Biology 24-25 Word Roots PDF

Biology 24-25 Word Roots Word Roots of Biology Mr. Lincke PREFIX, ROOT, OR SUFFIX DEFINITION EXAMPLE 1 a- not, without asymmetrical 2 ab- aw...

Biology 24-25 Word Roots Word Roots of Biology Mr. Lincke PREFIX, ROOT, OR SUFFIX DEFINITION EXAMPLE 1 a- not, without asymmetrical 2 ab- away, apart abduct 3 able able viable 4 ac pertaining to cardiac 5 acou-, acous- hear acoustic 6 ad - to, toward adhesion 7 adip- fat adipocytes aerobic 8 aer- air metabolism 9 agri- field, soil agriculture 10 alb- white albicans, albino 11 alto- high alto 12 amphi- both amphibian 13 amyl- starch amylose 14 ana- back, up anaphase 15 andro- male androgen angiogram, 16 angio- vessel angioplasty 17 ante- before anterior 18 anti- against antibiotic 19 arachn- spider arachnoid 20 arche- ancient archaeology 21 arthro- joint arthritis 22 ase enzymes sucrase 23 asis,asia state, condition homeostasis 24 astro- star astrocyte 25 audi- hear auditory 26 auto- self, same, automatic autotrophic 27 baro- pressure baroreceptor 28 bi- two bivalve 29 bio- life biology 30 blast- embryo blastocyst 31 bronch- airway, windpipe bronchial 32 calor- heat calorie 33 carcin- cancer carcinogenic 34 cardi-, cardio-, - heart cardiac 35 cardia carn- meat carnivore 36 caud- tail caudal 37 cephal- head brachiocephalic 38 cereb- brain cerebrum 39 cervic- neck cervix 40 chloro- green chlorophyll 8/21/2024 Revised January 15, 2019 Biology 24-25 Word Roots Word Roots of Biology Mr. Lincke 41 chondro- cartilage chondrocyte 42 chromo- color chromosome 43 cide kill genocide 44 circ- around circumnavigate 45 co, con- with, together cohesion 46 contra- against contralateral, 47 corp- body contradiction corpuscle 48 cort- outer layer cortex 49 cost- rib costal 50 crypt- hidden cryptic 51 cut- skin cutaneous 52 cyan- blue cyanosis 53 cycle circle bicycle 54 cyt- cell cytology 55 dactyl finger polydactyl 56 de- remove detoxify 57 dendr- tree dendrite 58 dent- teeth dentition 59 derm- skin dermis 60 dia- through dialysis 61 digit- finger or toes digital 62 dis- apart, away from disability 63 dys- painful dysmenorrhea 64 echino- spiny, prickly echinoderm 65 ecol- dwelling, house ecology 66 ecto- outer, outside ectoderm 67 ectomy removal appendectomy 68 endo- inner, inside endometrium 69 entero- intestine enteric 70 epi- upon, over epidermis 71 erythro- red erythrocyte 72 ex-, exo- outside of excess 73 extra- outside of, beyond extracellular 74 ferr- iron ferrous 75 fil- thread filament 76 form shape fusiform 77 gastro- stomach gastropod 78 gen type genotype 79 geo- land, earth geothermal 80 germ- bud germinate 81 gest- to bear gestation gestation 82 glyco- sugar glycogen, glucose glycogen, glucose 8/21/2024 Revised January 15, 2019 Biology 24-25 Word Roots Word Roots of Biology Mr. Lincke 83 gram write, record cardiogram cardiogram 84 gyne-, gyno- woman gynecologist gynecologist 85 halo- salt halocline halocline 86 hem-, hemato- blood hemopoeisis hemopoeisis 87 hemi- half hemisphere hemisphere 88 hepato- liver hepatocyte hepatocyte 89 herb- grass, plants herbaceous herbaceous 90 hetero- different heterozygous heterozygous 91 hist- tissue histology 92 holo- entire holocrine 93 homeo- the same homeostasis 94 hydro- water carbohydrate 95 hyper- above, over hyperglycemia 96 hypo- below, under hyponatremia 97 hyster- uterus hysterical 