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Bio sem2 root words
All the root words (I think) from semester 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ana | apart |
| chrom | color |
| eu | true/normal |
| inter | between |
| kary | nucleus |
| meta, meso | middle |
| mito | thread |
| muta | change |
| oma | abnormal |
| pro | before/toward |
| soma, somat | body |
| telo | end |
| anti | against/opposite |
| trans | across |
| chron | time |
| gen | origin/birth |
| amni | fetal, embryo |
| auto | self |
| diplo | two/double |
| dis | apart/absence |
| gamet/o | sex cell |
| hapl/o | single |
| hetero | different/other |
| homo | same/man |
| meio | less |
| oid | shape/to resemble |
| path/y | disease/suffering |
| pheno | to show/appear |
| sperm | seed |
| tetra | four |
| zygo | joined together |
| toxi/co | poison |
| ante | before/ahead of time |
| din | terrible |
| geo | earth/land |
| paleo | old/ancient |
| strat/a | layer |
| infra | beneath |
| intra | within/inside |
| loc/o | place |
| lumen | light |
| mis | wrong |
| morph | shape |
| noct, nox | night |
| peri | around |
| topo | place |
| ultra | beyond |
| phyla | related group |
| cis/e | to cut |
| counter | against |
| neo | new |
| hepa/t | liver |
| pulmo | lung |
| rhino | nose |
| vacci | cow |
| arteri/o | artery |
| capill | hair |
| cardio | heart |
| cerebr | brain |
| epi | above/upon |
| gastro | stomach |
| hem/at | blood |
| myo | muscle |
| thromb/o | clot |