Biology Greek roots
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- intra
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within, during
(intramuscular) - endo
-
within
(endosperm, endocytosis) - amphi
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on both sides
(amphibian) - anthropo
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man
(anthropology) - anti
-
against
(antibiotic) - ameb
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change
(ameba) - bi, bis
-
twice, double
(biennial, binomial) - bio, -be
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life
(biology,microbe) - celli
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cell
(cellular) - chemo
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by chemicals
(chemistry) - chromota
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color
(chromatic, chromosome) - corpor
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body
(corporal, corpuscle) - cuti
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skin
(cuticle, subcutaneous) - cyto
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cell
(cytoplasm) - dermato
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skin
(epidermis, dermal) - di, dis
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two, twice, double
(dicotyledon, dihybrid) - diplo
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double
(diploid) - dorso
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back
(dorsal) - e-, ex-, ec-
-
out, out of
(exhale) - eco, oeco,
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house
(ecology) - ecto
-
outside
(ectoderm) - en
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in
(endemic, embryo, enzyme) - ergo
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work
(organ, energy) - exo
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outside
(exoskeleton) - extra
-
outside, beyond
(extracellular) - geo
-
earth
(geology) - hetero
-
other
(heterotroph) - homo
-
same
(homozygous) - hydro
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water
(hydrolysis) - hyper
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over, above
(hypertension) - hypo
-
under, below
(hypothyroidism) - infra
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below
(infrared) - inter
-
between
(interphrase) - iso
-
equal
(isogamete) - -itis
-
inflamed condition
(arthritis) - logo,-logy
-
study of
(biology) - lyso, -lysis, -lyte
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dissolve, loosen
(paralysis, lkysosome) - meta
-
with, after, beyond, change
(metamorphosis) - micro
-
little
(microbiology) - neuro
-
nerve
(neuron) - de
-
down, away from, negative
(decomposer, dehydration) - auto
-
self
(autotroph) - in
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not, without
(invertebrate) - hormono
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excite
(hormone) - latero
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side
(lateral, bilateral) - morpho
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form
(morphogenesis)