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Biology
10th Grade
11/10/2011
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A-
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Not, without
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Ab-
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Away, apart
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-able
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Able
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Ad-
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To or toward
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Amphi-
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Both
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Ante-
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Before
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Anti-
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Against
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Arche-
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Ancient
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Auto-
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Self, same
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Bi-
 Definition
Two
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Bio-
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Life
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Blast-
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Embryo
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Carcin-
 Definition
Cancer
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Chloro-
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Green
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Chromo-
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Color
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Circ-
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Around
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-cycle
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Circle
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Cyst-
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Pocket or capsule
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Cyt-
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Cell
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De-
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Remove
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Di-
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Two or second
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Dia-
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Through
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Diplo-
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DOuble or folded double
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Ecto-
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Outer, outside
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End-
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Inner
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Endo-
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Inner, inside
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Epi-
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Upon, over
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Ex-, Exo-
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Outside of
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-gen
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Type
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Hemi-
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Half
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Hetero-
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Different
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Hist-
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Tissue
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Homeo-
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The same
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Hydro-
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Water
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Hyper-
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Above, over
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Hypo-
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Below, under
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-ic
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Of or pertaining to
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Inter-
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Between, among
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Intra
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Within
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Iso-
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Equal
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-ist
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Someone who practices or deals with something
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-logy
 Definition
Study of
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Macro-
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Large
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Mega-
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Large
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Mer (os)
 Definition
Part, side of piece
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Meso-
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In the middle
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Mito-
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Thread
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Morph-
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Form
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Neo-
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New
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Nom (os)
 Definition
Law
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-oid
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LIke, resembling, the 'idea' of
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-oma
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Swelling
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oo-
 Definition
Egg
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Org-
 Definition
Living
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Oste (on)
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Bone
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Para-
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Near, on
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Peri-
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Around
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Phag-
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Eat
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Phor-
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Bear, carry or possess
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Photo-
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Light
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Phyto
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Plants
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-pod
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Foot
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Poly-
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Many
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Pronto-
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First
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Semi-
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Partially
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-some
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Body
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Sub-
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Under
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Super, supra
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Above
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Syn-
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Together
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-Tom
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Piece or section
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Trans-
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Accross
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Trop-
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Turn
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Troph-
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Food
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Visc-
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ORgan
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Zo (on)-
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Animal
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Zyg-
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United, tied, or yoked together
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