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Bio Word Stems
Greek and Latin Word Stems (for commonly used stems in biology)
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Biology
12th Grade
08/16/2011
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Term
a, an
 Definition
not, without, lacking, deficient
Term
ab
 Definition
away from, out from
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able
 Definition
capable of
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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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aero
 Definition
air
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agri
 Definition
field, soil
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al
 Definition
having the character of
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alb
 Definition
white
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alg, algia
 Definition
pain
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alto
 Definition
high
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ambi
 Definition
both
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ameb
 Definition
change, alternation
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amni
 Definition
fetal membrane
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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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andro
 Definition
man, masculine
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anemo
 Definition
wind
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ang
 Definition
choke, feel pain
Term
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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antho
 Definition
flower
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anti
 Definition
against, opposite
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anthropo
 Definition
man, human
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-ap-, -aph-
 Definition
touch
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apo-, ap-
 Definition
away from
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aqu
 Definition
water
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archaeo
 Definition
primitive, ancient
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-ary, -arium
 Definition
denotes a place for something
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arteri
 Definition
artery
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arthr
 Definition
joint, articulation
Term
ase
 Definition
forms names of enzymes
Term
aster, astr
 Definition
star
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-ate
 Definition
verb form - the act of
Term
ather
 Definition
fatty deposit
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ation
 Definition
noun form - the act of
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atmo
 Definition
vapor
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audi
 Definition
hear
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aur
 Definition
ear
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auto
 Definition
self
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bacter, bactr
 Definition
bacterium, stick, club
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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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bene
 Definition
well, good
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bi- (latin)
 Definition
two, twice
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bi, bio (greek)
 Definition
life, living
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-blast-
 Definition
sprout, germ, bud
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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
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bronch
 Definition
windpipe
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cac
 Definition
bad
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calor
 Definition
heat
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capill
 Definition
hair
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capit
 Definition
head
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carcin
 Definition
cancer
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cardi
 Definition
heart
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carn
 Definition
meat, flesh
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carp
 Definition
fruit
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carpal
 Definition
wrist
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cata
 Definition
breakdown, downward
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caud
 Definition
tail
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-cell-
 Definition
chamber, small room
Term
cen-, -cene
 Definition
now, recent
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cente
 Definition
pierce
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centi
 Definition
hundredth
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centr
 Definition
center
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cephal
 Definition
head
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cerat
 Definition
horn
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cerebr
 Definition
brain
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cervic
 Definition
neck
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chel
 Definition
claw
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chem
 Definition
dealing with chemicals
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chir
 Definition
hand
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chlor
 Definition
green
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chondr
 Definition
cartilage
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chrom-, -chrome
 Definition
color
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chron
 Definition
time
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-chym-
 Definition
juice
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-cid-, -cis-
 Definition
cut, kill, fall
Term
circa, circum
 Definition
around, about
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cirru
 Definition
hairlike curls
Term
co
 Definition
with, together
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cocc
 Definition
seed, berry
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coel
 Definition
hollow
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coll
 Definition
glue
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coni
 Definition
cone
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contra
 Definition
against
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corp
 Definition
body
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cort, cortic
 Definition
outer layer
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cosmo
 Definition
world, order, form
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cotyl
 Definition
cup
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counter
 Definition
against
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crani
 Definition
skull
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cresc, cret
 Definition
begin to grow
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crypt
 Definition
hidden, covered
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-cul-, -cule
 Definition
small, diminutive
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cumul
 Definition
heaped
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cuti
 Definition
skin
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cyan
 Definition
blue
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-cycle, cycl-
 Definition
ring, circle
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-cyst-
 Definition
sac, pouch, bladder
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cyt-, -cyte
 Definition
cell, hollow container
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dactyl
 Definition
finger
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de
 Definition
away from, down
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deca
 Definition
ten
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deci
 Definition
tenth
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deliquesc
 Definition
become fluid
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demi
 Definition
half
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dendr
 Definition
tree
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dent
 Definition
tooth
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derm
 Definition
skin
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di, dipl (latin)
 Definition
two, double
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di, dia (greek)
 Definition
through, across, apart
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dia (latin)
 Definition
day
Term
digit
 Definition
finger, toe
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din
 Definition
terrible
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dis
