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GREEK ROOTS:
iasis infection.
iatros physician.
ichnos track, trace, footprint.
ichthys fish.
icteros jaundice.
idios individual.
idros sweat.
ilos whole.
iris, irid- iris.
ischein to restrain.
ischion hip.
isos equal.
istos tissue.
Note: The letter k in a Greek root is often replaced by the letter c in modern English words derived from that root.
kakos bad, evil, pernicious.
kalos beautiful.
karkinoma cancer.
karkinomata cancers.
karpos fruit, wrist.
karya nut, kernel.
kata down.
kele tumor, hernia.
kentesis puncture.
kephale head.
keras horn.
kerkos tail.
kinesis motion, movement.
kleistos closed.
kline bed.
kneme shin.
knide nettle, sea nettle.
koilia belly.
koilos hollow.
koleos sheath.
kolon colon.
kolpos vagina.
kolyo to hinder, prevent.
kome hair.
konios dusty.
konis dust.
kopros excrement.
kore pupil.
krinein to secrete.
kryos freezing cold.
kryptos hidden, secret.
kyanos dark blue, lapis lazuli.
kyesis conception, pregnancy.
kyklos circle.
kyon dog.
kyphos bent forwards, hunchbacked, stooping.
kystis bladder, sac.
kytos hollow vessel.
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LATIN ROOTS:
ignis, ignis fire.
immunis exempt, immune.
infra below, lower than, further along; to the south.
inter between, among, during.
intra, intro- within, inside, during, under.
jejunum fasting, hungry.
juba mane, crest (of a helmet).
jugum yoke.
jugulus, juguli throat, neck; collarbone.
juxta near, next to.
Note: The letter k was very rarely used in Latin.
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