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Anatomical Words and Word Roots (Greek & Latin) a - azyg A a(n)- without ab- away from

Anatomical Words and Word Roots (Greek & Latin) a - azyg A a(n)- without ab- away from abduc- lead from acanth- prickle acer- without horns acetabul- vinegar cup aceto- acid achille =vulnerable acin- cluster of grapes acri- acrid, sharp acro- summit, top acous =hear, heard

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Anatomical Words and Word Roots (Greek & Latin) a - azyg A a(n)- without ab- away from

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  1. Anatomical Words and Word Roots (Greek & Latin) • a - azyg • A • a(n)- without • ab- away from • abduc- lead from • acanth- prickle • acer- without horns • acetabul- vinegar cup • aceto- acid • achille =vulnerable • acin- cluster of grapes • acri- acrid, sharp • acro- summit, top • acous =hear, heard • acrom =tip, pt of shoulder • blade • actin- ray • acust- of hearing • ad- towards • aden - gland • adipo- fat • adventit- coming to • aegopod- goat-foot • aeol = shifting, quick moving • aestiv- summer • affer- carrying to • agrest- rural, wild • agro(st)- field • al(i)- wing • alb- white • allant- sausage • allium garlic • alopec- fox • altissim- tall • alve- pit, socket • ambly- blunt • ambul- walk • ammo- sand • amnio- fetal envelope • amoeb- change • amphi- both • amplex- clasping • ampulla- flask • amygdala- almond shaped organ • amyl- starch • an- without • ana- up, back, again • anatol- east • anchus- bend, bay • anconeus =elbow • andr- male • anemo- wind • aneurysm =widening • angi- vessel • angina =choked, quinzy • angul- angle • angusti- narrow • ankylo- stiff jointed • annu- annual • anomo- lawless, irregular • anser- geese • ante- before • antho- flower • anthro- human • anti- against, opposite • antr- cave • anu =ring • apo- separate, from • append = hang to • aqua- water • aqueduct = water canal • aguilin- eagle-beaked • arach- spider • arbor- tree • arc- arch • arch(ae/i)- ancient • arct(i/o)- north, bear • are- space • areni- sandy • arg(en/lyr)- silver • arrector =upright • arthro- joint • artic- jointed • artio- even-numbered • aryten =ladle, pitcher • arundin- reed-like • asc- sac • asper- rough • aspid- shield • asthma =pant, gasp • ast(e)r- star • astrag- dice (originally a knuckle bone) • ater, atra- black • Atlas= giant supported the world on his shoulders • atr(ium)- vestibule • auscult =to listen • aur- ear, gold • auricle =ear • austral- southern • auto- self • aux- grow • avi- bird • axi- axis • axilla- = armpit • azyg- unpaired, unmarried

  2. baca - bursa B baca- small berry baccatus- berried baena- walking balan- acorn barb- beard basi / basil - at the bottom, base / royal bat(is) skate, ray bdella- sucker bell- pretty bi- two bi(ola)- life blast- germ bore- north botry- small bunch of grapes bov- ox brachi- arm brachy- short brady- slow branch- gill brevi- short brizo- to nod bromo- oats, broom, shadow bronch- windpipe brunne = brawn bucca- mouth cavity bulb = a bulb bulbos- bulbous bulla- bubble, flask bullat- wrinkled buno- hill bursa- a hide; purse, pouch

  3. caduci - cyst C caduci- temporary caec- blind caespit- tufted calat =inserted calam- reed, aspen calc- stone calcan =heel calli- beautiful callo = harden callos callous callosum =harden calor- heat calyx cup, chalice camp- field cani- dog cannula = reed cap(it)- head capill- hair capit =head card- heart carin- keel cam- flesh capsul = a little box carcin - cancer carotid- producing stupor carn =flesh cartilag = gristle carp- seed, wrist caruncl =bit of flesh cary- nut cata- down cauda- tail cav- hollow cavern = a cave, chamber cec = blind cecum =blind -cele = hernia celi =abdominal centi- hundred ceph(al)- head cera(s)(t)- horn cerc- horns, lobes, short tail cerebro- brain cerumen = wax cerv- neck chaet- bristle chamae- on ground chel- turtle cheno- goose chiasm- cross,crossing chias =crossing chil- lip chlamy- outer garment chlor- green choan- funnel chole - bile chondr- cartilage chor =chorus, dance, place chord- cord chorion, choroid = membrane chrom- colour chrys- golden chyl- fluid chym- juice cili- eyelash cilia =hair ciner- ashen, grey cipit- head circum- around cirr- tentacle cistern = reservior or well clad- branch clast- broken clav- key cleid- key cleithr- bar, key clin- bed, recline cloaca sewer clito =closed coccus berry, grain cochl- snail, shell coel- hollow coit = coming together col(on) large intestine coll- neck colli =hill collat- borne together columella little column colp = vagina com- with commis- united, sent out communis- colonial commutat- changed compact- compact compress- flattened con- with conch- shell condyl- knuckle conjunctivum = join cono- cone contra- opposite convolvo- to entwine convolution = a turn, a folding copro- dung corb- basket cord- heart colo = colon; a limb; maimed commis = united con = with, together condyle =knuckle, knob cora =crow, raven corn- horn, horny coron- crown corp- body corpusc = a little body cort- bark cost- rib cotyl- cup cox = hip crani- skull crass- thick cremaster =suspender crep- shoe cribi- sieve cric- ring, circle crispus curled crist- crest crosso- fringe, tassel cru(rals)- shank cruci- cross-like crus = the leg, shank crypt- hidden, concealed cten- comb cubitus - elbow, forearm cum = a wave cumul = a heap, mass, stalk cune-wedge curv = curved cusp- lance, point cuti- skin cyan- blue cycl- circular cyno- dog cyst- bladder, sac capsule, cyt- cell

