GreekLatinPrefixes+Definit(386).txt

a-, ab-,  	separate, apart from, away from
acro-  		extremity
ad-  		to, near, or towards
affinis  	liking, predilection
ala-  		wing
alveolar 	small cavity
amnion  	foetal membrane
amphi-  	around, double, both
ampulla  	swollen vessel
an-  		without
ana-  		according to, leading to (reinforces a meaning)
anastomosis  	communication, join
angio-  	vessel
angulum  	angle
ankylosis  	stiffening
annulus  	ring-like
anus  		posterior intestinal orifice
apo-  		from
-apsid, apsis	arch
arach-  	spider-like
arch-  		ancient, former
arrector  	erecting
atrium  	entrance space, or cavity
audio-  	hearing
auricle  	ear-like
auto-  		self (Note that autopsy is a meaningless, or at least inaccurate expression; 		necropsy is correct.)
axial  		central, at the axis
axis  		central line
bas-  		at the base
bi-  		two, double.
bios-,-biont  	living thing
-blast		cell, 	simple group of cells
-blasto-  	germ, cell, primitive organisation
brachium  	arm
brancial  	gills
bronchus  	breathing duct
buccal  	connected with the mouth cavity
bulb-  		bulbous
caecum-  	part of intestine
calyx  		husk, covering
canine-  	dog-like, or connected with a dog
caput-  	head
cardia 		heart
carno-  	connected with flesh
carpus  	wrist
cavus  		hollow
cephal-  	head, brain
cera- 		horn
-cerc		tail
cerebrum 	part of brain
cervix  	neck (generally, that of the womb)
choan-  	funnel-shaped
chondro-  	cartilage
-chondrous	cartilaginous
chord  		string, chord
chorion  	skin
chrome  	colour, hue
chromo  	coloured
chyme  		juice
cilia  		threads
ciliary  	eyelash, cilium
circum-  	around
-clast		break
cloaca  	common sexual orifice
cnem-  		lower leg
cochlea  	spiral of inner ear
coelom  	body cavity of coelomate animals (q.v.)
colon  		large gut
columella  	small column
conch-  	as an oyster shell
-condyle	knob
constrict-  	drawing together
copro-  	faeces
corium   	see chorion
corni-  	horny
coronary  	encircling, wreath-like, esp. cardiac blood vessels
cortex, 	corti-  outher layer (cf. medulla)
cosm-  		orderly arrangement, spatial design
costa-  	rib
-crania		head
cranium  	skull
cribri-  	sieve
cric-  		ring
crist-  	crest
crus, crura-  	leg-like
cten-  		comb
cune-  		wedge
cuti-  		skin
cyclo-  	circle (cyclops, one eyed)
cyst-  		bladder
cyto-, cyte  	cell
de-  		down, away from, lacking
dens  		tooth
derm  		skin
derma-  	skin (topographically, beneath 'cutis')
di-, dia-  	through, between, apart, across
digit  		finger
disc  		flat round plate
distal  	further, furthest, away from
dorsal  	back
ductor,-ducens 	leading
e-, ex-  	away from, out of
ecto-  		outer
ek-, ekto-  	outside
en-, endo-  	within, internal
enteron  	cavity
epi-  		on, upon
eryth-  	red
ethmo-  	sieve
ex-  		out of
facie-  	appearance of
-factor		making
falci-  	sickle
fasci-  	band
-ferens		carrying
fibre  		thin strand
fibril  	fine thread
filo-  		soft, fine thread.
fimbrae  	threads, or a fringe
flagellum, -a  	whip-like organelle (not flagella, -ae)
flex-  		bent
flocc-  	soft, woolly mass
follicle  	small sac
fornix  	arch, vault
fovea  		pit
front  		brow
fundus  	deep region, a rounded sac
funic  		a strand
gast-  		stomach
-gen		producing
genit-  	connected with reproductive organs
germ  		connected with cellular growth
glans  		an acorn-like protusion (e.g. Glans penis)
glen-  		socket-like
glom-  		spherical
gloss-  	tongue
-glotta		tongue
gluteo-  	hind-quarters, buttock
gnath-  	jaw
granul-  	small particles
guano  		faeces
gula-  		throat
gyro-  		turning
haem-  		blood, blood-red
hemi-  		half
hepa-  		liver
hetero-  	different, other (cf. homo-)
hippo-  	horse
histo-  	originally 'web'; now tissues or their structure
holo-  		whole, entire
homo-  		same, identical (cf. hetero-)
horm-  		stimulating
humo-  		fluid, liquid
hyal-  		translucent, wax-like
hyoid  		Y- or U-shaped
hyo-   		Y-shaped
hypo-  		beneath
-ichthys	fish
-iform	 	like
in-  		within, not, or on
incus  		anvil
infra-  	below
infundibulum  	funnel
inguin-  	groin
inter-  	between (cf. intra-)
intra-  	inside, within
iris-  		originally 'multicoloured'
ischio-  	hip
iso-  		equal
labia-  	lips
lacer-  	tearing
lacrima-  	tears (of eye)
lamina  	a thin, uniform sheet
latera-  	along the side
ledi-  		scale
-lemma		husk, covering
luteo-  	yellow
leuco-  	white
levator  	raising
ligament  	strap, originally a bandage
-lingus		tongue
lipid  		fatty material
lob-  		lobe, region
-logy		study of
