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Biology
10th Grade
12/15/2009
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Term
tera
 Definition
trillion or 10^12
Term
giga
 Definition
billion 10^9
Term
mega
 Definition
million 10^6
Term
kilo
 Definition
thousand 10^3
Term
hecto
 Definition
100 or 10^2
Term
deci
 Definition
tenth or 10^-1
Term
centi
 Definition
hundredth 10^-2
Term
milli
 Definition
thousandth or 10^-3
Term
micro
 Definition
millionth 10^-6
Term
nano
 Definition
billionth or 10^-9
Term
pico
 Definition
trillionth or 10^-12
Term
ac
 Definition
to/toward
Term
alb
 Definition
white
Term
an
 Definition
not/without
Term
anemo
 Definition
wind
Term
anthrop
 Definition
human/man
Term
cyt/-cyte
 Definition
cell
Term
derm
 Definition
skin
Term
epi
 Definition
on/above
Term
ex
 Definition
out of/outside
Term
gastro
 Definition
stomach
Term
hetero
 Definition
different
Term
-itis
 Definition
inflamation
Term
-osis
 Definition
disease of
Term
oste
 Definition
bone
Term
phag
 Definition
eat
Term
pod
 Definition
foot
Term
proto
 Definition
1st/primary
Term
syn
 Definition
together
Term
ameb
 Definition
change/alteration
Term
ana
 Definition
up
Term
angio
 Definition
vessel
Term
anti
 Definition
against/opposed to
Term
atom
 Definition
vapor
Term
audi
 Definition
hear
Term
auto
 Definition
self
Term
bio
 Definition
life
Term
calor
 Definition
heat
Term
cardi
 Definition
heart
Term
carpal
 Definition
wrist
Term
cephal
 Definition
head
Term
cervic
 Definition
neck
Term
co
 Definition
with/together
Term
contra
 Definition
against/versus
Term
cuti
 Definition
skin
Term
dent
 Definition
tooth
Term
dis
 Definition
apart/out
Term
dors
 Definition
back
Term
dys
 Definition
ill/bad
Term
eu
 Definition
well/good/new
Term
-gony
 Definition
offspring
Term
-ism
 Definition
state/condition
Term
iso
 Definition
equal/same
Term
met(a)
 Definition
middle/between
Term
ocul
 Definition
eye
Term
orth
 Definition
straight/correct
Term
pan
 Definition
all
Term
path
 Definition
disease/suffer
Term
vent(r)
 Definition
belly
Term
a
 Definition
none/lacking
Term
ab
 Definition
away from
Term
ad
 Definition
to/towards
Term
adeno
 Definition
gland
Term
algia
 Definition
pain
Term
alto
 Definition
high
Term
amphib
 Definition
double life
Term
ante
 Definition
before
Term
antero
 Definition
front
Term
archaeo
 Definition
ancient/primitive
Term
anthro
 Definition
jointed
Term
baro
 Definition
weight
Term
bath
 Definition
depth/height
Term
bene
 Definition
well/good
Term
brev
 Definition
short
Term
bronch
 Definition
windpipe
Term
card
 Definition
tail
Term
cell
 Definition
chamber
Term
cene
 Definition
new/recent
Term
chlor
 Definition
green
Term
chrom(e)
 Definition
color
Term
-cide
 Definition
kill
Term
corp
 Definition
body
Term
cruc
 Definition
cross
Term
dacty
 Definition
finger
Term
en/em
 Definition
in/into
Term
encephal
 Definition
brain
Term
enter
 Definition
intestine
Term
ethno
 Definition
race/people
Term
extra
 Definition
beyond/outside of
Term
amb/ampho
 Definition
both
Term
demo
 Definition
people
Term
di/du
 Definition
two/double
Term
ect(o)
 Definition
outside/without
Term
end(o)
 Definition
within/inside
Term
-eous
 Definition
nature of/like
Term
flor
 Definition
flower
Term
geo
 Definition
land/earth
Term
-gene
 Definition
origin
Term
glob
 Definition
round/all
Term
glottis
 Definition
mouth of windpipe
Term
grade
 Definition
step/divison
Term
gymno
 Definition
naked
Term
hemi
 Definition
half
Term
hepat
 Definition
liver
Term
hipp
 Definition
horse
Term
hist
 Definition
tissue
Term
hort
 Definition
garden
Term
hypo
 Definition
beneath/under/less
Term
hyper
 Definition
over/above/beyond
Term
infra
 Definition
below/beneath
Term
inter
 Definition
between
Term
intra
 Definition
within
Term
lat
 Definition
side/flank
Term
lingu
 Definition
tongue
Term
-lysis
 Definition
dissolve
Term
marg
 Definition
border/edge
Term
morph
 Definition
shape/form
Term
nephro
 Definition
kidney
Term
dia
 Definition
through/across
Term
digit
 Definition
finger/toe
Term
din
 Definition
terrible
Term
dorm
 Definition
sleep
Term
-duct
 Definition
lead
Term
-phobia
 Definition
excessive fear of
Term
phon(e)
 Definition
sound
Term
phyc
 Definition
algae
Term
physi
 Definition
nature/natural quality
Term
pleur
 Definition
lung
Term
poly
 Definition
many/several
Term
post
 Definition
after/behind
Term
pter
 Definition
having wings/fins
Term
rhin
 Definition
nose
Term
rhiz
 Definition
root
Term
sapr
 Definition
rotten
Term
scope
 Definition
look/observe
Term
sept
 Definition
partition/7
Term
septic
 Definition
infection
Term
-spire
 Definition
breathe
Term
stell
 Definition
star
Term
stom(e)
 Definition
mouth
Term
strat
 Definition
layer
Term
super
 Definition
over/Above
Term
therm
 Definition
heat
Term
trans
 Definition
across
Term
troph
 Definition
feeding
Term
vas
 Definition
vessel
Term
vit
 Definition
life
Term
zyg
 Definition
yolk
Term
agri
 Definition
field/soil
Term
andro
 Definition
man/masculine
Term
antho
 Definition
flower
Term
brachi
 Definition
having arms
Term
branchi
 Definition
having fins
Term
carp
 Definition
fruit
Term
coel
 Definition
hollow
Term
cosmo
 Definition
world/order
Term
cotyl
 Definition
cup
Term
dynam
 Definition
power
Term
ec
 Definition
out of/outside
Term
erythro
 Definition
red
Term
ferro
 Definition
iron
Term
flect
 Definition
bend
Term
glyco
 Definition
sweet
Term
-gram/graph
 Definition
writing/record
Term
herb
 Definition
grass
Term
holo
 Definition
entire/whole
Term
homo
 Definition
same/man
Term
hydr(o)
 Definition
water
Term
lign
 Definition
wood
Term
lith/-lite
 Definition
stone
Term
loc
 Definition
place
Term
med
 Definition
middle
Term
mort
 Definition
death
Term
mycel
 Definition
threadlike
Term
mycet
 Definition
fungus
Term
noct
 Definition
night
Term
oo
 Definition
egg
Term
paleo
 Definition
old/ancient
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