SCIENCE ROOT WORDS A AN Without not Example

SCIENCE ROOT WORDS

A, AN • Without, not • Example: Asymmetry

AMBI • On both sides • Example: Ambidextrous

ANDRO • Male, masculine • Example: Androgen

ANTE • Before, in front of • Example: Anterior

ANTI • Against • Example: Antigen

AQUA • Water • Example: Aquifer

ARCHEO • Original, ancient • Example: Archeology

ANTHRO • Joint • Example: Arthropod

AUTO • Self • Example: Autogenous

BI • Two, twice, double • Example: Bilateral

BIO • Life, living • Example: Biology

CEPHAL, CEPHALO • Head • Example: Cephalic

CHROMO • Color • Example: Chromatin

CIDE • Killer, killing • Example: Insecticide

CIRCUM, CIRCA • Around, about • Example: Circumference

CORPUS • Body • Example: Corpuscles

CRYPTO • Hidden • Example: Cryptogram

CYTE, CYTO • Cell, hollow • Example, Cytoplasm

DERM, DERMIS • Skin • Example: Dermal

DI Two, doubke Example: dihybrid

DYS • Bad • Example: Dysfunction

E, EX, EF, EX • Out of, from • Example: Exit

ECTO • Outside of, external • Example: ectoplasm

ENDON, ENDO • In, internal • Example: Endoderm

EPI • In, internal • Example: Epidermis

ERYTHROS • Red • Example: Erythrocyte

EXO • Outer, external • Example: Exoskeleton

GAM, GAMO • Marrige, sexual • Example: Gamete

GENESIS, GENIC • Origin, birth, producing

GENOS, GENY • Race, kind • Example: genetics

HERBA • Grass, plants • Example: herbivore

HETEROS • Different, other • Example: Heterotrophic

HOMO • Man • Example: Homo sapiens

HOMOS, HOMEOS • Alike, same • Example: Homologous

HYDRO, HUDOR • Water • Example: Hydrology

HYPER • Above, beyond • Example: Hyperactive

HYPO • Below, under

INTRA • Within, inside • Example: Intracellular

INTRO • Into, within • Example: Introversion

ITIS • Disease, Inflammation • Example: Appendicitis

LOGOS, LOGY • The study of • Example: Zoology

LYS, LYSIS • Dissolution, destruction • Example: Hemolysis

MIKROS, MICRO • Small • Example: microscope

MONOS • One, single • Example: Monocular

MORPHE • Form, shape • Example: Ectomorph

NEURO • Nerve • Example: Neurology

OO • Beginning, egg • Example: Oogenesis

OVUM, OVI • Egg • Example: Oviduct

PARA • Beside, near • Example: Paramedic

PEDI • Beginning, child • Example: Pediatrician

PES, PEDIS, POD • Foot • Example: Pedal

PHOTO, PHOS, PHOT • Ligh • Example: photosynthesis

POST • After, behind • Example: Posterior

SEMI • Half • Example: Semicircle

SKLEROS • Hard • Example: Sclera

SOMA • Body • Example: Somatic

SUB, SUP • Below, under, smaller than • Example: Subspecies

SUPER • Above, Upper • Example: Superior

SUPRA • Above, upon • Example: Supraorbital

TETRA • Four • Example: Tetrapod

TOX, TOXIKON • Poison • Example: Toxic

TRI • Three • Example: Tripod

TROPHE • To feed or eat • Example: Autotroph

UNI, UNIS • One • Example: Uniform

ZO, ZOON • Animal • Example: Protozoa