AP BIO LATIN

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a-; an-

not, without, lacking, deficient
ab-

away from, out from
-able

capable of
ac-

to, toward
-aceous

of or pertaining to
acou-; acous-

hear
ad-

to, towards
aden-

gland
adip-

fat
aero-

air
agri-

soil, field
-al

having the character of
alb-

white
alg-; algia-

pain
alto-

high
ambi-

both
ameb-

change, alteration
amni-

fetal membrane
amphi-; ampho-

both
amyl-

starch
ana-

up, back, again
andro-

man, masculine
anemo-

wind
ang-

choke, feel pain
angi-

blood vessel, duct
ante-

before, ahead of time
anter-

front
antho-

flower
anti-

against, opposite
anthropo-

man, human
-ap-; -aph-

touch
apo-; ap-

away from
aqu-

water
archaeo-

primitive, anchient
-ary; -arium

place for something
arteri-

artery
arthr-

joint, articulation
-ase

forms names of enzymes
aster-; astr-

star
-ate (verb)

the act of
ather-

fatty deposit
-ation (noun)

the act of
atmo-

vapor
audi-

hear
aur-

ear
auto-

self
bacter-; bactr-

bacterium, stick, club
barb-

beard
baro-

weight
bath-

depth, height
bene-

well, good
bi- (latin)

two, twice
bi-; bio- (greek)

life, living
-blast-

sprout, germ, bud
brachi-

arm
brachy-

short
brady-

slow
branchi-

fin
brev-

short
bronch-

windpipe
cac-

bad
calor-

heat
capill-

hair
capit-

head
carcin-

cancer
cardi-

heart
carn-

meat, flesh
carp-

fruit
carpal-

wrist
cata-

breakdown, downward
caud-

tail
-cell-

chamber, small room
cen-; cene-

now, recent
cente-

peirce
centi-

hundreth
centr-

center
cephal-

head
cerat-

horn
cerebr-

brain
cervic-

neck
chel-

claw
chem-

dealing with chemicals
chir-

hand
chlor-

green
chondr-

cartilage
chrom-

color
chron-

time
-chym

juice
-cid-; -cis

cut, kill, fall
circa-; circum-

around, about
cirru-

hairlike curls
co-

with, together
cocc-

seed, berry
coel-

hollow
coll-

glue
coni-

cone
contra-

against
corp-

body
cort-; cortic-

outer later
cosmo-

world, order, form
cotyl-

cup
counter-

against
crani-

skull
cresc-; cret-

began to grow
crypt-

hidden, covered
-cul-; -cule

small, diminutive
cumul-

heaped
cuti-

skin
cyan-

blue
-cycle; cycl-

ring, circle
-cyst

sac, pouch, bladder
cyt-; -cyte

cell, hollow container
dactyl-

finger
de-

away from, down
deca-

ten
deci

tenth
deliquesc-

become fluid
demi-

half
dendr-

tree
dent-

tooth
derm-

skin
di-; dipl- (latin)

two, double
di-; dia- (greek)

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, difficult
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
gyr-

ring, circle, spiral
-hal-; -hale

breathe, breath
halo-

salt
hapl-

simple
hecto-

hundred
-helminth-

worm
hem-

blood
hemi-

half
hepar-; hepat-

liver
herb-

grass, plants
hetero-

different, other
hex-

six
hibern-

winter
hidr-

water
hipp-

horse
hist-

tissue
holo-

entire, whole
homo- (latin)

man, human
homo- (greek)

same, alike
hort-

garden
hydr-

water
hygr-

moist, wet
hyper-

above, beyond, over
hyph-

weaving, web
hypno-

sleep
hypo-

below, under, less
hyster-

womb, uterus
-iac

person afflicted with a disease
-iasis

disease, abnormal condition
-ic

(adjective former)
ichthy-

fish
ign-

fire
in-; il-; im-; ir-;

not, / to, towards, into
in-

very, thoroughly
-ine

of or pertaining to
infra-

below, beneath
inter-

between
intra-

within, inside
-ism

a state or condition
iso-

equal, same
-ist

person who deals with
-itis

inflammation, disease
-ium

refers to a part of the body
-kary-

cell nucleus
kel-

tumor, swelling
kerat-

horn
kilo-

thousand
kine-

move
lachry-

tear
lact-

milk
lac-

side
leio-

smooth
-less

without
leuc-; leuk-

white, bright, light
lign-

wood
lin-

line
lingu-

tongue
lip-

fat
lith-; lite-

stone, pretifying
loc-

place
-log-

word, speech
-ologist

one who studies
-ology

study of
lumin-

light
-lys-; -lyt-; -lyst

decompose, split, dissolve
macr-

large

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AP BIO LATIN

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Latin for biology

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2014-03-19T23:54:39Z

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