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nonroboticvoice on August 8, 2012
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84 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 chloro | green (chlorophyll) |
| cephalo | head |
| epi | above |
| hist- | tissue |
| mar | sea (marine) |
| halo | salt |
| -gen | producing |
| kary | nucleus |
| mot | motion |
| sect | cut (dissect) |
| globin | protein |
| soma | body |
| alb | white (albino) |
| prim | first (prime) |
| mandi | jaw (mandible) |
| strat | layer (stratify) |
| scien | knowledge |
| -edema | tumor |
| -cyte | cell |
| -cide | kill (homicide) |
| alg | pain |
| ento | insect (entomologist) |
| iso | same (isotope) |
| chron | time (chronological) |
| arth | joint (arthritis) |
| ad | towards |
| medi | middle |
| sacch | sugar |
| phago | feeling |
| mut | change (mutation) |
| vita | life |
| cuti | skin (cuticle) |
| loc | location |
| spir | breathe (respiration) |
| cili | hair (cilia) |
| astr | star (astronomy) |
| -emia | blood |
| cyano | blue (cyan) |
| syn | together (synchronize) |
| -phyte | plant |
| eu | true |
| myo | muscle |
| erythro | red |
| -itis | inflammation |
| macro | large |
| hypo | less |
| vas | vessel |
| ortho | straight |
| -dox | belief |
| chiasm | crossing |
| meso | middle |
| ichthy | fish |
| de | remove |
| -gen | producing |
| hap | half |
| cerebro | brain |
| temp | time |
| aero | air |
| angio | vessel |
| pan | all |
| ventr | belly |
| -oma | growth |
| inocul | implant |
| melano | dark |
| cyto | cell |
| chemo | chemical |
| pro | before |
| il | not |
| -ism | having a condition |
| ecto | outer |
| lat | side |
| semi | half |
| foli | plant |
| -lysis | to cut |
| meta | next |
| bronch | windpipe |
| leuko | white |
| -plasty | molding |
| telo | last |
| antho | flower |
| oligo | few |
| ubiqu | everywhere |
| peri | around |
| physio | nature |
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