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Latin & Greek roots
Biology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a, an | not |
| aero | air |
| allo | other |
| amphi | on both sides |
| anti | against |
| auto | self |
| bi | two |
| bio | life, living |
| blast | bud, sprout |
| co | with |
| cyto | cell |
| di | two |
| ecto | outer |
| endo | inner, within |
| epi | outer, upon |
| exo | outside |
| glyco | sugary |
| hetero | different |
| homo | alike |
| hydro | water |
| hyper | over, more than |
| hypo | under, less than |
| inter | between |
| intra | within |
| iso | same |
| logo, logy | study of |
| lyse, lysis | loosen burst |
| macro | large |
| meta | change, turning point |
| micro | small |
| morph | form |
| oligo | few |
| para | beside |
| photo | light |
| poly | many |
| soma | body |
| sym, syn | together |
| trans | across |
| tri | three |
| zygo | yoked together |