Name: ______________________________________ Block: __________

Roots -1st Semester (Chrom-Psych)

Directions: Below are the roots, prefixes, and suffixes that you will be studying for the first semester.
Each week, update your definitions in order to study for your bi-weekly quizzes. Note cards are
a helpful resource, but not required.
Prefixes
chron/o time
hyper- over, above
geo earth, ground
hypo- under, below
meter/metr measure
epi- on, outside
therm/o heat
ana- back, against
bio life
syn- with, together
opt/o/ops eye, vision
de- away, down, not
phon sound
an- ____________________
graph/gram write, written
ant- ____________________
hydr/o water
a- ____________________
onym name, word
bi- ____________________
path feeling, disease
tri- ____________________
andr/o ____________________
Roots
centr ____________________
chrom/o color
crac ____________________
gen birth, produce, race
gyn ____________________
mono one (gynec/o)
auto ____________________
poly many
cosm ____________________
scop look, view
nom ____________________
derm skin
eu ____________________
meso middle
Roots (cont.)
pachy thick
anthrop ____________________
gam ____________________ -ics ____________________

log ____________________ -ium chemical element

mis/o ____________________ -itis ____________________

neo ____________________ -al like, related to

pyscho ____________________ -oid resembling

the/theo ____________________ -ism act, state, condition

astro ____________________ -ology study of, science

naut ____________________ -ous having the quality of

macro ____________________ -y state, quality, act

dermat ____________________ -ant one who, that which

pod/o ____________________ -ate to make, to act

somat ____________________ -er ____________________

-osis ____________________

-ist ____________________

Suffixes

-ia condition

-ic like, related to