Biology Root Words
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110 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 a | not, without |
| acumin | pointed |
| aden | gland |
| aer, aero | atmosphere,air |
| alg | pain |
| amphi | both |
| angio | case, vessel |
| annu | a year |
| anterior | front |
| anth | a flower |
| anthro | man |
| anti | against |
| aqua | water |
| astr, aster | star |
| arthr | joint |
| ate | being |
| ation | process |
| auto | self |
| bacteri | bacteria |
| bi | two |
| bio | life, living |
| ble | able |
| bronch | windpipe |
| bryo | moss |
| card | heart |
| carn | flesh |
| carpal | wrist |
| cell | storeroom |
| .cent, centi hundred | hundread |
| centr | center |
| cephal | head |
| cervic | neck |
| chlor | green |
| chrom | color |
| cide | kill |
| cle | small |
| co | with |
| coel | hallow |
| coni | a cone |
| corpusc | a little body |
| cyt | cell |
| cotyl | hollow (leaf) |
| .de | without |
| dec,deca,deka | ten |
| decim | one tenth |
| dendr | tree |
| dent | tooth |
| detri | dead matter |
| derm | skin |
| di,dich | two |
| dia | through |
| dipl, diplo | double |
| dis | negative |
| dorm | sleep |
| duo | two |
| duodec | twelve |
| echin | spiny |
| eco | surroundings |
| encephal | brain |
| end,endo | within |
| enne | nine |
| enter | intestines |
| entomo | insects |
| epi | on the outside |
| erythro | red |
| escence | becoming, starting |
| esthes | feel, sensation |
| exo | outside |
| extra | outside |
| fer | bear |
| foli | leaf |
| gastr | stomach |
| geo | earth |
| ger | old age |
| germ | grow |
| glott | the tongue |
| gymno | naked |
| gyn | female |
| hecato,hector | one hundread |
| helios | sun |
| hem | blood |
| hemi | half |
| helminth | worm |
| hendaca | eleven |
| herb | plants |
| hetero | different |
| hepta | seven |
| hex | six |
| hist | tissue |
| homo | same |
| hydro | water |
| hyper | above |
| hypo | under |
| iatr | physician |
| ichthy | fish |
| ign | fire |
| immun | safe |
| in | do not have |
| inter | between |
| intra | within |
| ion | charged |
| iso | same |
| itis | inflammation |
| karyo | nucleus |
| kilo | thousand |
| laryn | throat |
| .lateral | side |
| leuc | white |
| log | study |
| lumen | light |
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