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AP Bio Word Roots #3
Quiz #3 Roots and Meanings
Root | Meaning |
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ect- | outside; without |
electro- | electric; electricity |
en- | in; into |
-en | made of |
encephal- | brain |
end-; ent- | within; in |
enter- | intestines |
-eous | nature of; like |
epi- | on; above |
-err | wander; go astray |
erythro- | red |
ethno- | race; people |
eu- | well; good |
extra- | beyond; outside of |
ex- | out of |
-fer | bear; carry; produce |
ferro- | iron |
fibr- | fiber; thread |
-fid; fis- | divided into; split |
-flect; -flex | bend |
flor- | flower |
fluor- | fluorine |
foli- | leaf |
fract- | break |
galact-; galax- | milk; milky fluid |
gastro | stomach |
geo- | land; earth |
-gen; -gine | producer; former |
-gene; gene- | origin |
-gest | carry; produce |
glob- | ball; round |
glottis | mouth of windpipe |
-gon | angle; corner |
-gony | offspring; generation; coming into being |
-grade | step; division |
-gram | writing; record |
-graphy; -graph | writing; record |
grav- | heavy |
gross | thick |
gymno- | naked |
gyn- | female |
gyr- | ring; circle; spiral |
haem-; hem- | blood |
hepat- | liver |
herb- | grass |
hetero- | different; other |
hex- | six |
hibern- | winter |