unit 3 roots Flashcards
acid
a substance which gives off hydrogen ions
active
requires energy
agonist
fighter, champion
amino
chemical group containing the element nitrogen
archaea
greek arkhaios “ ancient “, the oldest and most primitive form of living things
bio
life
cancer
a disease characterized by uncontrollable cell division and/or the unusual appearance of cells
capsid
latin capsa, “box”
cell
unit of living things, bounded by cellular membrane
centr/i
centr/o
center
chondr
granule
chrom/at
chrom/o
color
clone
a cell which is an exact genetic copy of its parent cell
deoxyrib/o
a sugar which is similar to ribose but is missing an oxygen
dox
opinion; belief
electron
subatomic particle, used in microscopes for visualizing molecular-size objects
feedback
information in the body used to monitor a state or condition
golgi apparatus
golgi bodies
golgi complex
three names for the same organelle, discovered by camillo golgi, a 19th century italian anatomist
karyon
nucleus, from greek “nut”
lys/o
lytic
breakdown; destruction
malignant
invasive or destructive
meion
lessen; reduce
mito
thread
myel/o
marrow, especially bone marrow
necr/o
death
nucleus
a center of a cell
onc/o
cancer
organ
tool/instrument
paradox
against prevailing opinion
passive
does not require energy
phag/o
eating
phage
eating
pin/o
drinking
plasm
jelly
ptosis
drooping
resperation
literally “breathing”, but used to describe the process of turning oxygen into energy
ret/e
net
rib/o
a sugar which is the basis for many molecules
soma
body
stasis
stooping; holding
transcripts
changing the form without changing the language
translate
changing the language
transmissibility
the ability of a disease to move from one person to another
ves
bladder
virulence
the severity of a disease
virus
latin, “slimy liquid”; “poison”
zym/o
leavening