lopho-  	ridge
lucid-  	clear
lumbar  	pertaining to the loins
lymph-  	body fluid
macro-  	large (cf. micro-)
macula  	mark
major  		greater
malleus  	hammer-like
mamma-  	breast
masto-  	breast
meatus  	tube, open passage
media-  	central
medulla  	core, inner region (cf. cortex)
mela-  		blackness
meninx,
meninges pl.	originally membranes, esp. of brain and spinal cord
-mere		part
meso-  		middle
meta-  		after, coming later, next in line
micro-  	very small (cf. macro-)
minor  		lesser
mono-  		single
multus-  	many
myelo  		marrow
myo-  		muscle
naris, -es  	nostrils
necros  	death
neo-  		new
nephro-  	connected with simple kidney structures
nephros  	type of kidney
neuro-  	nerve
nicti-  	connected with eyelid 'winking'
node  		knot, constriction
-nomic		named as, law
noto-  		back (ventral surface)
nucha  		connected with the nape of the neck
oblique  	slanting
oculo-  	eye
odont-  	tooth
-oid		in the form of
olfacto-  	to smell
-omos		shoulder
omphalo-  	navel
onto-  		existing organismus phenomena
opercul-  	lid, door
ophthalmo-  	eye
opistho-  	behind, retarded
optic  		visual
os-  		bone
-osteo		bones
ostium  	hole
otic  		pertaining to the ear
ovum  		egg, egg-cell
oxy-  		acidic
palaeo-  	ancient
pallium  	thin covering
-pallium	covering
palma  		palm of hand
pan-  		all, universal
papilla  	pimple
para-  		near, alongside, associated with
parie-  	wall
pecten  	hair-comb, now comb-like
pectoral  	breast
ped-  		foot
pelvis  	hip-bone
pend-  		suspended
peri-  		around
phaeo-  	brown
phag  		eat
phall-  	penis
pharynx  	throat
phil-  		affinity
-phore		bearer
photo-, 	phos-  	light
phyl-  		race, distinct types of organismus
-physis		growth
-phyte		plant
-pile		felt, mat
pinna  		flap, wing, ear member
pisi-  		pea-like
plac-  		flat plate
-plasm		fluid substance
plasm, 		plasma fluid, formless substance
-plat		flat
pleuro-  	from the side, ribs
plex-  		web, interlacing threads
pneumo-  	breath, airway
-podium		foot
poikilo- 	changeful
pons-  		brigde
por-  		opening, passageway
port-  		gateway
potamo-  	river
pous  		foot
pre-, prae-  	before
pressor-  	depressing mechanism
prim-  		first
pro-  		before, prior, for
proct-  	anus
proto-  	first
pteri-  	thin, wing, fern-like
-pterid		wing-like
pubi-  		originally mature, now connected with pubic region of body
pulmo-  	long
pyg-  		rear, posterior
pyri-  		pear
quad-  		four
rachi-  	spine-like
radi-  		as a radius
rect-  		straight
renal  		kidney
retic-  	network
retro-  	back, reverse
rheo-  		flow
rhin-  		nose
rhombo-  	as a parallelogram
rostrum  	projection
rota-  		rotating
rumin-  	to do with chewing
sac-  		bag
sagitt- 	arrow
sarc-  		flesh
scal-  		scale
sclera-  	hard, dry
sebum  		grease
selen-  	moon
sem-  		pertaining to male reproductive cells
sept-  		partition
sinus  		duct
soma-, -some  	body, bodily
sperm-  	see sem-; also seed
sphen-  	wedge
sphinct-  	circular clasping
spina  		spine
spirac-  	breathing vent
splanchn-  	visceral
-spondyle	back-bone figure
stapes  	stirrup
sternum  	chest-bone
stero-  	spatial, solid
stoma-  	opening, mouth
strat-  	layer
styl-, 		style, pillar, thin cylinder, point
sub-  		beneath
sulcus  	groove
super, ra-  	above
sym-, syn-  	together
syrinx  	tube
tab-  		as a table
tact-  		touch
tapet-  	'carpet'
tarsus  	pertaining to foot
taxis-  	movement
tect-  		roof, covering
-tegument	covering
telo-  		end, termination
temp-  		time
termin-  	ending
test-  		covering, or testicle
tetra-  	four
-thalamus	chamber
theca-  	casing, sheath
-therm		heat
thermo-  	warm
thorax  	chest
thromb-  	coagulum, clot
tome		a cut
trabec-  	strut
trachea  	windpipe
tre-, tri  	three
tribo-  	lubrication
-trichia	hair
troch-  	pulley-wheel, or similar to one
troph-  	turning, bending to, nourishment
tuber-  	a lump
tunic-  	similar to a 'vest'
turbin-  	turing, spiral
tymp-  		drumskin-like
unci-  		hook
uro-  		urine, tail
vagina  	depressed opening
valva-  	a small valve
vas  		vessel
venter, -ral  	beneath, opposite to dorsal (q.v.)
verm  		worm
vescic-  	fluid-filled bladder-like cavity
vestibul-  	entrance chamber
vibriss-  	bristle
villus  	finger-like microscopic projection
viscera-  	pertaining to abdominal organs
visu-  		sight
vitell-  	pertaining to egg
vitr-  		glass-like
vivi  		living
vomer  		ploughshare
xero-  		dry
xiphi-  	from sword (hence, sword-like)
zoo-  		animal
zygo  		yoke, fusion, paired
zygoma-  	cheek
-zyme		yeast