Root 1
Root 2
Root 3
meaning 1
suffix
100

Cry/o

Cold

100

Strept/o

twisted

100

ium

structure

100

fat

adipo/lipo

100

nail

onych/o or ungul/o

200

crypt/o

hidden

200

xer/o

dry

200

opsy

to view

200

lice

pedicul/o

200

coccus

berry-shape

300

melan/o

black/dark

300

cle (c-i-l)

small

300

-ose;-tic

pertaining to

300

skin

cutane/o, derm/o

300

necr/o

death

400

myc/o

fungus/yeast

400

edema

swelling

400

sis

condition

400

ion

process

400

therapy

treatment

500

ras/o

scrape

500

kerat/o

hard;horn-like

500

tele

distant

500

blue

cyan


500

resembling bunch of grapes

staphyl/o