  4. dactyl - furc D dactyl- finger dasy- shaggy deci- ten decid- falling off decuss- crossing banding deka- ten delph- uterus, womb delphis- dolphin demi- half dendr- tree dent- tooth derm- skin dero- persisting desmo- band deut- second dextro- right di(a)- two dia- through didym- twin digit- finger dino- terrible disc = a round plate dist = stand apart, be distant drom- quick running dubi- doubtful duc = lead dulci- sweet duo- two duoden = twelve each dur- hard E echino- spiny exo- outside echis- viper extens- draw out eco- house extra- beyond ecto- outside extern = outside, outer - ectomy = removal extrins- coming from effer- carrying away effusus- loosely spreading ejacul- throw out elasmo- plate, flat elat- tall -ell- diminutive embio- living emia = blood embol- thrown in endo- inside within, inner engy- narrow ensi- sword entolenter- inside eo- dawn, east epi- upon epiplo = a thin membrane equi- horse, equal erect- upright erythr- red esculent- edible eso = within, inward ethm- sieve eu- well, very eury- wide ex- out of exiguus- slender F falx- sickle-shaped fallax- false fasc(ic)- bundle, a band fatuus- foolish, useless feli- cat fem =thigh fer- carry ficar- fig-like fil- thread fili = a son or daughter fimbri = a fringe, fibers fistul- hollow, tube flacc- flabby flatu =wind, blow, breeze, fan flav- yellow flexu- wavy,winding flocculus- lock of wool fluitans- floating foen- hay foetid- foul smelling foli- leaf fontan- fountain foramen- opening forn- an arch, vault, a brothel fossa =ditch, trench fovea- pit, shallow round depression fren =bridle fruticans- shrubby fund- a sling, bottom, to pour fung = fung furc(ul)- fork

  5. gal - hystero G gal- milk gale- weasel gall- galli=chicken, cock, of France gangli- knot on a string gano- shining gast(e)r- stomach, belly gemin- twins gemm- bud genu- knee, joint genicul=elbow, knee genit= beget - genic = source, origin ger = bear, carry gera = old man geranium- crane gerro- shield glab=smooth glans =acorn gladi- sword glen- pit, socket glia- glue glom(er)- ball of yarn; a ball glo(ss/tt)- tongue glut- rump gl(uly)c- sweet glypt- carved, engraved gnaph- wool gnath- jaw goni- angle gono- seed gracil- slender HZ haem- blood hagi = sacred hal- salty hallu(x/ci)- big toe, great toe ham =hook, hooked haplo- single, simple hasta(t)- spear-tip shape haust = draw up, suck hect- hundred heira- hawk helios- sun helminth- worm helo- wart hem = blood hemi- half hepa(r/t)- liver hepta- seven hetero- different hex- six hibem- winter hilus -um = depression or pit hippo- horse hirsut- hairy hispid- bristly hist = tissue, web histri- actor holo- complete, whole homo- man, same homal- flat hormon- that which excites hortens- of gardens humus- ground gram- of grass gymn- naked gyn- woman gyr- turning humer = shoulder hyal- glassy, glass, transparent hydr- water hyemal- winter hymen =marriage, membrane hyo- U-shaped hyper- above hypo- beneath hyoid =under, beneath, u shaped hystero- uterus

