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BIOLOGICAL ETYMOLOGY - How Biology terms are derived.
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PREFIX
MEANING
EXAMPLE
ROOT
MEANING
EXAMPLE
SUFFIX
MEANING
EXAMPLE
a
without
abiogenesis
Card
heart
cardovascular
ase
An enzyme
helicase
ab
away
abduct
Cephalo
head end
hydrocephalic
ate
cause
translate
Ad
towards
adapt
chrom
color
chromosome
cule
very small
molecule
Amnio
fetal sac
amniocentesis
corp
body
corpusle
ic
like or as
realistic
amphi
both
amphibian
derm
skin
dermatitis
ile
capable of
mobile
an
not
anemia
Fect
to make
infect
ist
one who
biologist
anti
opposite
anticodon
Fer
bring
inference
itis
swelling
hepatitis
Aud
hearing
auditory
Flect
bend
reflex
ity
state of
morbidity
auto
self
autophagy
Gastro
stomach
epigastric
ive
causing
digestive
bi
two
bipedal
Glyco
glucose
glycolysis
oid
resembling
hominoid
Bio
life
abiogenesis
Gnosi
known
prognosis
ology
study of
biology
cata
down
catabolic
hydro
water
dehydrated
osis
condition of
endocytosis
circum
around
circumesophageal
Karyo
nucleus
karyotype
ous
having
spacious
co
together
covalent
Kine
movement
cytokinesis
stasis
unchanging
homeostasis
Cyto
the cell
cytoplasm
loco
place
dislocate
Di
two
carbon dioxide
lum
light
bioluminecent
Dis
take away
disprove
Macro
large
macroinvertebrate
Eco
Earth
Ecosystem
myco
fungus
mycelium
Ecto
outside
ectoparasite
neuro
nerves
neurotransmitter
Endo
inside
endocytosis
osteo
bone
osteoporosis
epi
beside
epidermis
philia
love
hydrophillic
Eu
real or true
eukaryotic
phob
fear
hydrophobic
Ex
out or from
exhale
phyco
algae
phycology
Homeo
same
homeostasis
Plasm
forming stuff
cytoplasm
Hyper
above
hypertonic
pod
foot
pseudopod
Hypo
under
hypotonic
Rect
straight
Homo Erectus
Inter
between
intercellular
sat
enough
saturated
intra
within
intracellular
scrib
to write
transcription
Iso
equal
isotonic
Som
body
ribosomes
Lyso
to split
lysosome
sym
with
symbiosis
Macro
large
macromolecule
Therm
heat
endotherm
Meso
middle
mesoderm
Troph
feeding
autotroph
Micro
very small
microscope
vac
empty
vacuole
mono
one
monomer
Vaso
vein
vascular
Non
incapable
nondisjunction
viv
alive
viviparous
ovo
egg
ovulate
peri
around
pericardium
Phag
to eat
phagocytosis
photo
light
photosynthesis
Pino
to drink
pinocytosis
poly
many
polysaccharide
prim
first
primary cell
Pro
before
prokaryotic
pseudo
untrue
pseudopod
Rhiz
root
rhizoid
Semi
partial
semipermiable
sub
under
subdermal
super
over
superior vena cava
Trans
across
transport
Tri
three
trisomy