Biology Roots Vocab (A-H)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 a/an | not |
| ab | away from, against |
| ac/acr | sharp, sour |
| acou | hearing |
| ad | towards, to |
| adip/o | fat |
| aero | air |
| ag | move, do |
| agr | farming |
| alges/-algia | pain |
| ali/altr | other |
| allo- | other, different |
| am/amour | love, together |
| ambl/ambul | movement |
| ambi/amphi | both |
| ana | upwards, throughout |
| analog | proportionate |
| anim | spirit, life |
| ann/enn | yearly |
| ant/ante | before |
| anthro/andro/anthrop | human |
| anti/ant | against |
| append | hang to |
| apt/ept | skill, ability, fit |
| apsis | juncture |
| aqua/aque | water |
| arch | ruler, leader |
| archae | beginning |
| arthro | jointed |
| astro | star |
| aud | sound, hear |
| auto | self |
| ax/axi/axo | axis |
| belli/bell | war |
| bene/ben/boun/bon | good |
| bi | two |
| biblio | book |
| bio | life |
| brach/i | arm |
| cad/cas/cid | happen, to fall |
| calor | heat |
| capsa | box |
| cap/cip | head |
| capt/cept | to seize |
| carb | carbon |
| cardi | heart |
| carn | flesh |
| cata | down |
| caus/caut | burn |
| cede/cess | yield, go |
| centro | center |
| chemo | chemical |
| chloro | green |
| chondr | cartilage |
| chord | string |
| chron | time |
| cide/cise | to cut, to kill |
| cili | hair |
| circ/circum | around |
| civ/civil | citizen |
| claim/clam | declare |
| clin | lean, slope |
| clus/clos/clud | to close |
| co/com/con | with |
| cogn | to know |
| contra | opposite |
| corp | body |
| cosmo/cosm | space |
| counter | against, opposite |
| crat | rule, power |
| cred | believe |
| cresc | grow |
| crypto | hidden |
| culp | to fault, blaim |
| cyan/o | blue |
| cycle | circle |
| cyte/cyto | cell |
| de | down, opposite, apart |
| deca | ten |
| dem/demo | people |
| derm | skin |
| di | two, double |
| dia | through, between, apart |
| dic/dict | say, tell |
| dign/dain | worth |
| dis | not, apart, separate |
| dorm | sleep |
| duc/duct | to lead, draw |
| dys | bad, faulty |
| dyn | power, energy |
| ecto | outside |
| ego | self |
| electro | electricity |
| en/em | into, cause |
| endo | within |
| epi | upon, over |
| equ | equal |
| erythr/o | red |
| ethno | people, race |
| eu | good, well, true |
| e/ex/ej | out, from, put out |
| extr | beyond, outside, more |
| fal | deceive |
| fic/fig/fit/fea | make, do |
| fid | faith, trust |
| flu/flux/fluc | flow |
| fore | before |
| frac/frag | break |
| funct | perform, work |
| fus | pour |
| gamy | marriage |
| gastro | stomach |
| gen | produce, create |
| geny | origin |
| geo/ge | earth |
| ger | old age |
| gest | carry |
| glob | sphere |
| glomer | ball |
| gluco/glyco | sugar, sweet |
| grad/gred/gress | step |
| graph/gram | write |
| grat | pleasing |
| grav | heavy |
| greg | crowd |
| gusta | taste |
| gyno | woman |
| habit/hibit | have, hold |
| haplo | single |
| heli/helio | sun |
| helic | spiral |
| hemo/hema | blood |
| herb | grass |
| her/hes | stick, hold fast |
| hetero | different, other |
| hist | tissue |
| hol | whole |
| homeo/homo | same |
| hydr | water |
| hyper | over, exceed |
| hypno | sleep |
| hypo | lower, under |
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