside, near, resembling, beyond, apart from, and abnormal.

patro-

father.”

phobo-; -phobe; -phobia

“panic fear” 

psycho-

mind

pyre; pyro- pyreto-

fire

sarco-

flesh

stereo-; -sterol

Three-dimensional solid

sym-; syn-

with

-tome; -tomy

cut

zygo-

yoke