Biology Vocabulary Flashcards

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A, an

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not, without

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ad

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towards

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amph

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double, both

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artho

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joint

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auto

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self

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bio

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life

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blast

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germ, embryo

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cardi

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heart

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chlor

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green

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chrom

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color

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cide, cis

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to kill, to cut

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cyt

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cell

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de

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without

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derm

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skin

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ecto, exo

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outside of

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endo, en

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within

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epi

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above upon

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18
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gastr

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stomach

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gen

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origin

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glyc

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sugar

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hem

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blood

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herb

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plants

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hetero

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other, different

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hom

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same, alike

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hydro

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water

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hyper

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over, above

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hypo

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below, beneath

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im, in

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not

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inter

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between

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intra

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within

31
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itis

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inflammation

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lys

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break

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macro

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large, long

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mes

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middle, between

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meta

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after, beyond

36
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meter

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measure

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micro

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small, as a metric prefix = 10^-6

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mono, uni

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one, single

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myo

A

muscle

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neo

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new

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nom

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name, order

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-oid

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resemble, like

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ology

A

study of

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ortho

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straight, correct

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ose

A

sugar

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path

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disease

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ped, pod

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foot

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phage

A

eat

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phob

A

fear

50
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photo

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light

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phil

A

love

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poly, multi

A

many

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pseudo

A

false

54
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sacchar

A

sugar

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sub

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below

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syn

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together, with

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tele, telo

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far, end

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therm

A

heat

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trans

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across

60
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vore, troph

A

consume

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zoo

A

animal