  6. icthy - lysis I ichthy- fish -ida- like -idae- ending of zoological family names ileum- twisted , roll ilia = the flank impar- unequal, unpaired in- in, not -in- diminutive incarnat- flesh coloured infarct =filled in, stuffed incis- cutting in incus- anvil inermis- unarmed inflexis- rigid infra- under low/underneath infundibul = funnel insular = island inter- between intra- within iod- violet -iola- diminutive iris- rainbow ischi =hip iso- equal iter- passage - it is = inflammation J jugul =yoke, throat, collarbone jug- yoked together jungoljunc- to bind juxta = near to K ket- ketone kilo- thousand L labi- lips labyrinth- tortuous passage lacer- mangle, torn lacrim- tears lacr=tears, weep lact- milk lacuna- space laevo- left lagena- flask lambdoidal=like the letter lambda lamella- leaf, layer lan(at)- wool lanceol(at)- lance-shaped laryn= the gullet, larynx lata =beaver; a drop of wine lati- wide lecith- egg yolk lemm- sheath, peel, husk lens- lentil, bean leo(n)- lion lepid- scale lepto- slender leuc- white leva= raise, lift up levator- lifter lign- wood ligul- strap-shaped lin- line lingu- tongue lith- stone liv = ashen, bluish log(y)- discourse loph- crest luci=clear, light lumen- cavity luna- moon lupus wolf lute- yellow mud-colored lymph- clear water lysis- loosen

  7. macr - nutans M macr- large macula- spot magn- great, large maj- larger, greater mala- cheek malle- hammer, mallet mamma- breast mandib- lower jaw manubrium = handle manu- hand maritim- of the sea marsupium- pouch masseter- chewer mast- breast, nipple mat(e)ri- mother matu = ripe, ripen maxi- large maxill- jaw maxim- greatest meatus- passage medi- medium, middle medull- marrow, pith mega- large - megaly = enlarged mel(l)i- honey melan- black menin(x,g)- membrane menisci =crescent meno- moon mer- part meso- middle meta- after metr = measure; uterus, womb micro- small milli- thousand min- smaller minim- smallest mirabile- wonderful miss- sent mito- thread mitr=cap, turban mixi- mingle moll- soft monil- string of beads mono- one montan- of mountains morph- form motor- mover multi- many mural- walls muri- mouse myo- muscle, mouse myri- countless mysi =closing of lips / eyes myx- mucous myz- sucker N na(rls)- nose navicul =a little ship necro- dead necto- swimming nema- hair nemoral- in woods neo- new nephr- kidney neur- nerve nictitat- winking nigr- black non- not nona- nine noth- spurious notho- southern noto- back, south nu(clx)- nut nuero = sinew, cord nuch- back of neck nucle- little nut nud- naked nulli- none nutans- nodding

  8. obtect - porta O obtect- concealed obturat- closed, stop up obtusi- blunt occiden- Western occip- back of head oct- eight odont- tooth odor- fragrant oecious- house of oed- swollen oen- wine oesoph- gullet officinal- used in medicine -oid- like olecran- elbow oleo- oily olfact- smelling oligo- few oliva- olive - oma = tumor omaso- paunch oment- fat skin omm- eye omo- shoulder, unripen omphalo- navel onto- existing onychium, =nail, claw oo- egg oophor = an ovary op(t)- eye operculum- little cover ophi- snake ophthalmo- eye opistho- behind opoter- either or- ori = the mouth, a mountain orbi- circle orch- testicle oriental- Eastern ornith- bird ortho- straight - osis = disease, condition os(ti)- mouth os(s/t)- bone ostrac shell - ostomy = surgical opening ot- ear - otomy = incision ovi- sheep ovo- egg oxys, oxus- sharp, pointed P pala- = shovel/spade palae- old palat = roof of the mouth papill = nipple pallid- pale parie- wall parot = beside the ear - pathy = disease pinnat- feather-shaped pisi/um- pea pisc- fish pituit = secretion of mucus plac- plate, tablet plagio- oblique plan- flat planta =sole of foot platy- flat, broad plec(o/t)- twist, pluck plesio- near pleth- full pleur- side, rib plex- interwoven, network plica- fold plum- feather pneu(mo/st)- air, lung pod- foot pogo- beard poie = make, produce polio- grey polit- polished poll(ex)- thumb poly- many pons- bridge poplit =back of the knee porc- pig porphyr- purple port = carry, gate, door, harbor porta- gate patella- little dish patens- spreading part -birth, labour pect(or)- chest pecti- comb-like pedunc=little foot pellucid- transparent, shining through pelv = a basin pene- almost peni = penis - penia = deficiency pent- five per(i)- through, beyond peri- around peron =brooch; the fibula petr- rock, stone perineum =near the ring phag- eat phil- love phloe- tree bark phor- carry pho(s/to)- light phragm- fence phren- diaphragm, mind phyl- tribe phyll- leaf physa- bladder physio- nature phyto - plant pil- hair pinea- pine cone

