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vocab 29-42
bio vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| infra- | below, beneath |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within, inside |
| -ism | a state or condition |
| iso- | equal, same |
| -ist | person who deals with |
| -itis | inflammation. disease |
| -ium | refers to a part of the body |
| -kary- | cell nucleus |
| kel- | tumor, swelling |
| kerat- | horn |
| kilo- | thousand |
| kine- | move |
| lachry- | tear |
| lact- | milk |
| lat- | side |
| leio- | smooth |
| -less | without |
| leuc-; leuk- | white, bright, light |
| lign- | wood |
| lin- | line |
| lingu- | tongue |
| lip- | fat |
| lith-, -lite | stone, petrifying |
| loc- | place |
| -log- | word, speech |
| -logist | one who studies |
| -logy | study of |
| lumin- | light |
| -lys-; -lyt-; -lyst | decompose, split, dissolve |
| macr- | large |
| malac- | soft |
| malle- | hammer |
| mamm- | breast |
| marg- | border, edge |
| mast- | breast |
| med- | middle |
| meg- | million, great |
| mela-, melan- | black, dark |
| -mer | part |
| mes- | middle, half, intermediate |
| met-, meta- | between, along, after |
| -meter, -metry | measurement |
| micro- | small, millionth |
| milli- | thousandth |
| mis- | wrong, incorrect |
| mito- | thread |
| mole- | mass |
| mono- | one, single |
| mort- | death |
| -mot- | move |
| morph- | shape, form |
| multi- | many |
| mut- | change |
| my-, myo- | muscle |
| myc- | fungus |
| mycel- | threadlike |
| myria- | many |
| moll- | soft |
| nas- | nose |
| necr- | corpse, dead |
| nemat- | thread |
| neo- | new, recent |
| nephro- | kidney |
| -ner- | moist, liquid |
| neur- | nerve |
| noct-, nox- | night |
| -node | knot |
| -nom-, -nomy | ordered knowledge, law |
| non- | not |
| not- | back |
| nuc- | center |
| ob- | against |
| ocul- | eye |
| oct- | eight |
| odont- | tooth |
| -oid | form, appearance |
| olf- | smell |
| oligo- | few, little |
| -oma | abnormal condition, tumor |
| omni- | all |
| onc- | mass, tumor |
| oo- | egg |
| opthalm- | eye |
| opt- | eye |
| orb- | circle, round, ring |
| -orium, -ory | place for something |
| ornith- | bird |
| orth- | straight, correct, right |
| oscu- | mouth |
| -ose | pertaining to sugar |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| oste- | bone |
| oto- | ear |
| ov- | egg |
| oxy- | sharp; acid; oxygen |
| pachy- | thick |
| paleo- | old, ancient |
| palm- | broad, flat |
| pan- | all |
| par-; para- | beside, near, equal |
| path-; -pathy | disease, suffering |
| -ped- | foot |
| -ped- | child |
| pent- | five |
| per- | through |
| peri- | around |
| permea- | pass; go |
| phag- | eat |
| pheno- | show |
| -phil- | loving; fond of |
| phon-; -phone | sound |
| -phore; pher- | bear; carry |
| photo- | light |
| phren- | mind; diaphragm |
| phyc- | seaweed; algae |
| phyl- | related group |
| -phyll | leaf |
| physi- | nature; natural qualities |