Scientific Root Words
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- a, an
- not, without
- ab
- away, apart
- ad
- to, toward
- ante
- before
- anti
- against
- aqua
- water
- archeo
- original
- arthro
- joint
- auto
- self, same
- bi
- two, twice, double
- bio
- life, living
- cephal, cephalo
- head
- chloro
- green
- chondro
- cartilage
- cide
- killer
- circa
- around, about
- co, con
- with, together
- cycle
- circle
- cyto
- cell
- de
- remove
- derm
- skin
- di
- two
- ecto
- outer, outside
- endo
- inner, inside
- epi
- upon, over
- erythros
- red
- ex, exo
- outside of
- gastro
- stomach
- genos, gen
- type, race, kind
- herba
- plants
- heteros
- different
- homos, homeo
- the same
- hydro
- water
- hyper
- above, ever
- hypo
- below, under
- ic
- of or portaining to
- inter
- between, among
- intra
- within
- itis
- inflammation; disease
- iso
- equal
- logy
- study of
- lysis
- disintegration, decomposition
- macro
- large
- mega
- large
- micro
- small
- mono
- one, single
- nephr
- kidney
- neuro
- nerve or sinew
- oo
- egg
- org
- living
- ovum, ovi
- egg
- path
- disease
- pedi
- foot
- pod
- foot
- photo
- light
- poly
- many
- post
- after, end
- pre
- before
- semi
- partially
- soma
- body
- sub, sup
- under
- super, supra
- above
- tetra
- four
- tox
- toxin, poison
- trans
- across
- tri
- three
- trophe
- nourishment
- uni
- one
- biology
- the study of life
- botany
- the science of plants
- taxonomy
- the study of classifying, describing, and naming organisms
- zoology
- the study of animals
- bacteriology
- the study of bacteria
- physiology
- the study of functions and activities of living organisms and their parts
- organisms
- an independent individual that possesses all characteristics of life
- anatomy
- the study of the structure of animals and plants
- gynecology
- the study of the health maintenance and didseases of women esp. of the reproductive organs
- virology
- the study of viruses and the diseases caused by them