Biology Root Words
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- adren-
- near or on the kidney
- aero-
- air
- albino-
- albino, white, clear
- amm-, ammon-
- containing nitrogen and hydrogen
- anthropo-
- mankind
- appendix
- appendix
- arthro-
- joint
- aster-, astr-
- star
- audio-
- to hear
- biol-
- life, living things
- cardia-
- heart
- centr-
- middle
- cerebr-
- brain
- chemo-
- chemical
- chloro-
- green
- chrom-
- colored
- coel-
- hollow
- cort- (cortical)
- outside layer
- cotyl-
- part of a plant embryo
- cyt-
- cell
- derm-
- skin
- dorm-
- deep
- diurna-
- day, daily
- eco-, -ecious
- house
- erythro-
- red
- estiva-
- summer
- gam-
- united, sexual
- gastr-
- stomach
- genesis, gen-
- origin, producer, production
- geo-
- earth
- heli-
- sun
- hema-
- blood
- hetero-
- unlike
- hiberna-
- winter
- homo-, homeo-
- like
- hydro-
- water
- lact-, lac-
- milk
- larynx-
- throat, voice box
- loco-
- place
- lutem-
- yellow
- -lysis, lys, lytic
- loosening, seperating, dissolving
- macro-
- large
- mamm-
- breast
- melan-
- black
- mer-
- a part of
- micro-
- small
- mon-, mono-
- one
- morpho-
- shape or form
- nocturna-
- night
- oö-, ovi-, ovum-
- female egg cell
- os-, osteo-
- bone
- phago-
- eat, engulf
- pharynx-
- throat
- photo-
- light
- phyto-
- plant
- -plasia, -plasm
- living material
- -plast
- living body
- -pod, -ped
- foot
- psuedo-
- false
- pulmo-
- lung
- ren-
- kidney
- ret-
- net
- sacchar-
- sugar
- scleros-
- hard
- -sepsis
- infection, disease
- -soma
- body
- sporos-
- spore
- taxis-
- arrangement, order
- thermo-
- heat
- -thesis
- a proposition that is set down
- toxic-, toxin-
- poison
- vas-
- vessel
- vita-
- life
- viv-, vivi-
- life, lively
- xanthos-
- yellow
- xero-
- dry
- zoo-
- animal