AP Biology 2
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- A-, An-
- no; lacking; none
- Ab-
- away from; out from
- Ac-
- to; toward
- -aceous, -aceus
- of or pertaining to
- Acou-
- hearing
- Acr-, acro-
- extreme; peak
- Ad-
- to; toward
- Adeno-
- gland
- Agri-
- field, soil
- -al
- having character of
- Alb-
- white
- -algia
- pain
- Alto-
- high
- Ameb-
- change; alternation
- Amphibi-
- leading a double life
- Ampho-, amb-
- both
- An-
- not; without
- Ana-
- up
- Andro-
- masculine; man
- Anemo-
- wind
- Antero-
- front
- Antho-
- flower
- Anti-
- against
- Anthropo-
- man
- Ap-
- to; toward
- Aqu-
- water
- Archaeo-
- primitive; ancient
- Arthro-
- joint
- Aster-, Astro-
- stars
- -ate
- used in forming verbs from nouns
- -ation
- used in forming nouns from verbs
- Atom-
- vapor
- Audi-
- hear
- Auto-
- self
- Bactr-
- stick; club
- Barb-
- beard
- Baro-
- weight
- Bath-
- depth; height
- Bene-
- well; good
- Bio-, bi-
- life; living
- -blast
- sprout; germ
- Brachi-
- having arms
- Branchi-
- having fins
- brev-
- short
- Bronch-
- windpipe
- Calor-
- heat
- Carb-
- coal; carbon
- Cardi-
- heart
- Carn-
- meat
- Carpal-
- wrist
- Caud-
- tail
- Cell-
- storeroom; chamber
- -cene
- new; recent
- Centi-
- hundredth
- Centr-
- center
- Cephal-
- head
- Cervic-
- neck
- Chem-
- referring to chemistry
- Chlor-
- green
- Chrom-, -chrome
- color
- Chym-
- juice
- -cide
- killing
- Circum-
- around; about
- Cirru-
- hairlike curls
- Co-
- with together
- Cocc-
- seed
- Coel-
- hollow
- Coll-
- glue
- Com-
- with; together
- Con-
- with; together
- Coni-
- cone
- Contra-
- against
- Corp-
- body
- Comso-
- world; order; form
- Cotyl-
- cup
- Counter-
- against
- Crypt-
- hidden; covered
- -cule, -culus
- added to nouns to form diminutive
- Cucmul-
- heaped
- Cuti-
- skin
- Cyan-
- dark blue
- -cycle, cyci-
- ring; circle
- Cyst-
- bladder; pouch
- Cyt-, -cyte
- cell; receptacle
- Dacty-
- finger
- Deca-
- ten
- DEci-
- tenth
- Deliquesc-
- become fluid
- Demi-
- half
- dendr-
- tree
- Dent-
- tooth
- Derm-
- skin
- Digit-
- finger; toe
- Din-
- terrible
- Dis-
- apart; out
- Dorm-
- sleep
- Dors-
- back
- Du-, -duo
- two
- -duct
- lead
- Dynam-
- power
- Dys-
- ill; bad
- Ec-
- out of; outside
- Echin-
- spiny; prickly
- Eco-
- house
- Ect-
- outside; without
- Electro-
- electric; electricity
- En-
- in; into
- -en
- made of
- Encephal-
- brain
- end-, emt-
- within; in
- Enter-
- intestines
- -eous
- nature of; like
- -err
- wander; go astray
- Erythro-
- red
- Ethno-
- race; people
- Eu-
- well; good
- Extra-
- beyond; outside of
- Ex-
- out of
- -fer
- bear; carrry; produce
- Ferro-
- iron
- Fibr-
- fiber; thread
- -fid, fis-
- divided into; split
- -flect, -flex
- bend
- flor-
- flower
- Fluor-
- fluorine
- Foli-
- leaf
- Fract-
- break
- Galact-, galax-
- milk; milky fluid
- Gastro-
- stomach
- Geo-
- land, earth
- -gen, -gine
- producer; former
- -gene, Gene-
- origin
- -gest
- carry; produce
- Glob-
- ball; round
- Glottis-
- mouth of windpipe
- -gon
- angler; corner
- -gony
- offspirng; generation; coming into being
- -grade
- step; division
- -gram
- writing; record
- -grpahy, -graph
- writing; record
- Grav-
- heavy
- Gross-
- thick
- Gymno-
- naked
- Gyn-
- female
- Gyr-
- ring; circle; spiral
- Heme-
- blood
- Herb-
- grass
- Hetero-
- different; other
- Hex-
- six
- Hibern-
- winter
- Hipp-
- horse
- Hist-
- tissue
- Holo-
- entire; whole
- Homo-
- smae; alike
- Hort-
- garden
- Hybrid-
- mongrel
- Hydr-
- water
- Hygr-
- wet; moist
- Hypo-
- beneath; under; less
- Hyper-
- above; beyond; over
- Hyphno-
- sleep
- -ic
- added to nouns to form adjectives
- Ichthy-
- fish
- Ign-
- fire
- Im-
- not
- In-
- not
- -ine
- of or pertaining to
- Infro-
- below, beneath
- Inter-
- between
- Intra-
- within; inside
- -ion
- go; come
- -ism
- a state or condition
- iso-
- equal, same
- -itis
- inflammation; disease
- kilo-
- thousand
- lachry-
- tear
- lact-
- milk
- lat-
- side; flank
- -less
- withouth
- leuc-
- white; bright; light
- lign-
- wood
- lin-
- line
- lingu-
- tongue
- Liqu-
- become fluid, liquid
- lip-
- fat
- lith-, -lite
- stone, petrifying
- loc-
- place
- -logy
- study
- -lysis, -lyte, -lyst
- dissolve; decompose
- macr-
- large
- mal-
- bad; evil
- malle-
- hammer
- mamm-
- breast
- marg-
- border; edge
- mast-
- breast
- meta-
- middle
- mela-, melan-
- black; dark
- mes-
- middle; half; intermediate
- met-, meta-
- between; along; after
- meteor-
- lofty, high, in air
- -meter, -metry
- way of measuring, instrument for measuring
- metro-
- uterus
- micro-
- small
- milli-
- thousandth
- mis-
- wrong; incorrect
- mito-
- thread, filament
- mole-
- mass
- mono-
- one; single
- mont-
- mountain
- mort-
- death
- move-, mot-
- move
- morph-
- shape; form
- multi-
- many
- mycel-
- threadlike
- mycet-
- fungus
- myria-
- many
- moll-
- soft
- nas-
- nose
- nemat-
- thread
- neo-
- new; recent
- nephro-
- kidney
- -ner-
- moist; liquid
- neur-, nerv-
- nerve; tendon
- noct-, nox-
- night
- -node
- knot
- -nomy, -nome
- distribute; arrange; law
- non-
- not
- not-
- back
- nuc-
- center
- ob-
- against
- ocul-
- eye
- oct-
- eight
- odont-
- tooth
- -oid
- like in form or shape
- olf-
- smell