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Without sex
Without oxygen

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a-, an- = without, not, negative
Asexual
Anaerobic

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Not normal
Not there

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Ab- = away from
Abnormal
Absent

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3
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Near kidney

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Ad-, Af- = near, toward
Adrenal

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Near oxygen
The way objects move thru air

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Aero- = air, oxygen
Aerobic
Aerodynamic

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5
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Both stages (land or water)
Both sides

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Amphi- = both
Amphibian
Amphitheatre

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Towards the front
Towards the front of the head

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Ante- = front
Anterior
Antennae

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Against disease
Against bullying

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Anti- = against
Antibody
Antibullying

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Jointed feet
Disease of joints

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Arthr- = joint
Arthropod
Arthritis

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Self feeder
Self biography

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Auto- = self
Autotroph
Autobiography

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2 bumps
2 halves
2 feet
2 rows of seeds

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Bi-, di- = two, double
Bicuspid
Bivalve
Bipedal
Dicot

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Study of life
Where all living things live

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Bio- = life
Biology
Biosphere

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Flesh eater

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Carn- = flesh
Carnivore

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13
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Head/foot
Head/body

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Cephalo- = head
Cephalopod
Cephalothorax

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Green plast
Green leaf

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Chloro- = green
Chloroplast
Chlorophyll

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Cartilage fish

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Chondr- = cartilage
Chondrichthye

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16
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Coloured plast

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Chromo- = colour
Chromoplast

17
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Evolving together
Dominating together

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Co-, com-, con- = with
Coevolve
Codominance

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Body cavity

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-coel = cavity
Coelom

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Body cavity

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-coel = cavity
Coelom

20
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Blue foot

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Cyano- = blue
Cyanopod

21
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Early capsule
Blue capsule

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-cyst = capsule
Blastocyst
Cyanocyst

22
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Study of cells
Cell fluid

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Cyt- = cell
Cytology
Cytoplasm

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Tooth doctor
Teeth straightener

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Dent-, -dont = tooth
Dentist
Orthodontist

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Study of skin
Disease of skin
Beneath skin

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Derm- = skin
Dermatology
Dermatitis
Hypodermic

25
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Diarrhea
Not working properly
Suffering society

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Dys- = ill, bad
Dysentery
Dysfunctional
Dystopian society

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Egg tube
Water tube

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-duct = tube
Oviduct
Aquaduct