 Definition
apart, out
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dorm
 Definition
sleep
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dors
 Definition
back
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du, duo
 Definition
two
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-duct
 Definition
lead
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dynam
 Definition
power
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dis
 Definition
bad, abnormal, difficult
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ec
 Definition
out of, away from
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echin
 Definition
spiny, prickly
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eco
 Definition
house
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ecto
 Definition
outside of
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elle
 Definition
small
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emia
 Definition
blood
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en, endo, ent
 Definition
in, into, within
Term
-en
 Definition
made of
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encephal
 Definition
brain
Term
enter-
 Definition
intestine, gut
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entom
 Definition
insects
Term
-eous
 Definition
nature of, like
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epi
 Definition
upon, above, over
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-err-
 Definition
wander, go astray
Term
erythro
 Definition
red
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escent
 Definition
becoming
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eso
 Definition
inward, within, inner
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eu
 Definition
well, good, true, normal
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eury
 Definition
widen
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ex
 Definition
out of, away from
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extra
 Definition
beyond, outside
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-fer-
 Definition
bear, carry, produce
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ferro
 Definition
iron
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fibr
 Definition
fiber, thread
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-fid, fiss-
 Definition
split, divided into
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-flect, -flex
 Definition
bend
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flor
 Definition
flower
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flu, fluct, flux
 Definition
flow
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foli
 Definition
leaf
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fract
 Definition
break
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-gam-
 Definition
marriage
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gastr
 Definition
stomach
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geo
 Definition
land, earth
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-gen, -gine
 Definition
producer, former
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-gene-
 Definition
origin, birth
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-gest-
 Definition
carry, produce, bear
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-glen-
 Definition
eyeball
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-glob-
 Definition
ball, round
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gloss
 Definition
tongue
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gluc, glyc
 Definition
sweet, sugar
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glut
 Definition
buttock
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gnath
 Definition
jaw
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-gon
 Definition
angle, corner
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-grad-
 Definition
step
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gram, graph
 Definition
record, writing
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grav
 Definition
heavy
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-gross-
 Definition
thick
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gymno
 Definition
naked, bare
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gyn
 Definition
female
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gyr
 Definition
ring, circle, spiral
Term
-hal-, -hale
 Definition
breathe, breath
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halo
 Definition
salt
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hapl
 Definition
simple
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hecto
 Definition
hundred
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-helminth-
 Definition
worm
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hem
 Definition
blood
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hemi
 Definition
half
Term
hepar, hepat
 Definition
liver
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herb
 Definition
grass, plants
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hetero
 Definition
different, other
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hex
 Definition
six
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hibern
 Definition
winter
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hidr
 Definition
sweat
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hipp
 Definition
horse
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hist
 Definition
tissue
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holo
 Definition
entire, whole
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homo (latin)
 Definition
entire, whole
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homo (greek)
 Definition
same, alike
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hort
 Definition
garden
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hydr
 Definition
water
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hygr
 Definition
moist, wet
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hyper
 Definition
above, beyond, over
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hyph
 Definition
weaving, web
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hypno
 Definition
sleep
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hypo
 Definition
below, under, less
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hyster
 Definition
womb, uterus
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-iac
 Definition
person afflicted with a disease
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-iasis
 Definition
disease, abnormal condition
Term
-ic
 Definition
(adjective former)
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ichthy
 Definition
fish
Term
ign
 Definition
fire
Term
in, il, im, ir
 Definition
not
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in, il, im, ir
 Definition
to, toward, into
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in
 Definition
very, thoroughly
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-ine
 Definition
of or pertaining to
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infra
 Definition
below, beneath
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inter
 Definition
between
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intra
 Definition
within, inside
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-ism
 Definition
a state or condition
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iso
 Definition
equal, same
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ist
 Definition
person who deals with...
Term
itis
 Definition
inflammation, disease
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ium
 Definition
refers to a part of the body
Term
-kary-
 Definition
cell nucleus
Term
kel-
 Definition
tumor, swelling
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kerat-
 Definition
horn
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kilo
 Definition
thousand
Term
kine-
 Definition
move
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lachry
 Definition
tear
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lact
 Definition
milk
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lat
 Definition
side
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leio-
 Definition
smooth
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-less
 Definition
without
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leuc, leuk
 Definition
white, bright, light
Term
lign
 Definition
wood
Term
lin
 Definition
line
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lingu
 Definition
tongue
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lip-
 Definition
fat
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lith-, -lite
 Definition
stone, petrifying
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loc
 Definition
place
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-log-
 Definition
word, speech
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logist
 Definition
one who studies
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logy
 Definition
study of...
