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a/an

A

not, without

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meso

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middle

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leuco

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white

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aero

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air

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anti

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opposite, against

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amphi

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both

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aqua/ hydro

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water

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arthro

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joint

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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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bio

A

life

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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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cide

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killing

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cyto

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cell

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hemo

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blood

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hyper

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above, beyond

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hypo

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below, under

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intra

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between

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-itis

A

inflammation

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lateral

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side

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-logy

A

science, study

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-lysis

A

dissolve

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-meter

A

measure

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mono

A

one

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morph

A

shape, form

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micro

A

small

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macro

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large

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multi/poly

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many

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pod

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foot

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-phobia

A

fear, aversion

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derm

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skin

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haplo

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simple

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ecto (exo)

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out of

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endo

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internal

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epi

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upon, above

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gastro

A

stomach

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genesis

A

beginning

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herba

A

grass, plants

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hetero

A

different

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homo

A

same

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ov

A

egg

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kary

A

cell nucleus

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neuro

A

nerves

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soma

A

body

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saccharo

A

sugar

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primi/archea

A

first

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phyll

A

leaf

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-philia

A

love, tendency

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proto

A

primitive, first

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photo

A

light

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psuedo

A

false

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synthesis

A

combination

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sub

A

below

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troph

A

feeding

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therm

A

heat

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tri

A

three

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zoo, zoa

A

animal

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-tropism

A

turning

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-taxis

A

motion/orientation

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-stasis

A

standing, staying

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zyg / zygous

A

joined

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phago

A

to eat

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path / pathy

A

disease

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sym / syn

A

together

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hydrology

A

study of water

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cytolysis

A

dissolution of a cell

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protozoa

A

primitive animal

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epidermis

A

outer skin layer

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spermatogenesis

A

formation of sperm

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exoskeleton

A

outer skeleton

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abiotic

A

without life

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pathogen

A

something that begins a disease

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psuedopod

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false foot

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hemophilia

A

tendency to bleed

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endocystosis

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internal cell

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herbicide

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poison for plants

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anaerobic

A

without air

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bilateral

A

two-sided

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autotroph

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self feeding

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monosaccharide

A

one sugar

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arthropod

A

joint foot

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polymorphic

A

many shapes

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hypothermia

A

under heat/ freezing

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biogenesis

A

beginning of life

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