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Word Roots Vocabulary Handout

This document provides a list of common biology word roots and their meanings. It includes roots from A to Z, along with their definitions and examples of how they are used in biological terms. Some of the more common roots included are: bio, meaning life; morph, meaning shape; phage, meaning to eat; and logy, meaning the study of. The roots help break down biological terminology into meaningful components related to their definitions.

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Word Roots Vocabulary Handout

This document provides a list of common biology word roots and their meanings. It includes roots from A to Z, along with their definitions and examples of how they are used in biological terms. Some of the more common roots included are: bio, meaning life; morph, meaning shape; phage, meaning to eat; and logy, meaning the study of. The roots help break down biological terminology into meaningful components related to their definitions.

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Biology word roots vocabulary

ROOT

MEANING

EXAMPLE

1) A2) Aero3) Amphi4) Arthro5) An6) Anti7) Aqua8) Archae9) - ase


10) Auto11) Bi12) Bio13) Carni14) Carcin15) Centi16) Cephal17) Chemo18) Chloro19) Chromo20) Co21) -Cide
22) Cyt23) De24) Di25) Derm
26) Ecto27) Endo28) Epid29) Erythro30) Eu31) Exo32) Gam33) Gastro34) Geo35) -genesis
36) Geno37) Hemo38) Herbi39) Hetero40) Homo41) Hydro42) Hyper43) Hypo44) Inter-

without
abiotic
needing oxygen or air aerobic
both, doubly
amphibian
joint
arthropod
without, not
anaemic
against
antibiotic
water
aquaculture
ancient
archaebacteria
enzyme
lipase
self
autotroph
two
bipedal
life
biology
meat
carnivore
cancer
carcinogen
hundredth
centimeter
head
cephalopod
chemical
chemosynthesis
green
chlorophyll
color
chromatography
together
coevolution
kill, killer, killing herbicide
cell
cytoplasm
away, from, down detrivore
two
diploid
skin
epidermis
out
ectotherm
in
endotherm
above
epidermis
red
erythrocyte
true, genuine
eukaryote
outer, external exoskeleton
marriage, join
gamete
stomach
gastroenteritis
Earth
geology
origin
spermatogenesis
breed, kind
genotype
blood
hemophilia
plant
herbivore
different
heterozygous
same
homozygous
water
hydrophilic
above
hypertonic
below
hypotonic
between
interphase

ROOT

MEANING

EXAMPLE

45) Iso46) -Itis


47) Kilo48) -lateral
49) -logy
50) lys
51) Macro52) Meso53) Meter
54) Micro55) Mono56) Morph
57) Neuro58) Non59) Omni60) Oo61) Ose
62) Osteo63) Para64) Path65) Phage
66) -phobia
67) Photo68) -philia
69) pod
70) Poly71) Proto72) Pseudo73) Sacchar74) -scope
75) Semi76) Sperm
77) synthesis
78) Sub79) Tetra
80) Therm
81) Trans82) Tri83) -troph
84) Vas85) Vesti86) -Vore
87) Uni88) Zoo
89) Zyg-

same, equal
isotonic
disease or inflammation
dermatitis
thousand
kilogram
side
unilateral
study of
microbiology
break down
hemolysis
large
macroevolution
middle
mesoderm
measurement
kilometer
small
microscope
single, one
monosaccharide
shape
morphology
nerves
neuron
not
nonrenewable
all
omnivore
egg
oogonium
sugar
glucose
bones
osteoporosis
near, on
parasitism
disease
pathogen
to eat
macrophage
fear, dislike
hydrophobic
light
photosynthesis
like
hemophilia
foot
pseudopod
many
polysaccharide
first, before
prokaryote
fake, false
Pseudoscience
sugar
monosaccharide
instrument used to see microscope
half
semipermeable
seed
spermatogenesis
to make
photosynthesis
lesser, below
subspecies
four
tetrapod
heat
thermometer
across
transcription
three
trisaccharide
to feed or eat
heterotrophy
duct or vessel
vascular
trace
vestigial
swallow, devour carnivore
one
unicellular
animal
zoology
joined together zygote

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