Honors Living Earth Bio Vocab (#4)

holo-

entire; whole

homo-

man

homo-

same; alike

hort-

garden

hybrid

combining different things

hydr-

water

hygr-

wet; moist

hypo-

beneath; under; less

hyper-

above; beyond; over

hypho-

weaving

hypno-

sleep

\-ic

added to nouns to form adjectives

ichthy-

fish

ign-

fire

im-

not

in-

to; towards; into

in-

not

\-ine

of or pertaining to

infro-

below; beneath

inter-

between

intra-

within; inside

\-ion

go; come

\-ism

a state or condition

\-iso

equal; same

\-itis

inflammation; disease

kilo-

thousand

lachry-

tears

lact-

milk

lat-

side; flank

\-less

without

leuc-

white; bright; light

lign-

wood

lin-

line

lingu-

tongue

liqu-

to become liquid

lip-

fat

lith-; -lite

stone; petrifying

loc-

place

\-logy

study

\-lysis; lyte; -lyst

dissolve; decompose

macr-

large

mal-

bad; evil

malle-

hammer

mamm-

breast

marg-

border; edge

mast-

breast

med-

middle

meg-

great; million

mela-; melan-

black; dark

mes-

middle; half; intermediate

met-; meta-

between; along; after

meteor-

lofty; high; in air

\-meter; -metry

way of measuring; instrument for

metro-

uterus