Biology: Important Roots (Part-II)

lympho-, lyo-	water (lymph, lymphocyte)
macro-	large (macroscopic, macrophage)
maxilla-	jaw (maxilliped, maxilla)
meso-	middle (mesoderm, mesothorax, mesonephros)
meta-	between, beyond, after (metamere, metanephros, metaphase)
micro-	small (microscopic, microbe)
mito-	thread (mitosis, mitochondria)
mono-	one, single (monocyte, monoecious)
-morph-	form (morphogenesis, morphology, metamorphosis)
myo-	muscle (myoglobin, myocardium myoseptum)
necro-	dead (necropsy)
neo-	new (neotony, neoplasm)
nephro-	kidney (nephrostome, nephridia, metanephros, nephron)
neuro-	nerve (neurology)
nom-, -onomy	name (taxonomy, nomenclature)
nuc-	nut (nucleus)
o-, ovo-	egg (oviduct, ovary)
ob-	in front of, inverse (observe, obstruct)
-oid	resemblance (hydroid, mucoid)
oligo-	few (oligocere, oligodendrocyte)
ortho-	straight (orthogenesis, orthodontics)
osse-, ost-, os-	bone (periosteum, osteoblast)
para-	side by side, near (parathyroid, parasite)
pariet-	wall (parietal)
-ped	foot (biped)
peri-	around (pericardium, peritoneum)
-phage, phag	to eat (phagocyte, sarcophagus)
-phile	to love, require, attraction (eosinophile, hemophilia)
photo-	light (photosynthesis)
-physis	to grow (epiphysis)
-plasm, -plast	anything formed (protoplasm, plasma, plasmodium)
-pleur-	side (pleurisy)
pod-, ped-	foot (tetrapod, podiatry)
poly-	many (polynucleate, polymorphic)
post-, postero-	after, hind part (posterior)
pre-	before (preview, predominate)
-proctum-	anus (proctodeum)
proto-	first (protoplasm, protozoa, prototype)
pseudo-	false (pseudopod)
-pteron, -pter	wing (coleoptera,diptera, chiroptera)
pulmo-	lung (pulmonary)
quadr-	four (quadruped)
re-, retro-	again, turn back, turn again (reflex, regenerate)
rect-	straight (rectus abdominis)
ren-	kidney (renal)
-rhage, -rhea	flow (hemorrhage)
sagitta-	arrow (sagittal)
sarc-	flesh (sarcophytic, sarcoplasm)
scler-	hard (sclera, sclerotic)
-sect	to cut (dissect)
semi-	half, part way (semicircular)
septa-	wall (septum)
soma-	body (somite, somatic)
-stasis	stop, stand (homeostasis, bacteriostasis)
stom-	mouth (stomata, nephrostome, cytostome)
sub-	under, below (suborder, submarine)
super-, supra-	over, above, beyond (superorder, suprascapular)
sym-, syn-	together, resemble (symbiosis, synapse, syncytium)
tel-, tele-	far, distant (telescope, telophase)
teres-	round (teres minor)
tetra-	four (tetrapod)
thyro-	door, shield (thyroid)
-tom	to cut (microtome, anatomy)
tri-	three (tricuspid)
-troph	nourishment, growth, food (gonadotrophic, tropism)
uni-	one (unicellular)
vaso-	vessel (vasoconstrictor)
villi-	shaggy (microvilli)
vita-	life (vital)
zoo-	animal (zoology, holozoic, protozoa)
zygo-	join, united, yoked together (zygote, heterozygous)