Biology Scientific Roots page 9-10 Flashcards by bryan elder

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ren-

A

kidney

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ret-

A

net, made like a net

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rhag-, -rrhage

A

burst forth

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rhe-, -rrhea

A

flow

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rhin-

A

nose

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rhiz-

A

root

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rhodo-

A

rose

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roto-

A

wheel

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rubr-

A

red

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sacchar-

A

sugar

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sapr-

A

rotten

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sarc-

A

flesh

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saur-

A

lizard

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schis-, schiz-

A

split, divide

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sci-

A

know

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scler-

A

hard

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-scop-

A

look, device for seeing

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-scribe, -script

A

write

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semi-

A

half, partly

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sept-

A

partition, seven

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-septic

A

infection, putrefaction

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sess-

A

sit

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sex-

A

six

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-sis

A

condition, state

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sol-

sun

solv-

loosen, free

som-, somat-

body

somn-

sleep

son-

sound

spec-, spic-

look at

-sperm-

seed

-spher-

ball, round

spir-, -spire

breathe

-spor-

seed

stat-, -stasis

standing, placed, staying

stell-

stars

sten-

narrow

stern-

chest, breath

stom-, -stome

mouth

strat-

layer

stereo-

solid, 3-dimensional

strict-

drawn tight

styl-

pillar

sub-

under, below

super-, sur-

over, above, on top

sym-, syn-

together

tachy-

quick, swift

tarso-

ankle

tax-

arrange, put in order

tele-

far off, distant

telo-

end

terr-

earth, land

tetr-

four

thall-

young shoot

-the, -thes-

put

-thel-

cover a surface

-therm-

heat

-tom-

cut, slice

toxico-

poison

top-

place

trache-

windpipe

trans-

across

tri-

three

trich-

hair

-trop-

turn, change

-troph-

nourishment, one who feeds

turb-

whirl

-ul-, -ule

diminutive, small

ultra-

beyond

uni-

one

ur-

urine

-ura

tail

vas-

vessel

vect-

carry

ven-, vent-

come

ventr-

belly, underside

-verge

turn, slant

vig-

strong

vit, viv-

life

volv-

roll, wander

-vor-

devour, eat

xanth-

yellow

xero-

dry

xyl-

wood

zo-, zoa-

animal

zyg-

joined together

zym-

yeast