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Biology
11th Grade
09/09/2015
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a, an
 Definition
not, without, lacking, deficient; asexual
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ad
 Definition
to, toward; adductor muscle
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aero
 Definition
air; anerobic
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amyl
 Definition
starch; amylase
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arthr
 Definition
jointed; arthritic
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-ase
 Definition
enzyme; amylase
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auto
 Definition
self; autotroph
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bi (latin)
 Definition
two, twice; biosphere
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Bi, bio (greek)
 Definition
life, living; biology
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carcin
 Definition
cancer; carcinogen
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carn
 Definition
meat, flesh; carnivore
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cata
 Definition
breakdown, downward; catabolism
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-cell-
 Definition
chamber, small room; nucellus
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centi
 Definition
hundredth; centimeter
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chem
 Definition
dealing with chemicals; chemical
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chloro
 Definition
green; chlorophyll
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co
 Definition
with, together; codominance
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cotyl
 Definition
cup; cotyloid
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-cul-, -cule
 Definition
small, diminutive; animalcule
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cut, -cyte
 Definition
cell, hollow container; osteocyte
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de
 Definition
away from, down; deacidification
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deci
 Definition
ten; decimeter
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derm
 Definition
skin; epidermis or dermotology
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di, dipl (latin)
 Definition
two, double; diplocardiac
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di, dia (greek)
 Definition
through, across, apart; diameter
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echin
 Definition
spiny, prickly; echinoderm
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eco
 Definition
house; ecology
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en, endo, ent
 Definition
into, in, within; endothermal
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epi
 Definition
upon, above, over; epicardium
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eury
 Definition
widen; eurythermal
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ex
 Definition
out of, away from; extint
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-glob-
 Definition
ball, round; hemoglobin
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glyco
 Definition
sugar; glycocin
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hapl
 Definition
simple
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herb
 Definition
grass, plants; herbivore
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hetero
 Definition
different, other; heterogeneous
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homo (greek)
 Definition
same, alike; homozygous
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hydr
 Definition
water; hydrocarbon
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hyper
 Definition
above, beyond, over; hypertension
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hypo
 Definition
below, under, less; hypotonic
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inter
 Definition
within, inside; intercelluar
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intra
 Definition
between; intracellular
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iso
 Definition
same, equal; isotonic
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-kary-
 Definition
cell nucleus; prokaryote
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kilo
 Definition
thousand; kilometer
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lact
 Definition
milk; lactation
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lip
 Definition
fat; lipid
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-logy
 Definition
study of; biology
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-lys, -lyt,-lyst
 Definition
decompose, split,disslove; polys
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mes
 Definition
middle, half, intermediate; mesoderm
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met, meta
 Definition
between, along, after; metabloic
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micro
 Definition
small, millionth; microscopic
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milli
 Definition
thousandth; millimeter
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mito
 Definition
thread; mitosis
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mole
 Definition
mass; molecular
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mono
 Definition
one, singular; monosomy
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multi
 Definition
many; multicellular
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omni
 Definition
all; omnivore
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-ose
 Definition
sugar; glucose
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ov
 Definition
egg; oviparous
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oxy, oxi
 Definition
sharp, acid, oxygen; oxygenation
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permea
 Definition
pass, go; impermeable
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phag
 Definition
eat; phagocyte
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photo
 Definition
light; photosynthesis
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phyl
 Definition
related group; phylogeny
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-phyll
 Definition
leaf; chlorophyll
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phyt, phyte
 Definition
plant, phytochemical
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pino
 Definition
drink, pinocytosis
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plasm, -plast-
 Definition
form, formed into; plasma
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poly
 Definition
many, multiple; polyatomic
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post
 Definition
after, behind; post moretem
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pro
 Definition
forward, favoring, before; proallergic
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re
 Definition
again, back; reproduce
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sacchar
 Definition
sugar; saccharin
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sapr
 Definition
rotten; saprotroph
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semi
 Definition
half, partly; semipermeable
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solv
 Definition
loosen, free; solvate
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sub
 Definition
under, below; subacid
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sym, syn
 Definition
together; symbiosis
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telo
 Definition
end; telophase
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therm
 Definition
heat; thermometer
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trans
 Definition
across; transdermal
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-troph-
 Definition
nourishment, one who feeds; heterotroph
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-ul-, -ule
 Definition
diminutive, small; miniscule
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uni
 Definition
one; unicellular
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-vor-
 Definition
devour, eat; carnivore
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xero
 Definition
dry; xeric
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xyl
 Definition
wood; xyloid
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