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Sam Bio roots
Biology root words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a, an- | not, without |
| ab- | away from |
| -able- | capable of |
| ac- | to, toward |
| -aceous- | of or pertaining to |
| acou/acous- | hear |
| ad- | to, toward |
| aden- | gland |
| adip- | fat |
| -al- | relation to |
| alb/u- | white |
| alg/algia- | pain |
| ambi, amphi | both |
| ameb | change |
| amni | fetal membrane |
| amphi, ampho | both |
| amyl | starch |
| ana | up;back;apart |
| andro | man;masculine |
| ang | choke;feel pain |
| angi/o | vessel;duct |
| ante | before;ahead of time |
| anter/o | front |
| antho | flower |
| anti | against;opposite |
| anthropo | man;human |
| apis | bee |
| aqu | water |
| aranea, arachnea | spider |
| archaeo | primitive,ancient |
| arium | place for something |
| arteri | artery |
| arthr | jointed |
| -ase- | enzymes |
| aster,astr | star |
| -ate,ation | condition of being |
| ather | fatty deposit |
| audi | hear |
| aur | ear |
| auto | self |
| axill/o | underarm;armpit |
| bacilli/us | rod shape |
| bacter; bactr | bacterium |
| barb | beard |
| bene | well;good |
| bi | two |
| bio | life;living |
| -blast- | sprout;germ layer |
| botan/e | plant |
| brachi | arm |
| brachy | short |
| brady | slow |
| branchi | fin |
| bronch | windpipe |
| calor | heat |
| capill | hair |
| carcin | cancer |
| cardi/o | heart |
| carn | meat |
| carp | fruit |
| carpal/is | wrist |
| cata | brakdown;downward |
| caud | tail |
| caut,caus | burn;heat |
| cell;chamber | small room |
| centi | hundredth |
| centra/i | center |
| cephal/cephalo | head |
| cerat | horn |
| cerebr | brain |
| cervic | neck |
| cetus | sea;whale |
| chel/i | claw |
| chemo | relating to chemicals |
| chiasm | cross |
| chir | hand |
| chloro | green |
| chondro | cartilage |
| chrom/o | chrome color |
| chron | time |
| chym | juice |
| cid/e'cis | cut;kill;fall |
| cilia | hair |
| circa;circum | around |
| cirru | hairlike curls |
| cise | cut |
| cle/ole | small |
| co;con;com | with;together |
| coni | cone |
| cocc | seed;berry;round |
| coel | hollow |
| coll | glue |
| com/con | with;together |
| contra | against |
| corpus | body |
| cort;cortic | outer layer |
| cost | rib |
| cotyl | cup |
| counter | against |
| cranio | skull |
| cresc;cret | begin to grow |
| crypt/o | hidden;covered |
| cul/cule | small;dimuntive |
| cuti | skin |
| cyan | blue |
| cycle cycl-ring | circle |
| cyst | sac;pouch |
| cyt,cyte-cell | hollow shape |
| dactyl- | finger |
| de- | away from, down |
| deca- | ten |
| deci- | tenth |
| demi- | half |
| dendr- | tree |
| dent- | tooth |
| dem- | people |
| derm- | skin |
| Di, dipl- | two; double |
| dia- | through; across; apart |
| dia- | (Latin) day |
| digit- | finger; toe |
| din- | terrible |
| diplo- | double |
| dis- | apart; absence of |
| dorm- | sleep |
| dorso- | back |
| du, duo- | two |
| duct- | lead |
| dys- | abnormal; difficult |
| e, ef, ex | outer, away from |
| echin | spiny |
| eco | house |
| ectasis | dilation |
| ecto | outside of |
| ectopia | displacement |
| elle | small |
| emia | blood condition |
| en, ent | in, into, within |
| en | made of |
| encephal | brain |
| endo, endon | in, internal |
| enter | intestine; gut |
| entom | insects |
| eous | nature of; like |
| epi | above, upon |
| err | wander, go astray |
| erythro | red |
| escent | becoming |
| eso | inward; within; inner |
| esis | process of |
| ethno | nation |
| equi | equal |
| eu | true; normal |
| eury | widen |
| ex/o | outer, external |
| extra | beyond; outside |
| fer | bear, carry, produce |
| ferro | iron |
| fibr | fiber, thread |
| fid/a, fiss | split, divided into |
| flect –flex, bend | split, divided into |
| flor | flower |
| flu, fluct, flux | flow |
| foli | leaf |
| folli | bag or sac |
| fract | break |
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