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Biology H 1 > scientific root words, prefixes, and suffixes (part 4) > Flashcards

scientific root words, prefixes, and suffixes (part 4) Flashcards

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iso-

A

equal, same

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-ist

A

person who deals with

dent-IST = person who deals with teeth

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-itis

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inflammation, disease

arthr-ITIS

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-ium

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refers to a part of the body

cranium

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-kary

A

cell nucleus

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kel-

A

tumor, swelling

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kerat-

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horn

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Kilo-

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thousand

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kine-

A

move

KINE-tic

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Lachry

A

tear

as in crying tears

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Lact-

A

milk

LACT-ose= a sugar often found in milk

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lat-

A

side

LAT-itude

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leio-

A

smooth

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-less

A

without

energyless

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leuc-, leuk-

A

white, bright, light

leukemia; leuk=white, emia=blood… cancer affecting the white bloodcells.

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Lign-

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wood

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Lin-

A

line

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lingu-

A

tongue

bi-LINGU-al= being able to speak in 2 tongues

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Lip-

A

fat

lipids= fatty acids

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lith-, -lite

A

stone, petrifying

Palero-LITH-ic= beginning of the STONE age

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Loc-

A

place

LOC-ation= PLACE that something is at

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-log

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word, speech

dia-LOG-ue= a WORD exchange vetween 2+ people

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-logist

A

one who studies

bio-LOGIST= one who studies biology

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-logy

A 
study of
(bio-LOGY= study if life
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Lumin-

A

light
(harry potter “Lumos”)
(il-LUMIN-ate)

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-lys, -lyt, -lyst

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decompose, split, dissolve

(hydro-LYS-is= chemical decomposition of a substance using water

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Macro-

A

large

MACRO-trauma

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Malac-

A

soft
(MALAC-hite= soft stone)
(sounds like MALEC… need I say more)

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Malle

A

Hammer

MALLE-t

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Mamm-

A

breast

MAMM-ogram= photograh of the breast using x-ray

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Marg-

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border, edge

margin

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Mast-

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Med-

A

middle

MED-ium

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Meg-

A

million, great

MEG-alodon= great shark that lived millions of years ago

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Mela-, melan-

A

black, dark

MELA-tonin= the more of it you have in your skin, the dark your skin it

36
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-mer

A

part

pri-MER= a necessary part of sequencing DNA

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Mes-

A

between, along, after

38
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Met-, meta-

A

between, along, after

META-human= something between human and something else

39
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-meter, -metry

A

measurement

METER is a type of measurement

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Micro-

A

small, millionth

MICRO-scope

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Milli-

A

thousandth

MILLI-second= thousancth of a second

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Mis-

A

wrong, incorrect

MIS-take

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Mito-

A

thread

MITO-sis= a THREAD of actions causing the split of the cell

44
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Mole-

A

mass

mole-scientific unit used to describe and object’s MASS

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Mono-

A

one, single

MONO-tone= maintaining a single tone

46
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Mort-

A

death

MORT-al= you can die

47
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Mot-

A

move

MOT-ion= movement

48
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Morph-

A

shape, form

metamorphosis art takes 2+ shapes of forms and molds them together

49
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Multi-

A

many

MULTI-ple

50
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Mut-

A

change

MUT-ation

51
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My-

A

muscles

MY-ositis= inflammation of the muscles

52
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Myc-

A

fungus

Zygo-MYC-ota= type of fungus

53
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Mycel-

A

threadlike

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Myriad-

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Moll-

A

soft

MOLL-ify= to soften someone’s anxiety or something

56
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Nas-

A

nose

NAS-al

57
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Necr-

A

corpse, dead

NECR-ocrmancy

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Nemat-

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Neo-

A

new, recent

NEO malthusian

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Nephro-

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-ner

A

moist, liquid

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Neur-

A

nerve

NEUR-otic

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Noct-, nov-

A

Night

NOCT-urnal

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-node

65
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-nom, -nomy

A

ordered knowledge, law

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non-

A

not

nonexistent

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not-

68
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nuc-

A

center

NUC-leus= is usually near/ at the center of the cell it controls

69
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ob-

A

against

OB-stacle= things that work against you

70
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Ocul-

A

eye

(bin-OCUL-ars= instrument used for the eyes to see farther

71
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oct-

A

eight

OCT-agon

72
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odont-

A

tooth

orth-ODONT-ist

73
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-ond

A

form, appearance

74
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olf-

A

smell

OLF-action= action of smelling

75
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Oligo-

A

few, little

OLIGO-poly= maket is shared by a SMALL number of producers or sellers

76
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-oma

A

abnormal condition, tumor

77
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omni-

A

all

OMNI-scient= all knowing

78
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onc-

A

mass, tumor

ONC-ology= study & treatment of tumors

Biology H 1 (5 decks)

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