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biochem
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| bio | life |
| photo | light |
| anti | against |
| troph | food |
| homo | same |
| thermo | heat |
| inter | between |
| uni | one |
| corp | body |
| chloro | green |
| nov | new |
| path | disease |
| pseudo | false |
| cephalo | head |
| epi | above |
| anthropo | human |
| hist | tissue |
| omni | all |
| quin | five |
| mar | sea |
| halo | salt |
| -gen | producing |
| kary | nucleus |
| chondr | cartilage |
| -ase | enzyme |
| mot | move |
| sect | cut |
| globin | protein |
| verm | worm |
| milli | thousand |
| soma | body |
| alb | white |
| infra | below |
| -oma | growth |
| -dent | tooth |
| osteo | bone |
| pent | five |
| avi | bird |
| ante | before |
| gastro | stomach |
| prim | first |
| mandi | jaw |
| nephro | kidney |
| strat | layer |
| baro | pressure |
| arachn | spider |
| botan | plant |
| scien | knowledge |
| -edema | tumor |
| onco | cancer |
| -logy | study of |
| -cyte | cell |
| zo | animal |
| -ose | sugar |
| -cide | kill |
| calor | heat |
| intra | within |
| bi | two |
| cardio | heart |
| chromo | color |
| mono | one |
| alg | pain |
| micro | small |
| trans | across |
| herb | plant |
| ento | insect |
| iso | same |
| pre | before |
| chron | time |
| dent | teeth |
| amphi | both |
| arth | joint |
| ad | towards |
| -philic | liking or loving |
| pyro | fire |
| terra | land |
| medi | middle |
| sacch | sugar |
| phago | feeding |
| mega | large |
| co | together |
| necro | dead |
| hemi | half |
| di | two |
| mut | change |
| vita | life |
| oct | eight |
| cuti | skin |
| contra | against |
| loc | location |
| spir | breathe |
| helminth | worm |
| oo | egg |
| sub | under |
| cili | hair |
| astr | star |
| hist | tissue |
| ultra | beyond |
| -emia | blood |
| cyano | blue |
| auto | self |
| syn | together |
| -phyte | plant |
| eu | true |
| a | not |
| pep | protein |
| en | inside |
| tri | three |
| myo | muscle |
| erythro | red |
| glycol | sugar |
| -itis | inflammation |
| macro | large |
| -derm | skin |
| hypo | less |
| poly | many |
| -less | without |
| vas | vessel |
| ortho | straight |
| -dox | belief |
| aqua | water |
| -globin | protein |
| chiasm | crossing |
| -phobic | fearing |
| contra | against |
| dactyl | finger |
| ocu | eye |
| centi | hundred |
| meso | middle |
| circum | around |
| deci | one tenth |
| ichthy | fish |
| de | remove |
| extra | beyond |
| ex | from or out of |
| hap | half |
| myce | fungus |
| -stasis | staying |
| cerebro | brain |
| temp | time |
| aero | air |
| angio | vessel |
| pan | all |
| ventr | belly |
| helio | sun |
| pneumo | lung |
| inocul | implant |
| viv | life |
| -graph | writing |
| melano | dark |
| hetero | different |
| cyto | cell |
| chemo | chemical |
| pro | before |
| il | not |
| carcin | cancer |
| -pod | foot |
| tetra | four |
| quad | four |
| hydro | water |
| dur | hard |
| -ism | having a condition |
| crypto | hidden |
| ecto | outer |
| hyper | more |
| geo | earth |
| lat | side |
| semi | half |
| hemo | blood |
| foli | plant |
| -lysis | to cut |
| lip | fat |
| adipo | fat |
| endo | inside |
| meter | measurement |
| enter | inside |
| proto | first |
| multi | many |
| meta | next |
| non | not |
| bronch | trachea |
| lact | milk |
| leuko | white |
| -cide | kill |
| ultra | above |
| -plasty | molding |
| telo | last |
| erythro | red |
| psycho | mind |
| dors | back |
| an | not |
| antho | flower |
| pulmo | lung |
| oligo | few |
| ubiqu | everywhere |
| quin | five |
| peri | around |
| zyg | egg |
| physio | nature |
| -ectomy | removal |