Biology Word Roots Vocabulary

ROOT
1) A2) Aero3) Amphi4) Arthro5) An6) Anti7) Aqua8) Archae9) - ase
10) Auto11) Bi12) Bio13) Carni14) Carcin15) Centi16) Cephal17) Chemo18) Chloro19) Chromo20) Co21) -Cide
22) Cyt23) De24) Di25) Derm
26) Ecto27) Endo28) Epid29) Erythro30) Eu31) Exo32) Gam33) Gastro34) Geo35) -genesis
36) Geno37) Glyco38) Gymno39) Hemo40) Herbi41) Hetero42) Homo43) Hydro44) Hyper45) Hypo-

MEANING
EXAMPLE
without
abiotic
needing oxygen aerobic
both, doubly
amphibian
joint
arthropod
without, not
anaemic
against
antibiotic
water
aquaculture
ancient
archaebacteria
enzyme
lipase
self
autotroph
two
bipedal
life
biology
meat
carnivore
cancer
carcinogen
hundredth
centimeter
head
cephalopod
chemical
chemosynthesis
green
chlorophyll
color
chromatography
together
coevolution
kill, killer, killing herbicide
cell
cytoplasm
away, from, down detrivore
two
diploid
skin
epidermis
out
ectotherm
in
endotherm
above
epidermis
red
erythrocyte
true, genuine
eukaryote
outer, external exoskeleton
marriage, join
gamete
stomach
gastroenteritis
Earth
geology
origin
spermatogenesis
genes
genotype
sugar, glucose
glycogen
naked, bare
gymnosperm
blood
hemophilia
plant
herbivore
different
heterozygous
same
homozygous
water
hydrophilic
above
hypertonic
below
hypotonic

ROOT
46) Inter47) Iso48) -Itis
49) Kilo50) -logy
51) lys
52) Macro53) Meso54) Meter
55) Micro56) Mono57) Morph
58) Neuro59) Non60) Omni61) Oo62) Ose
63) Osteo64) Para65) Path66) Phage
67) -phobia
68) Photo69) -philia
70) pod
71) Poly72) Proto73) Pseudo74) Sacchar75) -scope
76) Semi77) Sperm
78) synthesis
79) Sub80) Tetra
81) Therm
82) Trans83) Tri84) -troph
85) Vas86) Vesti87) -Vore
88) Uni89) Zoo
90) Zyg-

MEANING
EXAMPLE
between
interphase
same, equal
isotonic
disease or inflammation dermatitis
thousand
kilogram
study of
microbiology
break down
hemolysis
large
macroevolution
middle
mesoderm
measurement
kilometer
small
microscope
single, one
monosaccharide
shape
morphology
nerves
neuron
not
nonrenewable
all
omnivore
egg
oogonium
sugar
glucose
bones
osteoporosis
near, on
parasitism
disease
pathogen
to eat
macrophage
fear, dislike
hydrophobic
light
photosynthesis
like
hemophilia
foot
pseudopod
many
polysaccharide
first, before
prokaryote
fake, false
Pseudoscience
sugar
monosaccharide
instrument used to see microscope
half
semipermeable
seed
spermatogenesis
to make
photosynthesis
lesser, below
subspecies
four
tetrapod
heat
thermometer
across
transcription
three
trisaccharide
to feed or eat
heterotrophy
duct or vessel
vascular
trace
vestigial
swallow, devour carnivore
one
unicellular
animal
zoology
joined together zygote

Word Roots Sequence for the first 9 weeks

a. Words for first 2 weeks August 22-Sept. 9 (27 words): 1, 9, 11, 12, 15, 20, 22, 24, 30,
35, 37, 43, 49, 50, 51, 52, 54, 55, 56, 62, 71, 74, 75, 78, 80, 83, and 88
b. New words for the following 2 weeks, Sept. 12-23 (21 words): 8, 18, 26, 27, 29, 31,
39, 44, 45, 47, 58, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 72, 73, 76, 82, and 88
c. New words for the week, Sept. 26-30 (18 words): 2, 5, 10, 13, 17, 19, 23, 25, 28, 41,
53, 60, 65, 79, 84, 85, 87, and 89
d. New words for the week, Oct. 3-7 (10 words): 3, 7, 16, 33, 34, 46, 63, 77, 81
e. New words for the week, Oct 11-14 (15 words): all words