  9. post - soma post- after potam- river potero- drinking cup praeco- early pratens- in meadows pre- before prepuce = conspicuous, visible prim- first pro- in front of proct- anus procumbens- lying flat profund- deep proliger- bear offspring prom- first proli = offspring prominen = projecting pron =bent forward proso- front prostat = the prostate gland prostratus- lying flat prot- first proxim = nearest prunus- plum psamma- sand pseud- false psoa = a muscle of the loin psycho- mind psuedo = false psychro- cold pter- wing, fern ptern = wing/feather/fin ptyg = folded, fold ptyal- sahva pubescens- downy scalene- uneven scaph- bowl, boat schizo- split scler- hard scop- gaze, small owl, broom, shadow scopo-, -scope = to see; look; examine scut- shield scyph- cup scrot = a pouch seba- grease, tallow, wax sect- cut segetum- in cornfields selen- moon sella- saddle, seat, stool semin = seed, sperm, semen semi- half sept- wall, fence ser(olu)- any body fluid serot- late serrat- saw-toothed sesamoid = sesame set- hair sex- six sigm = letter “S”; S - shaped simi- monkey sinu = fold; hollow; bend, wind sinus- hollow, bay sipho- tube smegm = soapy secretion sol- sun sole =sandal; a kind of fish soma- body rhabd- rod rhach- spine rhage- tear, rent rhin- nose, snout rhiz- root rhodo- red rhynch- snout -rrh- flow rode- gnaw rogos- wrinkled rostr- beak, prow rota- tum, wheel rotundum =round rub(e)r- red rug = a wrinkle, fold rumen- throat S sacchar- sugar saccul- little sac sacr- sacred sagitta- arrow sal- salt saliv = spittle salpingo - tube sanguini- bloody saphen = clear sapon- soapy sarc- flesh sativus- cultivated sartori = tailor saur- lizard scala- ladder pubi- sexually mature pulmo- lung pungens- pungent pusill- very small pygo- rump pyl- gate pyo- pus pyr = pear, fire, wheat pyro- heat, fire pyram = pyramid pyrus- pear Q quadr- four quarter- four quin(t/que)- five R rach- spine radi- a spoke, ray, radius, root ram- branch, branching ran- frog rapa- turnip raph- seam rect- straight reflex- bent back ren- kidney repens- crawling reptans- crawling retic- network retina- little net retro- behind, backward

  10. sommi - veris U uliginosus- in marshes -ul- diminutive ulo- wooly ultra- above umbilic- navel un- one unc- hook ungui- nail, claw ungul- hoof, claw urens- bum uro- tail urs- of bears uter = womb, uterus, wander - uria = urine urin = urine, dive utricle = bag utricul- little leather skin bag uv(ela)- grapes uvul = the palate, uvula V vagina- sheath Vagus, vago-, - wandering vari = change vas- vessel, duct vast =laid waste; empty vellus = wool velum- veil ven- vein ventr- belly verd- green veris- true somni- sleep specios- showy sperm- seed sphen- wedge sphinct- squeeze, strangle. closing spinos- spiny spondyl- vertebra squalid- squalid squam- scale squarros- spreading at tips stae(rlt)- fat stao (silt)- standing, place steg- covering stell- star steno- narrow stereo- solid steril- sterile stern- breastbone stom- mouth strat- layer strept- twisted strictus- upright, stiff strigos- having stiff bristles stroph- turning styl- pillar, stake, column sub- under, below sucr- sugar sulc- furrow super- beyond supin- lying back supra- above sutur- seam, groove, trench sym- with syn- with synap =falling together, a union syrin(glx)- pipe sys- with thero- breast, mammal thromb = clot thyro- large shield tinctori- of dyes torn- cut tomentos- densely woolly torpe- numb toxo- arrow, dart trab- beam trachy- rough trache = the windpipe trago- goat trans- across tract =drawn trapez- four sided, table trema- hole tremulans- trembling tret = perforated tri- three trich- hair trigon = a triangle; triangular trivialis- trivial troch- wheel trochanter =runner trochlea = pully, wheel trop- turning troph- feed tussi- cough tuber =knot, knob, swelling tubul = a little pipe tunic = a covering, cloak turc = turkish tympan = drum T tachy- fast tact- touch taenia- band, ribbon talus- ankle tapetum- carpet tard- late tarsus- ankle tect- covered tegmen- covering tel (e/o)- far, end teleo- complete temno- cut tenacul- holding tentor- spread like a tent tenuis- slender ter(ti)- three teres- round tetr- four testi = witness; a testicle textilis- of textiles thalam- chamber, inner room, bed thalass- sea theca- case, box, chest thel- nipple, female therm- heat

  11. verm - zyg verm- worm vern- spring versi- various vesic- blister vesicul = a little bladder vesper- evening, western vestibul = porch vigil - to be awake, watch vill- shaggy hair, velvet virens- green visc- organs of body cavity vita- life vitell- yolk vitr- glass voc = a voice volut = roll, turn vora- devour vulgaris- common vulp- fox X xanth- yellow xen- stranger xer- dry xiphi- sword xyl- wood Z zo- animal zon- a belt, girdle zyg- yoke

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