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9th grade root words
9th grade biology: prefixes,root words, and suffixes
| Term | Defention |
|---|---|
| a | Without |
| ab | Away from, not |
| aceous | Pertaining to |
| ad | Near, toward |
| aero | Air |
| amphi | Both |
| an | Without |
| ana | Up, back, again |
| anti | Against |
| aqua | Water |
| archae | Ancient |
| arthr | Joint |
| ase | Enzyme |
| ation (noun form) | The act of |
| auto | Self |
| bacterio | Bacteria |
| bi | Two |
| bio | Life |
| blast | That which will germinate |
| capill | Hair |
| cardi | Heart |
| carn | Flesh |
| caud | Tail |
| centr | Center |
| cell | Center |
| cephal | Head |
| chem | Dealing with chemicals |
| chloro | Green |
| chondr | Cartilage |
| chromo | Color |
| clado | Branch, root of a tree |
| coel | Cavity |
| com | With |
| con | With |
| cyst | Capsule |
| cyto (e) | Cell |
| decid | To cut off |
| derm | Skin |
| di, dipl | Two |
| echino | Spiny |
| eco | Household |
| ecto | Outer |
| elle | Small |
| en | Inner |
| endo | Inner |
| epi | On, at, beside |
| erythro | Red |
| eu | True |
| eso | Inward, within, inner |
| ex | Cut |
| exo | Outer, outside |
| fer | Bearer |
| fibr | Fiber, thread |
| gamete(o) | Egg, sperm |
| gastr | Stomach |
| gen | Producing |
| gene | Origin, birth |
| geo | Land, earth |
| gluc, glyc | Sweet sugar |
| gnath | jaw |
| grav | Heavy |
| gymno | Naked |
| hapl | Simple |
| helminth | Worm |
| hemo | Blood |
| herb | Non-woody plant |
| hetero | Other |
| homeo | Same |
| homo | Same |
| hydro | Water |
| hyper | Above, excessive |
| hypo | Below, not enough |
| ia | Disease |
| iac | Pertaining to |
| ic | Pertaining to |
| ichthy | Fish |
| inter | Between |
| intra | Within |
| iso | Same |
| itis | Inflammation of |
| karyo | Nucleus of cell |
| kin | Motion |
| lac | Milk |
| lat | Side |
| lip | Fat |
| logy | Study of |
| lysis | Dissolving |
| macro | Large |
| mal | Bad |
| med | Middle |
| mega | Very large |
| mer | Part |
| meso | Middle |
| meta | Beyond, after |
| meter | Measure |
| micro | Small |
| mito | Thread |
| mono | One |
| morpho | Shape, form |
| multi | Many |
| mut | Change |
| myo | Muscle |
| nema | Thread |
| neuro | Nerve |
| nom, nomy | ordred knowledge, law |
| non | Not |
| nucleus | Center |
| oligo | Few, little |
| oma | Tumor |
| omni | All |
| osis | Act, condtion |
| oo | Egg |
| ous | Full of |
| ovi | Egg |
| oxy | Oxygen |
| para | Beside |
| patho | Disease |
| ped | Foot |
| peri | around |
| permea | Pass, go |
| phage(o) | eating |
| pheno | To show |
| phil | Affinity, preference, loving |
| phob | Fear, panic |
| photo | light |
| phyll | leaf |
| phyto(e) | Plant |
| pino | to drink |
| plasma | form |
| plast | Particle |
| platy | Flat |
| pod | Foot |
| poly | Many |
| por | Opening |
| post | After, behind |
| pro | Before |
| proto | First, earliest |
| pseudo | False |
| pulmo | Lung |
| radi | Ray |
| ren | Kidney |
| sacchar | Sugar |
| sal | Salt |
| sclero | Hard |
| scope | Tube |
| script | Write |
| seb | Oil |
| sect | To cut |
| solv | Loosen, free |
| soma(e) | Body |
| sperm | Seed |
| spore | Seed |
| stasis | Standing, staying |
| stom | Mouth |
| sub | Under, below |
| sym | Binding together |
| syn | Binding together |
| tax | Arrange, put in order |
| telo | End |
| terr | Earth, land |
| tetra | Four |
| therm | Heat |
| thesis | Placing or putting |
| trans | Across |
| tri | Three |
| toxi | Poison |
| trop | Turn |
| troph | Nourishment |
| uni | One |
| ur | Urine |
| viv | Living |
| vore | To devour |
| zoo | Animal |
| zyg | United |