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Biology
11th Grade
06/29/2009
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Term
ac-
 Definition
to, toward
Term
-aceous
 Definition
of or pertaining to
Term
acou-, acous-
 Definition
hear
Term
ad-
 Definition
to, toward
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aden-
 Definition
gland
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adip-
 Definition
fat
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-al
 Definition
having the character of
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alb-
 Definition
white
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ameb-
 Definition
change, alternation
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amphi-, ampho-
 Definition
both
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amyl-
 Definition
starch
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ana-
 Definition
up, back, again
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anemo-
 Definition
wind
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ang-
 Definition
choke, feel pain
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angi-
 Definition
blood, vessel, duct
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ante-
 Definition
before, ahead of time
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anter-
 Definition
front
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antrhopo-
 Definition
man, human
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-ap, -aph-
 Definition
touch
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apo-, ap-
 Definition
away from
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-ary, -arium
 Definition
denotes a place for something
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arthr-
 Definition
joint, articulation
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anther-
 Definition
fatty deposit
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aur-
 Definition
ear
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barb-
 Definition
beard
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baro-
 Definition
weight
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bath-
 Definition
depth, height
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bi-, bio- (Greek)
 Definition
life, living
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brachi-
 Definition
arm
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brachy-
 Definition
short
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brady-
 Definition
slow
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branchi-
 Definition
fin
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brev-
 Definition
short
Term
cac-
 Definition
bad
Term
capill-
 Definition
hair
Term
capit-
 Definition
head
Term
cardi-
 Definition
heart
Term
carp-
 Definition
fruit
Term
cata-
 Definition
breakdown, downward
Term
caud-
 Definition
tail
Term
cen-, cene-
 Definition
now, recent
Term
cente-
 Definition
pierce
Term
cephal-
 Definition
head
Term
cerat-
 Definition
horn
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cervic-
 Definition
neck
Term
chel-
 Definition
claw
Term
chir-
 Definition
hand
Term
chondr-
 Definition
cartilage
Term
chrom-, -chrome
 Definition
color
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-chym-
 Definition
juice
Term
-cid, -cis-
 Definition
cut, kill, fall
Term
cirru-
 Definition
hairlike curls
Term
cocc-
 Definition
seed, berry
Term
coel-
 Definition
hollow
Term
coll-
 Definition
glue
Term
cort-, cortic-
 Definition
outer layer
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cotyl-
 Definition
cup
Term
cresc-, cret-
 Definition
begin to grow
Term
-cul, -cule
 Definition
small, diminuitive
Term
cumul-
 Definition
heaped
Term
cyan-
 Definition
blue
Term
-cycle, cycl-
 Definition
ring, circle
Term
-cyst-
 Definition
sac, pouch, bladder
Term
cyt-, -cyte
 Definition
cell, hollow container
Term
dactyl-
 Definition
finger
Term
deliquesc-
 Definition
to become a fluid
Term
demi-
 Definition
half
Term
dendr-
 Definition
tree
Term
dent-
 Definition
tooth
Term
derm-
 Definition
skin
Term
di-, dia- (Greek)
 Definition
through, across, apart
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dia- (Latin)
 Definition
day
Term
digit-
 Definition
finger, toe
Term
din-
 Definition
terrible
Term
dis-
 Definition
apart, out
Term
dors-
 Definition
back
Term
du-, duo-
 Definition
two
Term
-duct
 Definition
lead
Term
dynam-
 Definition
power
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echin-
 Definition
spiny, prickly
Term
eco-
 Definition
house
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ecto-
 Definition
outside of
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-en
 Definition
made of
Term
encephal-
 Definition
brain
Term
entere-
 Definition
intestine, gut
Term
entom-
 Definition
insects
Term
-eous
 Definition
nature of, like
Term
-err-
 Definition
wander, go astray
Term
erythro-
 Definition
red
Term
-escent
 Definition
becoming
Term
eso-
 Definition
inward, within, inner
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eury-
 Definition
widen
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extra-
 Definition
beyond, outside
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ferro-
 Definition
iron
Term
-fid, fiss-
 Definition
split, divided into
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flu-, fluct-, flux-
 Definition
flow
Term
foli-
 Definition
leaf
Term
-gam
 Definition
marriage
Term
-gen, -gine
 Definition
producer, former
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-gest-
 Definition
carry, produce, bear
Term
-glen-
 Definition
eyeball
Term
-glob-
 Definition
ball, round
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gloss-
 Definition
tongue
Term
gnath-
 Definition
jaw
Term
-grad-
 Definition
step
Term
-gram, -graph
 Definition
record, writing
Term
-gross-
 Definition
thick
Term
gymno-
 Definition
naked, bare
Term
-hal-, -hale
 Definition
breathe, breath
Term
halo-
 Definition
salt
Term
hapi-
 Definition
simple
Term
hector-
 Definition
hundred
Term
-helminth-
 Definition
worm
Term
hepar-, hepat-
 Definition
liver
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hibern-
 Definition
winter
Term
hidr-
 Definition
sweat
Term
hipp-
 Definition
horse
Term
hist-
 Definition
tissue
Term
hygr-
 Definition
moist, wet
Term
hyper-
 Definition
above, beyond, over
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hyph-
 Definition
weaving, web
Term
hyphno-
 Definition
sleep
Term
hyster-
 Definition
womb, uterus
Term
-iae
 Definition
a person afflicted with disease
Term
-iasis
 Definition
disease, abnormal condition
Term
-ic
 Definition
adjective form of a disease or abnormal condtion
Term
-chthy-
 Definition
fish
Term
ign-
 Definition
fire
Term
in-, il-, im-, ir-
 Definition
not
Term
in-, il-, im-, ir-
 Definition
to, toward, into
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in-
 Definition
very, thoroughly
Term
-ine
 Definition
of or pertaining to
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inter-
 Definition
within, inside
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intra-
 Definition
between
Term
-ism
 Definition
a state or condition
Term
-ism
 Definition
a state or condition
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