Greek Bases Flashcards by Lillian Thurber

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acou-, acu-

A

to hear

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bal- ball-, bol-, ble-

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to throw, to put

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bar-, bary-

A

weight, pressure, heavy

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bi-

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life

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card- cardi-

A

heart

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chondr-

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cartilage, granule

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crani-

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cranium

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cri-, crin-

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to separate, to secrete

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cyt-

A

cell

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eme-, emet-

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to vomit

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gam-

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marriage

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gen-, gene-, gon-

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to be produced, seed

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hidro-

A

sweat

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morph-

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form, shape

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neur-

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nerve, tendon

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pep-, peps-, pept-

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to digest

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pha-

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to say

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plex-, pleg-

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stroke, blow, paralysis

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pseudo

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false

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rhythm-

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rhythm

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sep-

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rotten

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than-, thana-, thanat-

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death

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therm-

A

heat

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the-

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to put, to place

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top-

place

phyll-

leaf

encephal-

brain

thalam-

chamber, room

troph-

nourishment

cepahl-

head

hap-, hapt

to grasp, to fasten

sta-

to stand, stop

thyr-

shield

nephr-

kidney

phyt-

plant, growth

ton-

stretching, tension

blast-

embryonic cell

gaster-, gastr-

stomach

plas-, plast-

to form, to mold

scop-

to look at, to view

hydr-

water, fluid

tox-

poison

alg-

pain

phy-

to grow

stal-, stol-, -stle

to send, to contract

derm-, dermat-

skin

chro-, chrom-, chromat-

color

od-

road

tom-

to cut

gno-

to know

path-

disease, suffering, feeling

arch-, arche-

ancient, beginning

crypt-

hidden

cycl-

circle, wheel

dactyl-

finger, toe

gon-, goni-

angle

graph-, -gram

to write, thing written

hedr-

seat, plane

kary- (cary-)

nucleus

lith-

stone

man-, mani-

madness

mer-

part

mes-

middle

metr-, -meter

meter, measure

odont-

tooth

op-, opt-

eye, sight

organ-

instrument, organ

ox-, oxy-

sharp, quick

phag-

to eat

phil-

to love, to have an affinity for

phor-, pher-

to bear, to carry

pod-, -pus

foot

pto-

to fall

typ-

imprint, form

aden-

gland

aer-

air, gas

agon-

to compete, to strive

andr-

man, male

anthrop-

human being

asthm-, asthmat-

short breath, panting

aster-, astr-

star

botan-

herb, plant

carp-

wrist

cau-, caus-, cauter-

to burn

cleid-

clavicle

cyst-

bladder, sac

ge-

earth

ger-, geront-

old person, old age

gyn-, gyne-, gynec-

woman, female

kine-

to move

lep-

to seize

mast-

breast

nasue-

sea sickness

ped-

child, instruction

rhe-, -rrhea, rheum-, rheumat-

to flow, flowing, discharge

som-, somat-

body

spir-

coil

sthen-

strength

thorac-

chest

typh-

stupor

zo-

animal

arachn-

spider

arter-, arteri-

artery

arthr-

joint

bronch-, bronchi-

air tube

carcin-

cancer

ede-, (oede-)

to swell

eury-, eruys, eurys-

wide

hepar-, hepat-

liver

hypn-

sleep

hyster-

uterus

laryng-

larynx

mne-

to remember

myel-

spinal cord, marrow

narc-

stupor

phob-

to fear

pne-, -pnea, pneum-, pneumat-, pneumon-

breathing, air, gas, lung

psor-

itch

ptery-, pteryg-

wing

sarc-

flesh

schiz-, schis-, schist-

to split, to rupture

scler-

hard

sten-

narrow

tach-, tachy-

swift

trich-, -thrix

hair