Biology Scientific Roots page 3-4 Flashcards by bryan elder

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cirru-

A

hairlike curls

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co-

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with, together

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cocc-

A

seed, berry

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coel-

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hollow

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coll-

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glue

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coni-

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cone

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contra-

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against

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corp-

A

body

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cort-, cortic-

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outer layer

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cosmo-

A

world, order, form

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cotyl-

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cup

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counter-

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against

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crani-

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skull

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cresc-, cret-

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begin to grow

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crypt-

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hidden, covered

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-cul-, -cule

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small, diminutive

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cumul-

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heaped

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cuti-

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skin

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cyan-

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blue

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-cycle, cycl-

A

ring, circle

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-cyst-

A

sac, pouch, bladder

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cyt-, -cyte

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cell, hollow container

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dactyl-

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finger

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de-

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away from, down

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deca-

ten

deci-

tenth

deliquesc-

become fluid

demi-

half

dendr-

tree

dent-

tooth

derm-

skin

di-, dipl-

(Latin) two, double

di-, dia-

through, across, apart

dia-

(Latin) day

digit-

finger, toe

din-

terrible

dis-

apart, out

dorm-

sleep

dors-

back

du-

duo, two

-duct

lead

dynam-

power

dys-

bad, abnormal, diffucult

ec-

out of, away from

echin-

spiny, prickly

eco-

house

ecto-

outside of

-elle

small

-emia

blood

en-, endo-, ent-

in, into, within

-en

made of

encephal-

brain

enter-

intestine, gut

entom-

insects

-eous

nature of, like

epi-

upon, above, over

-err-

wander, go astray

erythro-

red

-escent

becoming

eso-

inward, within, inner

eu-

well, good, true, normal

eury-

widen

ex-

out of, away from

extra-

beyond, outside

-fer-

bear, carry, produce

ferro-

iron

fibr-, fiber-

thread

-fid, fiss-

split, divided into

-flect

flex, bend

flor-

flower

flu-, fluct-, flux-

flow

foli-

leaf

fract-

break

-gam-

marriage

gastr-

stomach

geo-

land, earth

-gen, -gine

producer, former

-gene-

origin, birth

-gest-

carry, produce, bear

-glen-

eyeball

-glob-

ball, round

gloss-

tongue

gluc-, glyc-

sweet, sugar

glut-

buttock

gnath-

jaw

-gon

angle, corner

-grad-

step

-gram

graph, record, writing

grav-

heavy

-gross-

thick

gymno-

naked, bare

gyn-

female