Biology Scientific Roots page 7-8 Flashcards by bryan elder

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mycel-

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threadlike

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myria-

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many

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moll-

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soft

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nas-

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nose

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necr-

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corpse, dead

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nemat-

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thread

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neo-

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new, recent

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nephro-

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kidney

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-ner-

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moist, liquid

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neur-

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nerve

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noct-, nox-

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night

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-node

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knot

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-nom-, -nomy

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ordered knowledge, law

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non-

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not

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not-

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back

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nuc-

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center

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ob-

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against

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ocul-

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eye

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oct-

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eight

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odont-

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tooth

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-oid

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form, appearance

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olf-

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smell

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oligo-

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few, little

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-oma

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abnormal condition, tumor

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omni-

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all

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onc-

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mass, tumor

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oo-

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egg

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opthalm-

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eye

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opt-

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eye

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orb-

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circle, round, ring

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-orium, -ory

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place for something

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ornith-

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bird

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orth-

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straight, correct, right

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oscu-

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mouth

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-osis

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abnormal condition

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oste-

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bone

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oto-

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ear

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-ous

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full of

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ov-

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egg

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oxy-

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sharp, acid, oxygen

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pachy-

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thick

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paleo-

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old, ancient

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palm-

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broad, flat

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pan-

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all

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par-, para-

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beside, near, equal

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path-, pathy-

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disease, suffering

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-ped-

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foot

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-ped-

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child

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pent-

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five

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per-

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through

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peri-

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around

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permea-

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pass, go

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phag-

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eat

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pheno-

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show

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-phil-

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loving, fond of

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phon-, -phone

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sound

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-phore, pher-

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bear, carry

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photo-

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light

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phren-

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mind, diaphragm

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phyc-

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seaweed, algae

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phyl-

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related group

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-phyll

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leaf

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physi-

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nature, natural qualities

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phyt-, -phyte

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plant

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pino-

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drink

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pinni-

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feather

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plan-

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roaming, wandering

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plasm-, -plast-

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form, formed into

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platy-

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flat

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pleur-

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lung, rib, side

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pneumo-

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lungs, air

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-pod

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foot

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poly-

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many, several

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por-

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opening

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port-

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carry

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post-

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after, behind

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pom-

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fruit

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pre-

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before, ahead of time

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prim-

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first

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pro-

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forward, favoring, before

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proto-

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first, primary

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pseudo-

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false, deceptive

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psych-

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mind

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pter-

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having wings or fins

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pulmo-

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lung

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puls-

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drive, push

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pyr-

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heat, fire

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quadr-

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four

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quin-

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five

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radi-

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ray

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re-

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again, back

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rect-

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right, correct