MASH BIOLOGY
Root Words – Vocabulary
Root (source) – Meaning
a / an – no; not
amphi – both; doubly
angio – vessel
anti – against
antho – flower
aqua – water
arche – ancient
arthro – jointed
auto – self
bi – two; both
bio – life; living
-blast – cell; bud
cardi - heart
cephalo – head
chlor – green
chondro - cartilage
chromo – color
-clast – broken
cleav - divide
crypto - hidden
coel – space
cyte / cyto – cell
derm / dermat – skin
di – double; two
dors - back
dys – bad
echino – spiny
ecto - outside
endo – inside
epi – surface (upon)
erythro – red
eu – true
exo – outer; external
fera – to bear; to carry
flagel – whip
gastr – stomach; belly
-genesis / genic – origin
glom – little ball
glyc - sweet
gram – something written
hema / hemo – blood
hemi – almost; half
herba – grass
hepat – liver
hetero – different
holo – whole; entire
homo – same; human
homeo - same
hydro - water
hyper – greater
hypo – lesser
inter – between
intra – within
itis – inflammation
karyo – nucleus; kernel
leuko / leuco – white
logos / logy – the study of
-logy – study of
lip - fat
lys / lysis – destruction
mega – big; large
mero – around; encircling
meso – middle; in between
meta - change
micro – small
mono – one; single
morphe – form; shape
moto - moving
mut - change
myco – fungus
myo – muscle
neuro – nerve
nephr – kidney
nutria - nourish
oo – beginning; egg
olfact – to smell
-osis – increase in production
osteo / oss – bone
ovum – egg
para – beside; near
penta – five
peri – around
phag – to eat
phora – to bear; to carry
photo – light
phyl – leaf
phyta / phyte – plant
pino – to drink
platy – flat
pleur - membrane
pod / ped – foot
poly – many; more than one
post – after; behind
pro – before; in front of
ptero – wing; fin; frond
pylor - gatekeeper
rhodo – red
sacchar - sugar
semi – half
sens - feeling
-soma / som – body
stasis – standing still
strat - layer
sub / sup -= above; upper
syn – together
systole - contraction
tetra – four
tox - poison
trans – across
troph – to feed or to eat
-trophic - infuencing
tri – three
tympan - drum
uni / unis – one
ventr – belly or stomach
vill - hair
xeros – dry
zo / zoa – animal
zym - ferment