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Muench Common roots
Muench -- Common word roots
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| homo - (Greek) | Same or equal |
| hetero - (Greek) | Different or other |
| a- | not; as in "atonal" meaning "not tonal" or "not musical" |
| mono- | one or single |
| poly- | many |
| di-, bi-, duo- | two |
| bio | life |
| -logy, ology | study of |
| gen | birth ("Genetics" because it is a study of what we inherit at birth.) |
| chrom | color ("Chromosome" because that cell part was readily stained with dye.) |