AP Bio Root Words
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154 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 a | not, without |
| ab | away from |
| ad | next to, at toward |
| alb | white |
| algesi | sensitivity to pain |
| all | other |
| amphi | double |
| amylum | starch |
| ana | upon, upward |
| ante | before |
| anter | front |
| anti | opposite, against |
| apis | bee |
| po | away from |
| arch | to begin |
| athero | yello |
| auto | self,same |
| bi | two |
| bio | life |
| calor | heat |
| carcin | cancer |
| cardiac | heart |
| caryo | kernel |
| cata | down from |
| catabolism | a throwing down |
| catalyst | to loosen, untie |
| cephalo | head |
| centesis | surgical puncture |
| centi | hundred |
| centri | center |
| cerebr | brain |
| chorde | string |
| chlor | green |
| chrom | color |
| cidal | killing |
| circum | around |
| com | with, together |
| contra | against |
| corpus | body |
| cortex | outer rind, bark |
| crin | secrete |
| cyan | blue |
| cyto | container |
| dec | ten |
| demos | population |
| derma | skin |
| di | two |
| distal | to stand apart |
| dorsal | back |
| duo | two |
| dura | hard |
| dys | difficult |
| ecosystem | habitation |
| ecto | external, outside |
| ectomy | removal |
| edema | swelling |
| endo | inside |
| endocrine | to separate |
| enzyme | to leaven |
| epi | on, upon, outer |
| ergon | work |
| erythro | red |
| eu | good |
| evolution | unrolling |
| ex | out of, outside |
| gastr | stomach |
| gen | birth, race |
| genesis | source |
| ger | old |
| glyc | sugar |
| gram | to record |
| graph | instrument for recording |
| graphy | process of recording |
| hem | blood |
| hemi | half |
| hist | tissue |
| holo | whole |
| homo | alike, similar |
| hydr | water |
| iasis | condition |
| iatrics | medicine |
| infra | below |
| in situ | in place |
| inter | between |
| intra | within |
| in vitro | in glass |
| in vivo | in the living |
| iso | equal |
| kary | nucleus |
| lepsy | seizure |
| leuko | white |
| lip | fat |
| logist | word, study |
| logy | study or science |
| lysis | loosing |
| macro | large |
| mal | bad |
| mega | great |
| melon | black |
| mere | part |
| meso | middle |
| meta | after, later |
| metabole | change |
| micro | small |
| microbe | one |
| morphe | form, shape |
| nyo | mouse, muscle |
| nano | dwarf |
| nema | thread |
| neo | new |
| nephro | kidney |
| oct | eight |
| olig | few |
| oma | tumor |
| omni | all |
| onc | tumor |
| oo | egg |
| osis | condition |
| osteo | bone |
| oy | egg |
| pan | all |
| para | near, beside |
| path | suffering, disease |
| pent | five |
| per | through |
| peri | surrounding |
| phagein | to eat |
| photo | light |
| plasty | repair |
| pod | foot |
| poly | many |
| post | after |
| pre | before |
| pro | before |
| proxy | nearest |
| pseudo | false |
| quat | four |
| re | back, again |
| renes | kidneys |
| sept | seven |
| sex | six |
| soma | body |
| sub | below |
| super | above |
| syn | joined together |
| tarsal | ankle |
| tele | at a distance |
| tome | slice |
| topos | place |
| toti | whole |
| trans | across |
| tri | three |
| trophe | food |
| un | one |
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