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Bio Root Words - 7th

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Term
Definition
BIO   Life  
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-OLOGY   The study of  
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MICRO   Tiny (10 to the -6); millionth  
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-IC   Pertaining to  
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KILO   1000 (10 to the 3rd)  
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NANO   Billionth (10 to the -9)  
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METER   To measure  
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DIPLO   Two-fold (double)  
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QUANT   How much  
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QUALI   What kind, sort  
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MEGA   Large, million,( ten to the 6th)  
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PHYLL   Leaf (leaves)  
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LYS   to dissolve (loosen)  
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MITO   Thread  
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ENDO   Inside (internal)  
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EXO   Outside (external)  
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-OSIS   Process (condition)  
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TEL(E)   Far away; end (last)  
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DIA(DI)   Through (across)  
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DENS   Thick, crowded, compact  
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PHOT   Light  
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HETERO   Other (different)  
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AUTO   Self  
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GLUC   Sweet  
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AMEOB   Change  
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PSEUDO   Fake  
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ECO   Habitat, environment  
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FLOR(A)   Plant (plant life)  
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FAUNA   Animal (animal-life)  
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TECH(NO)   Art, skill, craft, "builder"  
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GEN   Forming, origin; kind  
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-TION   An action or process  
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HELI   Spiral, twist or coil  
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ALLEL   The other  
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CHROM   Color  
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CHLOR   Green  
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PICO   Super small, trillionth (ten to the -12)  
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SCOP   To View  
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Milli   Thousandth (ten to the -3)  
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CYT   Cell  
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UNI   One  
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CENT (CENTI)   Hundred(ten to the 2nd) or hundredths (ten to the -2)  
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MULTI   Many  
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FLAGELL   Whip (whip-like)  
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KARY   Nut (kernel)  
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ANTI   Against  
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A(AN)   Not; without  
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STREPTO   Chain, twisted like a chain  
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AQUA   Water  
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PUTRE   Decay/rot  
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EU   True  
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PHENO   To show (display)  
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MONO   One  
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POLY   Many  
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Pneumonoultramicroscopicsiicovolcanoconiosis   Silicosis  
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CO   Together,with  
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ZYGO   Yoke, joined  
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MUT   Change  
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FILI   son/daughter  
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ACID   Sour  
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THERM   Heat  
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EPI   above, over  
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TROPH   food, nourishment  
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SCRIPT   write, record  
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TRANS   across, through  
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SOM   body, mass  
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FOSSIL   dug up  
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HYPER   above, over  
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HYPO   under, below, beneath  
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ISM   belief in, practice, condition or process  
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SYM   with, together  
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ARCHAE   old, ancient  
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VOLU   bend, curve, turn  
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CENO   new, recent  
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CYAN   blue, dark blue  
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HALI   salt  
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PHYLO   tribe, race  
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NOM   name  
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MACRO   large, great  
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ZO   animal  
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TAX-   arrangement, order  
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PALAE   ancient, primitive, old  
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? kids choice   use wording.info to add a ROOT that we do not have yet  
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AMPH   both  
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CARN   meat  
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BENTH   deep  
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AV (AVI)   bird  
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CEPHALO   head  
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POD (PODA)   foot  
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ECHINO   spiny  
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OMNI   all  
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GEO   earth, land, soil  
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MEDI   heal (middle)  
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DENDR   tree (tree-like)  
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DERM   skin  
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-ITIS   inflammation  
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CARDI   heart  
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OSTE   bone  
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PULMO   lungs  
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