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Biology Vocab 6/7

Andy Loeser's Bio Vocab 6/7

WordOriginPrefix/MeaningSuffix/MeaningRoot/MeaningDefinitionAlternate Words
amino acids American English N/A N/A amine; acere/ the basic building blocks of proteins amino, acid, acids, acid rain
carbohydrate Greek carbo/denoting compound produced when certain substances combine with water ate/forms a noun hydor/ combine with water Any of a group of organic compounds that includes sugars, starches, celluloses, and gums and serves as a major energy source in the diet of animals carbohydrates, hydrate, hydration, hydroelectricity
enzyme Greek en/ensure, assure N/A zyme/leaven any of various proteins, as pepsin, originating from living cells and capable of producing certain chemical changes in organic substances by catalytic action, as in digestion ensure, entertain, enable, enact
lipid Greek N/A ide/forms a noun lipos/fat; grease an oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents; essential structural component of living cells lip, lipids, lips, pesticide
protein German N/A N/A protos/first the plant or animal tissue rich in such molecules, considered as a food source supplying essential amino acids to the body protest, proteins, promote, professional
nucleic acid German N/A N/A nuklein/substance obtained from a cell nucleus any of a group of long, linear macromolecules, either DNA or various types of RNA, that carry genetic information directing all cellular functions: composed of linked nucleotides acids, nucleic, acid, acid rain
metabolism German meta/higher; beyond ism/forms a noun acere/over; to throw the sum of the physical and chemical processes in an organism by which its material substance is produced, maintained, and destroyed, and by which energy is made available vegetarionism, mechanism, organism, patriotism
oragnelles Latin N/A N/A ballein/to adaptate; function a differentiated structure within a cell, such as a mitochondrion, vacuole, or chloroplast, that performs a specific function organ, organism, organization, organ system
prokaryote Latin pro/before otes/forward organum/function an organism of the kingdom Prokaryotae, constituting the bacteria and cyanobacteria, characterized by the absence of a nuclear membrane and by DNA that is not organized into chromosomes professional, progress, protect, eukaryote
eukaryote Greek eu/speaking otes/forward kary/nuclei a single-celled or multicellular organism whose cells contain a distinct membrane-bound nucleus eulogy, prokaryote, eunuch, euphoria
selective permeability Greek/PIE per/around, about, beyond able;ity/forms a noun meare/to go through The ability of a substance to allow another substance to pass through it, especially the ability of a porous rock, sediment, or soil to transmit fluid through pores and cracks selective, permeable, select, selection
chloroplast Greek chloros/pale green N/A phyllon/leaf A plastid in the cells of green plants and green algae that contains chlorophylls and carotenoid pigments and creates glucose through photosynthesis chlorophyll, chloroplasts, chlorine, chlorinity
mitochondria Greek mitos/thread khondrion/little granule chondros/cartilage an organelle in the cytoplasm of cells that functions in energy production mitochondrian, mitochondrial, mitochondrium, chondria
nucleus PIE N/A N/A nuc;nux/nut;kurnel a specialized, usually spherical mass of protoplasm encased in a double membrane, and found in most living eukaryotic cells, directing their growth, metabolism, and reproduction, and functioning in the transmission of genic characters nuclei, nucleal, nuclear, nucleic
ribosome Latin ribo/nucleic acid some/body N/A A small, ball-like structure in the cell, made of proteins and RNA molecules, that serves as a platform on which the cell's proteins are made. ribosomes, ribozyme, ribozymes, riboflavin
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