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lumin
 Definition
light
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-lys-, -lyt-, -lyst
 Definition
decompose, split, dissolve
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macr
 Definition
large
Term
malac
 Definition
soft
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malle
 Definition
hammer
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mamm
 Definition
breast
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marg
 Definition
border, edge
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mast
 Definition
breast
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med
 Definition
middle
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meg-
 Definition
million, great
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mela, melan
 Definition
black, dark
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-mer
 Definition
part
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mes
 Definition
middle, half, intermediate
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met, meta
 Definition
between, along, after
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-meter, -metry
 Definition
measurement
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micro
 Definition
small, millionth
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milli
 Definition
thousandth
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mis
 Definition
wrong, incorrect
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mito
 Definition
thread
Term
mole
 Definition
mass
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mono
 Definition
one, single
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mort
 Definition
death
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-mot-
 Definition
move
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morph
 Definition
shape, form
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multi
 Definition
many
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mut
 Definition
change
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my-
 Definition
muscle
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myc
 Definition
fungus
Term
mycel
 Definition
threadlike
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myria
 Definition
many
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moll
 Definition
soft
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nas-
 Definition
nose
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necr
 Definition
corpse, dead
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nemat
 Definition
thread
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neo
 Definition
new, recent
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nephro
 Definition
kidney
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-ner-
 Definition
moist, liquid
Term
neur
 Definition
nerve
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noct, nox
 Definition
night
Term
-node
 Definition
knot
Term
-nom-, -nomy
 Definition
ordered knowledge, law
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non
 Definition
not
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not-
 Definition
back
Term
nuc
 Definition
center
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ob
 Definition
against
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ocul
 Definition
eye
Term
oct
 Definition
eight
Term
odont
 Definition
tooth
Term
-oid
 Definition
form, appearance
Term
olf-
 Definition
smell
Term
oligo
 Definition
few, little
Term
-oma
 Definition
abnormal condition, tumor
Term
omni
 Definition
all
Term
onc
 Definition
mass, tumor
Term
oo-
 Definition
egg
Term
opthalm
 Definition
eye
Term
opt
 Definition
eye
Term
orb-
 Definition
circle, round, ring
Term
-orium, -ory
 Definition
place for something
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ornith
 Definition
bird
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orth
 Definition
straight, correct, right
Term
oscu
 Definition
mouth
Term
-osis
 Definition
abnormal condition
Term
oste
 Definition
bone
Term
oto
 Definition
ear
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-ous
 Definition
full of
Term
ov
 Definition
egg
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oxy
 Definition
sharp, acid, oxygen
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pachy
 Definition
thick
Term
paleo
 Definition
old, ancient
Term
palm-
 Definition
broad, flat
Term
pan
 Definition
all
Term
par, para
 Definition
beside, near, equal
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path-, -pathy
 Definition
disease, suffering
Term
ped
 Definition
foot
Term
ped
 Definition
child
Term
pent
 Definition
five
Term
per
 Definition
through
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peri
 Definition
around
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permea
