Root Words Flashcards by Lani Witters

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Pro

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Before

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Eu

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True, good

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Karyo

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Kernel, nucleus

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Chroma

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Color

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Soma

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Body

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Endo

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Within, inside

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Lyso, lysis

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Dissolve, break-up

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Micro

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Small

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Exo

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Out of

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Phago

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To eat

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Pino

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To drink

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Meta

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Between, after, over, near

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A, an

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Without, not

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Syn, sym

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Together

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Poly

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Many

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Blasto

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Bud, sprout, germ

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Mere

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Part, portion

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Coel

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Hollow, cavity

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Gastro

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Stomach, gut

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Derma

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Skin

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Ecto

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Out of, from

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Meso

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Middle

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Di

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Two

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Tri

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Three

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Schizo

Split

Proto

First

Deutero

Second

Stoma

Mouth

Cephalo

Head

Pseudo

False

Homo

Same

Morphos

Form

Apo

Separate

Mono

One, single

Para

Beside

Zo

Animal

Api

Tip

Phora

Bearing

Auto

Self

Troph

Food, nourishment

Cyto

Cell

Osmo

Push

Kineto

Move

Pod

Foot

Hyalo

Glass

Pygo

Rump

Procto

Rectum

Iso

Equal

Gamos

Marriage, union

Oo

Egg

Poro

Hole, pore

Calci

Stone, lime

Hex

Six

Actino

Ray

Demo

People

Ostium

Door, entrance

Asco

Bag

Proso

Forward, onward

Pyle

Gate, orifice

Leuro

White

Choano

Funnel

Sclero

Hard

Myo

Muscle

Amphi

Double, on both sides

Placo

Plate

Cnido

Nettle

Cteno

Comb

Nemato

Thread

Hypo

Under, beneath

Oeci

House

Rhizo

Root

Caulis

Stalk

Coeno

Common

Peri

Around

Anthos

Flower

Scyphus

Cup

Strobilus

Cone

Aconto

Spear, dart

Platys

Flat, broad

Rhabdo

Rod, stick

Nephro

Kidney

Lecitho

Yolk

Vitellius

Yolk

Miraco

Young girl, lass

Spore

Seed

Cerco

Tail

Thrix

Pair

Onco

Mass, swelling

Corona

Crown

Parthenos

Virgin

Gen

Producing, forming

Micto

Mixed

Rado

Scape

Odonto

Tooth

Ostraco

Shell

Trocho

Wheel, ball, round

Umbo

Knob

Stylos

Column