Greek Bases Flashcards

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acou, acu

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to hear

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bal, ball, bol, ble

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to throw, to put

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bar, bary

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weight, pressure, heavy

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bi

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life

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card, cardi

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heart

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chondr

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cartilage

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crani

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head

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cri, crin

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to separate, to secrete

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cyt

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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

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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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pseud

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false

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rhythm

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rhythm

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21
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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

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heat

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the

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to put, to place

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top
place
26
trop, trep
to turn (toward)
27
alg
pain
28
blast
embryonic cell
29
cephal, encephal
head
30
chrom, chromat
color
31
derm, dermat
skin
32
erg
work
33
gaster, gastr
stomach
34
gno
to know
35
hap, hapt
to grasp, to fasten
36
hydr
water, fluid
37
ly, lys
to loosen, to dissolve
38
nephr
kidney
39
od
way, road
40
path
disease, suffering, feeling
41
phy, phyt
to grow, plant, growth
42
phyll
leaf
43
plas, plast
to form, to mold
44
scop
to look at, to view
45
sta
to stand, to stop
46
stal, stol, stle
to send, to contract
47
thalam
chamber, room
48
thyr
shield
49
tom
to cut
50
ton
stretching, tension
51
tox
poison
52
troph
nourishment
53
zyg
yoke, joining
54
arch, arche
ancient, beginning, rule, power
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crypt
hidden
56
cycl
circle, wheel
57
dactyl
finger, toe
58
gon, goni
angle
59
graph, gram
to write, thing written
60
hedr
seat, plane
61
kary (cary)
nucleus
62
lith
stone
63
man, mani
madness
64
mer
part
65
mes
middle
66
metr, meter
meter, measure
67
odont
tooth
68
op, opt
eye, sight
69
organ
instrument, organ
70
ox, oxy
sharp, quick
71
phag
to eat
72
phil
to love, to have affinity for
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phor, pher
to bear, to carry
74
pod, pus
foot
75
pto
to fall
76
typ
imprint, form
77
aden
gland
78
aer
air, gas
79
agon
to compete, to strive
80
andr
male
81
anthrop
human
82
asthm, asthmat
short breathing, panting
83
aster, astr
star
84
botan
herb, plant
85
carp
wrist
86
cau, caus, cauter
to burn
87
cleid
clavicle
88
cyst
bladder, sack
89
ge
earth
90
ger, geront
old person, old age
91
gyn, gyne, gynec
woman, female
92
kine
to move
93
lep
to seize
94
mast
breast
95
nause
sickness
96
ped
child, instruction
97
rhe, rrhea, rheum, rheumat
to flow, flowing, discharge
98
som, somat
body
99
spir
coil
100
sthen
strength
101
thorac
chest
102
typh
stupor
103
zo
animal
104
arachn
spider
105
arter, arteri
artery
106
arthr
joint
107
bronch, bronchi
air tube
108
carcin
cancer
109
ede, (oede)
to swell
110
eury, eurys, euryn
wide
111
hepar, hepat
liver
112
hypn
sleep
113
hyster
uterus
114
larying
laryinx
115
mne
to remember
116
myel
spinal cord, marrow
117
narc
stupor
118
phob
to fear
119
pne, pnea, pneum, pneumat, pneumon
breathing air, gas lung
120
psor
itch
121
ptery, pteryg
wing
122
sarc
flesh
123
schiz, schis, schist
to split, to rupture
124
scler
hard
125
sten
narrow
126
tach, tachy
swift
127
trich, thrix
hair
128
all, allel
other, different
129
bacter
rod
130
cry
cold
131
diet, diete
to regulate
132
esthe, aesthe
to feel, to perceive
133
gangli
knot, mass of tissue
134
gyr
ring, circle
135
iatr
doctor, treatment
136
iod
violet colored
137
irid
iris, rainbow
138
lip
fatty tissue, fat
139
log
word, speech, study
140
men
moon, menstruation
141
mening
membrane
142
oph
snake
143
orth
straight
144
pharmac
drug
145
psych
mind, soul
146
pyg
buttocks
147
rhabd
rod
148
sphinc
to bind, to tighten
149
spor
seed, spore
150
stig, stigmat
point, prick
151
techn
art, skill
152
ur, ure
urine
153
angi
vessel
154
antr
cavity
155
blephar
eyelid
156
cac
bad
157
cheil
lip
158
enter
intestine
159
heli
sun
160
ker, kerat
horn, cornea
161
lept
thin, delicate
162
lymph
water, lymph
163
nyct
night
164
onc
tumor, swelling
165
ophthalm
eye
166
osm
smell
167
ost, oste
bone
168
phleb
vein
169
phon
sound, voice
170
proct
anus, rectum
171
pyl, pyle, pylor
gate, entrance, lower stomach
172
pyr, pyret
fire, fever
173
rhin, rrhin
nose
174
salpinx, salping
tube
175
splen
spleen
176
tac, tax
to order, to arrange
177
tele
from far away, at a distance
178
trach
windpipe, rough
179
acanth
thorn
180
brady
slow
181
chol, chole
bile, gall
182
chyl, chym
juice
183
cly, clys
to wash
184
colp
vagina
185
dacry
tear
186
dynam, dyn
power
187
geu
to taste
188
hol
whole, entire
189
ide
idea, mental image
190
idi
one's own, distinct
191
lapar
abdomen
192
metr
uterus
193
myc, mycet
fungus
194
oo
egg
195
orch, orchi, orchid
testicle
196
pachy
thick
197
parthen
virgin
198
phan, phaner, phant, phen
to appear, to show
199
phot, phos
light
200
rhiz
root
201
sperm, spermat
semen, seed
202
splachn
entrails, viscera
203
steth
chest
204
toc
childbirth
205
actin
ray
206
agog, agogue
inducing the flow of, expelling
207
ambly
dull, blunt
208
brachy
short
209
campt
bent
210
cel, celi, coel-, -coel
cavity (esp in the abdomen)
211
cele
hernia, swelling
212
cente
to puncture
213
doch
to take, to receive, to contain
214
dolich
long
215
gloss, glot, glott
tongue
216
hapl
single
217
ichthy
fish
218
ischi
hip
219
lal
to talk
220
mel
limb
221
my, mys, myos
muscle
222
nem, nemat
thread
223
pen
deficiency, lack
224
poie
to make
225
presby
old
226
pyel
pelvis
227
rhaph, rrhaph
to sew, to suture
228
rrhag
excessive discharge
229
stear, steat
fat
230
stern
chest, chestbone
231
xer
dry