98 ia state or condition hysteria 99 ic of, pertaining to hypoxic within; denoting 100 in- negative effect inactive 101 infra- beneath infraorbital 102 inter- between, among intercourse 103 intra- within intramural 104 iso- same isomer someone who practices or 105 ist deals with something biologist 106 itis inflammation tendonitis 107 kin- movement kinesis 108 lact-, lacto-, -lactin milk lactose 109 leuko- white leukocyte 110 lip-, lipo- fat lipoid 111 lith- stone neolithic 112 logy study of biology 113 lumin- light luminous 114 lyso, -lysis, -lyze dissolution hydrolysis 115 macro- large macromolecule 116 mal- bad malabsorption 117 mega- large megakaryote 118 melan- black melanocyte 119 men- month menstrual 120 meningo- membranes meningitis 121 meso- in the middle mesoderm 122 meta- beyond metaphase 123 micro- small microscopic 8/21/2024 Revised January 15, 2019 Biology 24-25 Word Roots Word Roots of Biology Mr. Lincke 124 mono- one, single monomer 125 morph- form morphology 126 mural wall intramurals 127 myo- muscle myocardium 128 narc- to numb or deaden narcotics 129 natri- sodium natriuretic 130 necr- corpse necrosis 131 neo- new neonatal 132 nephr- kidney nephron 133 neur- nerve neurotransmitter 134 oct- eight octagon 135 oculo- eye oculomotor 136 odont- tooth orthodontia 137 olf- smell olfactory 138 oligo- few oligopeptide 139 oma swelling carcinoma 140 oo- egg oocyte 141 opia eye myopia 142 orb- circle orbicularis oris 143 org- living organ 144 ornith- bird ornithology 145 orth- straight orthopedic 146 osis state or condition of neurosis 147 osteon, osteo- bone osteocyte 148 pachy- thick pachyderm 149 pan- all, universal pandemic 150 para- near, on parasite 151 patho, -path, -pathy disease pathology 152 pedia- child pediatrician 153 peri- around pericardium 154 phag- to eat phagocyte 155 phasia speech aphasia 156 phil, philia love hydrophilic 157 phobia fear hydrophobia 158 photo- light phototropism 159 physio- nature physiotherapist 160 phyto- plants phytoplankton 161 plegia a blow paraplegia 162 pneum- air pneumonia 163 pod foot podiatrist 164 poly- many polysaccharide 165 post- after postnatal 8/21/2024 Revised January 15, 2019 Biology 24-25 Word Roots Word Roots of Biology Mr. Lincke 166 pre- before prediction 167 pseudo- unauthentic, false pseudopod 168 pulmo- lung pulmonary 169 quadr- four quadriplegia 170 retro- backward retroperitoneal 171 rrhage burst forth hemorrhage 172 sacchar- sugar polysaccharide 173 scler-, sclero- hard sclera 174 scope instrument to see arthroscope 175 scribe, script write transcript 176 semi- partially semipermeable 177 septic putrid, rotten sepsis 178 some body chromosome 179 sten- a narrowing stenosis 180 stomy mouth colostomy 181 sub- under substrate 182 super-, supra- above, over superficial 183 syn- with synergy 184 tachy- swift tachycardia 185 tax- arrange, put in order taxonomy 186 telo- end telophase 187 terr- earth, land terrestrial 188 therm- heat thermoregulation 189 tomy to cut appendectomy 190 tox- poison toxic 191 trans- across transdermal 192 trophy nourishing atrophy 193 uni- one unicellular 194 ur referring to urine urethra 195 vas- vessel vascular 196 ventr- belly, underside ventral 197 visc- organ, entrail visceral 198 vit-, viv- life vitality 199 xero- dry xerophyte 200 zoo- animal zoology 8/21/2024 Revised January 15, 2019