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Biology
7th Grade
12/13/2022
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Term
aero-
 Definition
air
Term
alveol-
 Definition
a cavity
Term
ama-
 Definition
together
Term
amphi-
 Definition
dual
Term
an-
 Definition
without, not
Term
andro-
 Definition
male
Term
angio-
 Definition
vessel
Term
anth-
 Definition
a flower
Term
anthrop
 Definition
man
Term
anti
 Definition
against
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aqua
 Definition
water
Term
arch
 Definition
ancient, beginning
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arthro
 Definition
jointed
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auto-
 Definition
self
Term
bi
 Definition
two
Term
bio-, biot-
 Definition
life
Term
-bios
 Definition
life
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carb-
 Definition
coal
Term
cardi-
 Definition
heart
Term
-carp
 Definition
fruit
Term
-centesis
 Definition
a puncture
Term
cephal, cephalo
 Definition
head
Term
chemi-
 Definition
chemical
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chemo
 Definition
chemical
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chloro-
 Definition
green
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chondro-
 Definition
cartilage
Term
chord
 Definition
string
Term
chrom
 Definition
colored
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chroma-
 Definition
colored
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cili-
 Definition
hair
Term
-clin
 Definition
slope
Term
co-
 Definition
together
Term
com-
 Definition
together
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con-
 Definition
with, together
Term
contra
 Definition
against
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counter-
 Definition
opposite
Term
crani
 Definition
the skull
Term
-cutane
 Definition
skin
Term
cyst
 Definition
sac, bladder
Term
-cyte
 Definition
cell
Term
cyto-
 Definition
cell
Term
de
 Definition
from, down, out
Term
deca
 Definition
ten
Term
-derm
 Definition
skin
Term
di-
 Definition
two
Term
-dilat
 Definition
expanded
Term
dis-
 Definition
seperate
Term
dorm-
 Definition
sleep
Term
echino
 Definition
spiny
Term
eco-
 Definition
house
Term
ecto-
 Definition
outside
Term
ectomy
 Definition
cut out
Term
-ell
 Definition
small
Term
encephal
 Definition
brain
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end-, endo
 Definition
within, inner
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epi-
 Definition
above, over
Term
estuar-
 Definition
the sea
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eu-
 Definition
true, good
Term
ex-, exo-
 Definition
out, outside
Term
extra
 Definition
outside
Term
flagell-
 Definition
whip
Term
-form
 Definition
shape
Term
gastro
 Definition
stomache, belly
Term
genesis
 Definition
origin, birth
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gen-, gene-
 Definition
produce
Term
-genic
 Definition
producing
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geno-
 Definition
offspring
Term
-geny
 Definition
origin
Term
geo-
 Definition
the Earth
Term
gest
 Definition
carried
Term
gluco-
 Definition
sweet
Term
glyco-
 Definition
sweet
Term
-graphy
 Definition
writing
Term
gymno-
 Definition
naked
Term
gyno
 Definition
a woman
Term
halo-
 Definition
salt
Term
hemo-
 Definition
blood
Term
herb
 Definition
grass
Term
hermaphrod
 Definition
both male and female
Term
hetero-
 Definition
other, different
Term
homeo-
 Definition
same
Term
homo-
 Definition
alike
Term
hydro-
 Definition
water
Term
hyper-
 Definition
over, above, excessive
Term
hypo-
 Definition
under, below, lower
Term
ichthy
 Definition
fish
Term
inter-
 Definition
between
Term
intra
 Definition
inside, within
Term
iso-
 Definition
equal
Term
karyo-
 Definition
nucleus
Term
kilo-
 Definition
a thousand
Term
kine, kinet-
 Definition
movement
Term
-kytos
 Definition
a vessal
Term
lact
 Definition
milk
Term
lepido
 Definition
a scale
Term
leuko-
 Definition
white
Term
liga-
 Definition
bound or tied
Term
-lite
 Definition
first
Term
-lithe
 Definition
stone
Term
-luna
 Definition
moon
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lyso-
 Definition
loosen
Term
macro-
 Definition
large
Term
major
 Definition
larger
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mal-
 Definition
bad or evil
Term
mega-
 Definition
large, great
Term
melan-
 Definition
black
Term
meso-
 Definition
middle
Term
meta-
 Definition
boundary, turning, point; charge; with; between
Term
-metron
 Definition
measure
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micro-
 Definition
small
Term
minor
 Definition
smaller
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mono-
 Definition
one
Term
morph, morpho-
 Definition
form
Term
muta-
 Definition
change
Term
myo
 Definition
muscle
Term
nephri
 Definition
kidney
Term
neuro-
 Definition
nerve
Term
-oid
 Definition
like, form
Term
ology
 Definition
the study of
Term
omni
 Definition
all
Term
oo
 Definition
egg
Term
osteo-
 Definition
bone
Term
ovi
 Definition
an egg
Term
paleo-
 Definition
ancient
Term
para-
 Definition
beside, near
Term
-patri
 Definition
father
Term
pedi-
 Definition
a child
Term
pelag-
 Definition
the sea
Term
-phage
 Definition
to eat
Term
- philos
 Definition
loving
Term
- phobos
 Definition
fearing
Term
photo
 Definition
light
Term
- phyll
 Definition
leaf
Term
- phyte
 Definition
plant
Term
-pod, -podium
 Definition
foot
Term
poly
 Definition
many
Term
-port
 Definition
gate, door
Term
post-
 Definition
after
Term
potent
 Definition
powerful
Term
pre-
 Definition
before
Term
proto
 Definition
first
Term
pseudo
 Definition
false
Term
pulmo -
 Definition
a lung
Term
quadro -
 Definition
four
Term
re -
 Definition
a gain
Term
retro
 Definition
backward
Term
rhodo
 Definition
red
Term
sacchar
 Definition
sugar
Term
saur
 Definition
lizard
Term
s c h i z o
 Definition
split
Term
s c r i p t
 Definition
write
Term
semi-
 Definition
half
Term
socio
 Definition
a companion
Term
- sperm
 Definition
seed
Term
supra -
 Definition
above , o v e r
Term
syn-
 Definition
together
Term
tetra-
 Definition
four
Term
therm-
 Definition
heat
Term
thrombo -
 Definition
a clot
Term
- topo
 Definition
place
Term
trans -
 Definition
across
Term
tri
 Definition
three
Term
-troph
 Definition
food, nourishment
Term
ultra-
 Definition
beyond
Term
uni-
 Definition
one
Term
-valent
 Definition
strength
Term
vascula-
 Definition
little vessel
Term
-ventriculo
 Definition
ventricle, hallow organ
Term
villi
 Definition
shaggy hair
Term
virul
 Definition
poisonous
Term
vivi
 Definition
alive
Term
xyl-
 Definition
wood
Term
zoa, zoan
 Definition
animal
Term
zona
 Definition
a belt
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