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Unit 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Amphi | Around, on both sides |
| Apo | from, off, away |
| Auto | self |
| Cata | down, downward |
| di | separate, two, double, two |
| en | inside |
| eu | good, well |
| exo | out outside without |
| extra | outside, more, beyond |
| haplo | single |
| hetero | other differnet |
| holo | whole |
| inter | between among |
| iso | equal |
| mero | a part |
| mono | one single |
| par | beside near |
| poly | many much |
| pseudo | false lying |
| telo | an end, complete |
| tri | three |
| acetyl | the name of a chemical group |
| acid | property of some chemicals |
| adip/o | fat |
| areo | air |
| alcoh[ol] | name of a chemical group |
| alkali | a property of some chemicals |
| allele | on form of a gene(unit of inheriatance) |
| apex | tip: highest point |
| astro | star |
| bios | life |
| base | bottom lowest point |
| blasto | a rapidly dividing cell |
| body | large molecule |
| bol | throw, forward movement |
| carbo | carbon an element found in all living things |
| cell | unit of life |
| centri centro | center |
| chondrion | grain |
| chrom/at/o | color |
| cilia | eyelash |
| code | letters that contain a meaning |
| Coll | glue |
| column | a shape higher than it is wide |
| crine | secretion; release from cells or the body |
| cub[e] | a shape of an equal height and widith |
| dendr/o | tree |
| diffus | pouring out |
| dominant | showing quailty if there's only one copy |
| dynam | power energy |
| elast[ic] | capable of being stretched |
| ergon | energy |
| erythr/o | the color red |
| ester | the name of a chemical group |
| estrus | reproductive cycle in female non-human |
| ethane | the name of a chemical group |
| expressed | beign shown |
| fibro | fiber |
| filament | a thread |
| fruct | fruit |
| gamete | a cell need for reproducution |
| gen/geno/genet | birth (inheritance) |
| gland | gland |
| gila | glue |
| glob | glob, wab |
| gluco/ glyco | sweet sugar |
| goblet | goblet chalice |
| quano | bat poop |
| hist/o | tissue |
| hydra/hydro | water |
| immuno | body defense against micro organisms |
| insula | island |
| ion | particle that carries an electric charge |
| kalium | latin name for the element potassium |
| keto | the name of a chemical gorup |
| kin/e | movement addition |
| lact | milk |
| lamina | thin plate sheet layer |
| lariat | a loop |
| layer | a layer |
| leuk/o | the color white |
| ligand | a molecule that attaches to a receptor |
| lymph/o | vessels taht frain fluid around the cells |
| lyse/ lyso | breakdown |
| lyte | product of a break down |
| lyze | the process of a breakdown |
| magnet | substance which attracts other magnetic substances |
| an | chemical name ending |
| ase | chemical name for an enzyme |
| ate | chemical name ending |
| cule | diminutive suffix |
| ein | chemical name ending |
| elle | diminutive suffix |
| er | word ending that runs a verb into noun |
| icle | diminutive suffix |
| icul | diminutive suffix |
| id | chemical name ending |
| ide | chemical name ending |
| ified | word ending that runs a noun into an adj |
| il | chemical name ending |
| in | chemical name ending for a protien |
| ine | chemical name ending |
| is | process word ending |
| ism | belief process word ending |
| lysis | breakdown process |
| oid | chemical name ending for an alcholol |
| ole | diminutive suffix |
| one | chemical name ending |
| ose | chemical name ending for sugar |
| ote | word ending indication membership in a group |
| penia | low levels of scaracity |
| sion | word ending that turns a verb into a noun |
| sis | process word ending |
| some | body: structure |
| tic | pertainging to t added to make it sound better |
| type | impression made by |
| ula: ule | diminutive suffix |
| um | anatomical structre |
| stomy | word ending |