 Definition
pass, go
Term
phag
 Definition
eat
Term
phon, phone
 Definition
sound
Term
pheno
 Definition
show
Term
phil
 Definition
loving, fond of
Term
phore, pher
 Definition
bear, carry
Term
photo
 Definition
light
Term
phren
 Definition
mind, diaphragm
Term
phyc
 Definition
seaweed, algae
Term
phyl
 Definition
related group
Term
phyll
 Definition
leaf
Term
physi
 Definition
nature, natural qualities
Term
phyt, phyte
 Definition
plant
Term
pino
 Definition
drink
Term
pinni
 Definition
feather
Term
plan-
 Definition
wandering, roaming
Term
plasm, plast
 Definition
form, formed into
Term
platy
 Definition
flat
Term
pleur
 Definition
lung, rib, side
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pneumo
 Definition
lungs, air
Term
pod
 Definition
foot
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poly
 Definition
many, several
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por
 Definition
opening
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port
 Definition
carry
Term
post
 Definition
after, behind
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pom
 Definition
fruit
Term
pre
 Definition
before, ahead of time
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prim
 Definition
first
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pro
 Definition
forward, favoring, before
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proto
 Definition
first, primary
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pseudo
 Definition
false, deceptive
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psych
 Definition
mind
Term
pter
 Definition
having wings or fins
Term
pulmo
 Definition
lung
Term
puls
 Definition
drive, push
Term
pyr
 Definition
heat, fire
Term
quadr
 Definition
four
Term
quin
 Definition
five
Term
radi
 Definition
ray
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re
 Definition
again, back
Term
rect
 Definition
right, correct
Term
ren
 Definition
kidney
Term
ret
 Definition
net, made like a net
Term
rhag, -rrhage
 Definition
burst forth
Term
rhe, rrhea
 Definition
flow
Term
rhin
 Definition
nose
Term
rhiz
 Definition
root
Term
rhodo
 Definition
rose
Term
roto
 Definition
wheel
Term
rubr
 Definition
red
Term
sacchar
 Definition
sugar
Term
sapr
 Definition
rotten
Term
sarc
 Definition
flesh
Term
saur
 Definition
lizard
Term
schis, schiz
 Definition
split, divide
Term
sci
 Definition
know
Term
scler
 Definition
hard
Term
scop
 Definition
look, device for seeing
Term
scribe, script
 Definition
write
Term
semi
 Definition
half, partly
Term
sept
 Definition
partition, seven
Term
septic
 Definition
infection, putrefaction
Term
sess
 Definition
sit
Term
sex
 Definition
six
Term
-sis
 Definition
condition, state
Term
sol
 Definition
sun
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solv
 Definition
loosen, free
Term
som, somat, some
 Definition
body
Term
somn
 Definition
sleep
Term
son
 Definition
sound
Term
spec, spic
 Definition
look at
Term
sperm
 Definition
seed
Term
spher
 Definition
ball, round
Term
spir, spire
 Definition
breathe
Term
spor
 Definition
seed
Term
stat, stasis
 Definition
standing, placed, staying
Term
stell
 Definition
stars
Term
sten
 Definition
narrow
Term
stern
 Definition
chest, breast
Term
stom, stome
 Definition
mouth
Term
strat
 Definition
layer
Term
stereo
 Definition
solid, 3D
Term
strict
 Definition
drawn tight
Term
styl
 Definition
pillar
Term
sub
 Definition
under, below
Term
super, sur
 Definition
over, above, on top
Term
sym, syn
 Definition
together
Term
tachy
 Definition
quick, swift
Term
tarso
 Definition
ankle
Term
tax
 Definition
arrange, put in order
Term
tele
 Definition
far off, distant
Term
telo
 Definition
end
Term
terr
 Definition
earth, land
Term
tetr
 Definition
four
Term
thall
 Definition
young shoot
Term
-the-, -thes-
 Definition
put
Term
thel
 Definition
cover a surface
Term
therm
 Definition
heat
Term
tom
 Definition
cut, slice
Term
toxico
 Definition
poison
Term
top
 Definition
place
Term
trache
 Definition
windpipe
Term
trans
 Definition
across
Term
tri
 Definition
three
Term
trich
 Definition
hair
Term
trop
 Definition
turn, change
Term
troph
 Definition
nourishment, one who feeds
Term
turb
 Definition
whirl
Term
-ul-, -ule
 Definition
diminutive, small
Term
ultra
 Definition
beyond
Term
uni
 Definition
one
Term
ur
 Definition
urine
Term
-ura
 Definition
tail
Term
vas
 Definition
vessel
Term
vect
 Definition
carry
Term
ven, vent
 Definition
come
Term
ventr
 Definition
belly, underside
Term
verge
 Definition
turn, slant
Term
vig
 Definition
strong
Term
vit, viv
 Definition
life
Term
volv
 Definition
roll, wander
Term
vor
 Definition
devour, eat
Term
xanth
 Definition
yellow
Term
xero
 Definition
dry
Term
xyl
 Definition
wood
Term
zo, zoa
 Definition
animal
Term
zyg
 Definition
joined together
Term
zym
 Definition
yeast
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