Bio Root Words Flashcards by bazel reehee | Brainscape

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a/an

A

Not

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ecto (exo)

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External

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endo

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Internal

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Epi

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Upon

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anti

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Opposite of

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Amphi

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On both sides of

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aqua/hydro

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Water

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arthro

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Human

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auto

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Self

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bi/di

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Two

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haplo

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Single/simple

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cephal

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Head

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Chloro

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Green

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Chromo

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Color

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Derm

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Skin

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Genesis

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Beginning

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Hetero

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Different

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Homo

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Same

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Bio

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Life

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Hyper

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Over

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Hypo

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Under

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Intra

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Inside

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-itis

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Inflammation or disease

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Cyto

A

Cell

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-logy

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Study of

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-lysis

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Decomposition/breaking down/dissolving/destruction

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-meter

A

A measure

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Mono

A

One

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Morph

A

Form

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Micro

A

Small

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Macro

A

Big

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Poly

A

Multiple

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-phobia

A

organisms that dislike certain conditions

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-philia

A

Thriving in a place/situation

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Proto

A

First

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Photo

A

Light

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Pod

A

Feet

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Kary

A

Nucleus

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Neuro

A

Related to the nervous system

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Soma

A

Cell body

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Saccharo

A

relating to sugar

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Primo/archea

A

Primitive/ancient things

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Phyll

A

Leaves

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Cide

A

Killing

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Phago

A

Eat/consume/destroy

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Path/pathy

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One affected by a disease; one who is practiced in a method of treatment

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Pseudo

A

False

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Synthesis

A

To combine

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Sub

A

Under

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Troph

A

To feed; to eat

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Therm

A

Heat

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Sym/syn

A

Together

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Zoo/zoa

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Animals/organisms

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-tropism

A

Growth/turning movement

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-taxis

A

Movement in response to external stimulus

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-stasis

A

Equilibrium

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Zyg/zygous

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Joined together; union