VOCABULARY LIST

 

Each week, usually on Friday, you will take a vocabulary quiz. We will start with list #1 and continue through the first half of the year. The list includes prefixes and suffixes that are commonly found in science-related words. The quiz may be given on Thursday or Monday if Friday is otherwise occupied with a test or lab.

 
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List # 1

a-,an- without, not

ad- to, towards

amphi- both

ana- away

anthropo- referring to man

anti- against

arche- ancient

arthr- joint

auto- self

bi- two

List # 2

bio- life

carn- meat, flesh

cata- breaking down

cephal- head

chloro- green

chrom-, -chrome color

cyto- , -cyte cell

de- removal of

di- two

dia- through

List # 3

diplo- two

dis- away from

endo- inside

ecto- outside

epi- above

erythro- red

eu- proper, real

ex- away from

exo- outer

extra- beyond, outside of

List # 4

gastro- stomach

gen-, genesis beginning, creation

geo- earth

gyn-,-gynous female

haplo- single

heme- , hemo blood

herb- plants

herp- snakes, reptiles

hyper- above, more

hydro- water

List # 5

hypo- below, less

hetero- different

homo-, homeo- same, alike

ichthy- fish

inter- between

intra- inside

iso- equal

leuc-,leuk- white

-lysis, lyso- break apart

macro- large

List # 6

meso- middle

micro- small

milli- one thousandth

mono- one

morph- form, body

multi- many

myo- muscle

neuro- nerve

ophthalm- eye

omni- all

List # 7

oo-, ovul-, ova- egg

osteo- bone

path- disease

peri- around

photo- light

phyto-, -phyte plant

-plasm, plasmo- basic substance

poly- many

post- after, behind

pre- before

List # 8

pri- first

pro-, proto- first, before

pseudo- false

re- again

rhiz- root. root-like

somat-, soma, -some body

-sperm, spermat- seed

sporo- spore

stoma-,-stome mouth, opening

sub- below

List # 9

sym-,syn- together, with

supra-,super- above, over

tel-,tele- distant

tetra- four

therm- heat

trans- across, through

tri- three

troph- feed

uni- one

-cide kill

 

List # 10

-derm, skin, layer

-hydrate involving water

-itis inflammation, infection

-ology study

-meter measurement

-osis condition, disease

-phase a stage

-phage eater

-phyll leaf

-pod /ped foot

List # 11

-coelom ,coel- space within the body

-lateral side

caud- tail

chemo- chemicals

cheli-,chela- claw, pincer

glyco- glucose

-phile, -philic attracted to, likes

-phobe, -phobic repulsion, fear of

-tropic responding to

platy- flat

List # 12

zoo-,zo-,-zoan animal

chondri- cartilage(ribs)

muta- change

myco- fungus

phyco- algae

necro- dead

-ploid chromosome

retro- backwards

-ase enzyme

rhino- nose

List # 13

schizo- split

ultra- extreme, beyond the usual range

-parous, -partum birth, to produce

zygo- zygote

partheno- virgin

karyo- nucleus

onco- cancer

nephr- kidney

entero- intestines, gut

avi- bird, flying

List # 14

andro- male

-oid similar to

coel- cavity, hollow space

boreal northern

australo southern

echino spiny

meth (methyl) having one carbon
(methane)

eth (ethyl) having 2 carbons
(ethane)

prop (propyl) having 3 carbons (propane)

but (butyl) having 4 carbon
(butane)

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