Baby Biologists all words (1-50)

1-50

Bio-

life (biology, biography)

-logy

the study of (zoology, paleontology)

Hom(e)o-

same, alike (Homeostasis, homozygous)

-stasis

to remain constant (homeostasis)

multi-

many (multicellular)

uni-

one (unicellular)

-ella(e)

small (fagella)

a- , an-

not, without (abiotic)

auto-

self (autotroph)

-troph(ic)

nourishment, feeder, to feed (heterotroph)

plasm-

to form (cytoplasm)

hypo-

below, under (hypothermia)

endo-

in, into, within (endocrine)

hetero-

different (heterotroph)

hyper-

above, beyond, over (hypertension)

exo-

outside, out of, outer (exoskeleton)

-lys, -lysis, -lyst

decompose, split, dissolve, to break (lysosome)

phag(o)-

to eat (phagocytosis))

-ism

state of being (organism)

iso-

equal, same (isometric)

pino

to drink(pinocytosis)

-scope

to look, device for seeing (microscope)

cyt-, cyte-

cell (oocyte)

poly-

many, several (polymer)

micro-

small (microscope)

zoo(o) (a)

animal (zoology)

-vore

devour, eat (herbivore

intra-

within, between (intracellular)

bi-

two (bilateral)

carn-

flesh, meat (carnivore)

omn(i)-

all (omnipotent)

anti-

against(antibody)

hydr(o)-

water (hydrophobic)

-som(e), -somat

body(somatotype)

oste(o)-

bone (osteoblast)

derm-

skin (dermatologist_

hemi-

half (hemisphere)

gastro-

stomach (gastrointestinal)

meso-

in the middle (mesomorph)

fibro-

fiber(fibrosis)

epi-

upon above over (epidemic)

herb(a)-

grass, plants, vegetation (herbivore)

carcin-

cancer (carcinoma)

-gen

producer (carcinogen)

hepat-

liver (hepatic)

neuro-

nerve (neurology)

-nomy

system of laws (anatomy)

macro-

large (macromolecule)

-kary-

nucleus (prokaryote)

psuedo-

False (pseudonym)