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Biology
10th Grade
01/13/2014
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Term
eu-
 Definition
proper,true,good
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ex-
 Definition
outside
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extra
 Definition
outside of, beyond
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fer
 Definition
carry, bear
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fin
 Definition
end
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flagrum
 Definition
whip
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folli-
 Definition
bag
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form
 Definition
shape, structure, resemble
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frater
 Definition
brother
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function-
 Definition
perform
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gam-
 Definition
sex cell
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gamy
 Definition
marriage, sexual fusion, wife
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gaster
 Definition
stomach, belly
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gastro
 Definition
stomach
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gen-
 Definition
produce, begin
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genesis
 Definition
forming, creating
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geo-
 Definition
earth
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gig-
 Definition
giant
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glomus
 Definition
a ball
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glot-, gloss
 Definition
tongue
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glycys-
 Definition
sweet
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gno-, gni-
 Definition
know
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granum
 Definition
grain, seed
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graph
 Definition
write
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gravi
 Definition
weight
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gregar
 Definition
group
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gymnos-
 Definition
naked
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gyn-
 Definition
female
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hal-
 Definition
salt
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haplo-
 Definition
single
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helmis
 Definition
worm
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hemi-
 Definition
half
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hemo-
 Definition
blood
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hepato-
 Definition
liver
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herpeto-
 Definition
reptile
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hetero-
 Definition
other
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hex-
 Definition
six
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homo-
 Definition
same
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homo-
 Definition
man, human being
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horto-
 Definition
garden
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hybrida
 Definition
mixed origin
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hydro-
 Definition
water
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hyper
 Definition
above
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hypo-
 Definition
under
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ia, iasis
 Definition
disease
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icle
 Definition
little
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inter-
 Definition
between
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iso-
 Definition
equal
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ite
 Definition
division, part
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itis
 Definition
inflamation
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jugate
 Definition
joined, yoked together
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kil-
 Definition
thousand
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kine
 Definition
regulation
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kinesis
 Definition
movement
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lac-
 Definition
milk
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lamina
 Definition
layer
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latero-
 Definition
side
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leuco-, leuko-
 Definition
white
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lingua-
 Definition
tongue
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logo
 Definition
plan, logic
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logy
 Definition
study of
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lyso-
 Definition
loss, release, dissolve
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mal-
 Definition
bad
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man
 Definition
hand
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mania
 Definition
crazy
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mar-
 Definition
sea
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meare
 Definition
to pass
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mega-
 Definition
very large
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mega-
 Definition
great
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mensa
 Definition
table
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menstuus
 Definition
monthly
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meros-
 Definition
a part, share
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meso-
 Definition
middle
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meter-
 Definition
measure
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metro-
 Definition
city
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micro-
 Definition
small
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mil
 Definition
thousand
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mito-
 Definition
thread
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molluscus
 Definition
soft
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mono-
 Definition
one
Term
morph-
 Definition
form
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mort-
 Definition
death
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motio
 Definition
motion
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multi-
 Definition
many
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mutat
 Definition
to change
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myo-
 Definition
muscle
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nano-
 Definition
dwarf, very small
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nat
 Definition
birth
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nate
 Definition
birth
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naut-
 Definition
sail
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nema-
 Definition
thread
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neo-
 Definition
new
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nephr-
 Definition
kidney
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neuro-
 Definition
nerve
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nocti-
 Definition
night
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nom
 Definition
law
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nomem
 Definition
name
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nomos
 Definition
part
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nova-
 Definition
new
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nuc-
 Definition
nut, kernal
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nul-
 Definition
nothing
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