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A, AN ..................WITHOUT
AB.......................AWAY, OFF
AC, AD ................TO, TOWARD
ALB .....................WHITE
ANDRO ...............MALE
AERO ..................AIR
AMEB .................CHANGE
AMPHI ................ON BOTH SIDES
ANTHO, ANTH ....CASE, CAPSULE
ANTHROPO .........MAN, HUMAN
ANTI ...................AGAINST
ARTHRO ..............JOINT
ASE .....................ENZYME
ASTER .................STAR
ATMO .................BREATH
AUTO ..................SELF
BI ........................TWO
BIO .....................LIFE
BLAST .................EMBRYO
BRY .....................GROW
CAUDAL ..............TAIL
CALORI ...............HEAT
CAPILLI ...............HAIR
CARDI .................HEART
CARNI .................FLESH
CARPAL ...............WRIST
CENTI ..................ONE HUNDREDTH
CEPHALO ............HEAD, SKULL, BRAIN
CEREBRO ............BRAIN
CERVICAL ............NECK
CHEMO ...............CHEMICAL
CHROMO ............COLOR
CIDE ....................KILL
CO ......................TOGETHER, WITH, JOINT
COCCO................BERRY, GRAIN
COEL ...................HOLLOW, CAVITY
CORP ..................BODY
CRANIO ..............BRAIN
CUTI....................SKIN
CYTO...................CELL
CEPHALO ............HEAD
CERVIC ................NECK
CHLORO..............GREEN
CYANO ................DARK BLUE
CYCLO .................ROUND
CYST ...................BLADDER, POUCH
DACTY ................FINGER
DEMO .................PEOPLE
DE .......................DOWN, AWAY, FROM
DERM .................SKIN
DI........................TWO
DIPLO .................DOUBLE
DENT, DONT .......TOOTH
E, EX, EC..............OUT
ECHINO...............SPINY, PRICKLY
ECO ....................HOUSE
ECTO...................OUTSIDE
ECTOMY .............REMOVAL
EMIA...................BLOOD
EN.......................IN
ENDO..................WITHIN
EPI ......................ON, OVER
ECHINO...............SPINY
ERYTHRO ............RED
ERGO ..................WORK
EXO.....................OUTSIDE
EXTRA .................BEYOND
FER .....................TO CARRY
FOLLI ..................BAG
FRACT, FRAG, FRAI ..BREAK
GANGLIO ............KNOT
GASTRO ..............STOMACH
GEN ....................CREATED
GLUCO, GLYCO ...SUGAR
GONO .................SEED
GEO ....................EARTH
GRAPHO .............WRITE
GYMNO ..............NAKED
GYN ....................WOMAN
80. GEST ...................TO CARRY
81. GLUCO ................SUGAR
82. GROSS ................HEAVY
83. HECT ...................ONE HUNDRED
84. HEMO .................BLOOD
85. HAPLO ................SINGLE
86. HEPATO ..............LIVER
87. HETERO ..............OTHER, DIFFERENT
88. HIBERNA .............WINTER
89. HIST ....................TISSUE
90. HOLO ..................WHOLE
91. HOMO ................SIMILAR, MAN
92. HORMONO .........EXCITE
93. HYDRO................WATER
94. HYMNO ..............SLEEP
95. HYPER .................OVER, ABOVE
96. HYPO ..................UNDER, BELOW
97. HELMINTH ..........WORM
98. IN........................NOT, WITHOUT
99. INFRA .................BELOW
100. INTER ..................BETWEEN
101. INTRA .................WITHIN
102. ICHTHYO .............FISH
103. ISM .....................DOCTRINE, BELIEF
104. ISO......................EQUAL
105. IST ......................DEALER, DOER
106. ITIS .....................INFLAMED
107. KILO ....................ONE THOUSAND
108. KINESIS ...............MOTION
109. LACRO ................TEAR
110. LATERO ...............SIDE
111. LIPO ....................FAT
112. LOCO ..................PLACE
113. LOGY ..................STUDY OF
114. LYSIS ...................DISSOLVE
115. MACRO ...............LARGE
116. MEGA .................LARGE
117. MERE ..................PART
118. MESO .................MIDDLE
119. META ..................AFTER
120. METER ................MEASURE
121. MICRO ................SMALL
122. MILLI ..................ONE THOUSANDTH
123. MONO ................ONE
124. MOR, MORT .......DEATH
125. MORPH...............FORM
126. MULTI .................MANY, MUCH
127. MYCO .................FUNGI
128. NEPHRO .............KIDNEY
129. NEURO ...............NERVE
130. NOCTI .................NIGHT
131. NOTO .................BACK
132. NOMY .................LAW
133. NON ...................NOT
134. NUCLEO ..............NUT
135. OCTO ..................EIGHT
136. OID .....................RESEMBLING, LIKE
137. OLIGO .................FEW
138. OMNI ..................ALL
139. OSTEO ................BONE
140. OTO ....................EAR
141. ORAL ..................MOUTH
142. OSE (1)................SUGAR/CARBOHYDRATE
143. OSE/OUS (2) .......FULL OF
144. OVA, OO .............EGG
145. PARA ..................BESIDE
146. PALEO.................OLD
147. PED, POD ............FOOT
148. PENT ...................FIVE
149. PERI ....................AROUND
150. PHAGE ................EATING
151. PHOBIA, PHOBOS ...FEAR
152. PHONO ...............SOUND
153. PHOTO................LIGHT
154. PHRAGM ............BARRIER
155. PHYTO ................PLANT
156. PHYLL .................LEAF
157. PLASM ................FLUID
158. PLAST .................BODY
159. POLY ...................MANY
160. POST ...................BEHIND, AFTER
161. PRE, PRO ............BEFORE
162. PROTO ................FIRST
163. PSEUDO ..............FALSE
164. PORO ..................PASSAGE
165. PULMO ...............LUNG
166. RADIA .................WHEEL
167. RE .......................AGAIN
168. RENAL .................KIDNEY
169. RHIZO .................ROOT
170. SCLERO ...............HARD
171. SCI, SCIENTIA ......KNOW
172. SCHIZO ...............SPLIT
173. SEMI ...................HALF
174. SOMATO .............BODY
175. SPERM ................SEED
176. SPIRA ..................BREATH
177. SPORO ................SEED
178. STASIS.................BALANCE
179. STOMA ...............MOUTH
180. SUB.....................UNDER
181. SYN, SYM ............WITH
182. TAXO ..................ARRANGEMENT
183. TELO ...................END
184. TENDO ................STRETCHING
185. TETRA .................FOUR
186. THERAPIA ...........NURSING
187. THERM ...............HEAT
188. TRANS ................ACROSS
189. TROPHO .............NUTRITION
190. THORACIC ...........CHEST
191. TRI ......................THREE
192. ULTRA .................BEYOND
193. UNI .....................ONE
194. VACCI .................COW
195. VASO ..................VESSEL
196. VENTRAL ............BELLY
197. VERT, VORT ........TURN
198. VIS, VID...............SEE
199. VIV, VITA, VIVI ....ALIVE, LIFE
200. VORE ..................EAT
201. XANTHO .............YELLOW
202. ZOO ....................ANIMAL
203. ZYGO ..................PAIR