Word Roots
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Prefix |
Root |
Suffix |
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a- not, without an- not, without ant-/anti- against, opposite dia- through, across peri- around sym- with, together syn- with, together tri- three |
andro – man, male anthrop – mankind, man arch – first, chief, rule auto – self biblio – book bio – life bronch/o – throat, airway cardi/o – heart chron/o – time cosm – universe, harmony crac – government, rule derm – skin gen – birth, produce, race gram – write, written graph – write, written gyn/o – woman, female heli – sun hydro – water ideo – idea log/o – word, reason meso – middle metr/meter/metro – measure micro – small mono – one neo – new, recent nom – law, order onym – name, word opto – eye, vision path – feeling, disease phil/o – love, loving phob – fear phon/o – sound psycho – mind, spirit scop – look, view somat/o – body tele – from afar therm/o – heat xeno – foreign, strange |
-ac – related to, pertaining to -al – like, related to -ia - condition -ic – like, related to -ion – state, condition, action -itis – inflammation -ology – study of, science of -sis – action, process -y – state, quality, act |