Biology Flash Cards 1
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jordyn2121 on September 7, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Giga (g) | billion |
| tere (T) | trillion |
| mega (m) | millions |
| kilo (k) | thousand |
| intra | within |
| bio | related to life |
| hydro | related to water |
| hetero | different |
| protoplast | first organized particle |
| intracellular | within a cell |
| microphyll | small leaf |
| autoaction | making something self operate |
| hydrophyte | plant that grows in water |
| hydrometer | instrument used to measure water and other liquids |
| zoology | study of animals |
| micrology | study of small life forms |
| excretion | removal of waste products from the body |
| hiber | winter |
| homo | same |
| hypo | beneath |
| hyper | above |
| ism | state or condition |
| leve | white |
| macro | large |
| mono | single |
| epiglottis | on mouth of windpipe |
| multicellular | many cells |
| carn | meet |
| carb | carbon |
| calor | heat |
| proto | first |
| hepat | liver |
| cardio | heart |
| ventr | belly |
| oto | ear |
| neuro | nerve |
| tri | 3 |
| trans | across |
| therm | heat |
| sperm | seed |
| pseud | fake |
| pre | before |
| anthropology | study of humans |
| phototropism | light response |
| pod | foot |
| chem | chemicals |
| tropism | response |
| microspore | instrument used to look at small objects |
| herb | plants |
| ticide | agent used to destroy |
| scleros | harden |
| arth | joints |
| ex | out |
| zoo | related to animal |
| chloro | greenish yello |
| microbiology | study of small life |
| pseudopod | fake food |
| echinoderm | spiny skin |
| cytology | study of cells |
| arthropods | jointed foot |
| hypothermia | lacking heat |
| symnosperms | naked seed |
| uni | one |
| photo | light |
| plast | organized living materia |
| phyll | leaf |
| micro | small |
| in | inside |
| logy | study of |
| auto | self operating |
| multi | many |
| hetero | different |
| bronch | windpipe |
| audi | hear |
| bi | two |
| ate | used in forming verbs from nouns |
| arthro | jointed |
| anthropo | humans |
| angio | vessel |
| alb | white |
| ab | away from |
| a | lacking none |
| meter | instrument used to measure distance |
| stasis | secondary condition |
| gestion | to carry |
| cretion | process of separating |
| lysis | releasing or loosening |
| scope | instrument for viewing |
| ation | process |
| synthesis | put together |
| phyte | plant |
| cellular | having to do with cells |
| troph | food |
| etc | outside |
| en | in |
| encephal | brain |
| epi | on |
| gene | origin |
| gymno | naked |
| glottis | mouth of windpipe |
| non | not |
| ocul | eye |
| olf | smell |
| centi (c) | hundreth |
| milli (m) | thousandth |
| micro (M) | millionth |
| nano (n) | billionth |
| pico (p) | trillionth |
| femto (f) | quadrillionth |
| multi | many |
| dia | through |
| dors | back |
| echin | spiny |
| omni | all |
| opthal | eyes |
| oy | egg |
| phag | eat |
| photo | light |
| plasm | form |
| pneumo | lungs |
| pod | foot |
| derm | skin |
| myo | muscle |
| cell | storeroom |
| cephal | head |
| chrom | color |
| coel | hollow |
| cyt | cell |
| di | two |
| hecto (h) | hundred |
| deka (da) | ten |
| - (-) | one |
| deci (d) | tenth |
| odont | tooth |
| gastro | stomach |
| nephro | kidney |
| osteo | bone |
| itis | infection, inflammation |
| ology | study of |
| ectomy | surgical |
| osis | abnormal or diseased |
| gram | recorded |
| electro | electricity |
| tachy | swift |
| algia | pain |
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