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Biology Scientific Roots page 9-10 Flashcards

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1
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ren-

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kidney

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ret-

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net, made like a net

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rhag-, -rrhage

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burst forth

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rhe-, -rrhea

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flow

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rhin-

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nose

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rhiz-

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root

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rhodo-

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rose

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roto-

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wheel

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rubr-

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red

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sacchar-

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sugar

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sapr-

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rotten

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sarc-

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flesh

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saur-

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lizard

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schis-, schiz-

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split, divide

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sci-

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know

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scler-

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hard

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-scop-

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look, device for seeing

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-scribe, -script

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write

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semi-

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half, partly

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sept-

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partition, seven

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-septic

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infection, putrefaction

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sess-

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sit

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sex-

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six

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-sis

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condition, state

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sol-

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sun

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solv-

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loosen, free

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som-, somat-

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body

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somn-

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sleep

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son-

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sound

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spec-, spic-

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look at

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-sperm-

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seed

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-spher-

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ball, round

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spir-, -spire

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breathe

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-spor-

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seed

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stat-, -stasis

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standing, placed, staying

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stell-

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stars

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sten-

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narrow

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stern-

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chest, breath

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stom-, -stome

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mouth

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strat-

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layer

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stereo-

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solid, 3-dimensional

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strict-

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drawn tight

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styl-

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pillar

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sub-

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under, below

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super-, sur-

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over, above, on top

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sym-, syn-

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together

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tachy-

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quick, swift

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tarso-

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ankle

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tax-

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arrange, put in order

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tele-

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far off, distant

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telo-

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end

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terr-

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earth, land

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tetr-

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four

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thall-

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young shoot

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-the, -thes-

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put

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-thel-

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cover a surface

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-therm-

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heat

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-tom-

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cut, slice

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toxico-

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poison

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top-

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place

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trache-

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windpipe

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trans-

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across

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tri-

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three

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trich-

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hair

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-trop-

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turn, change

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-troph-

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nourishment, one who feeds

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turb-

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whirl

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-ul-, -ule

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diminutive, small

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ultra-

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beyond

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uni-

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one

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ur-

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urine

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-ura

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tail

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vas-

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vessel

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vect-

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carry

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ven-, vent-

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come

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ventr-

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belly, underside

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-verge

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turn, slant

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vig-

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strong

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vit, viv-

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life

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volv-

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roll, wander

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-vor-

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devour, eat

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xanth-

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yellow

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xero-

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dry

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xyl-

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wood

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zo-, zoa-

A

animal

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zyg-

A

joined together

87
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zym-

A

yeast

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