BIO WORD BYTES

a / an

without, not

meso

middle

alb

white

aer

air

anti

against

aqua/hydro

water

auto

self

bi/di

two

bio

life

cardi

heart

cephal

head

derm

skin

gastro

stomach

pod

foot

chloro

green

cide

killing

cyto

cells

ecto/exo

outside, external

endo

inside, internal

intra

within, inside

genesis

origin, beginning

herb

plant

homo

same

hetero

different

hyper

above, more

hypo

below, less

itis

inflammation

lateral

side

logy

the study of

lysis

splitting

macro

large

micro

small

mono

one

morph

shape, form

multi / poly

many

phobia

fear

philia

love

photo

light

pseudo

false

synthesis

to make

therm

heat

troph

feeding

zoo, zoa

animal

tropism

movement, response

stasis

stable, staying

sacchar

sugar

proto

first

path

disease

leuco

white

amphi

both

anthro

joint

bio

life

chromo

color

haplo

single

epi

upon, above

herba

grass

ov

egg

kary

nucleus

neuro

nerve

soma

body

primi/archaea

first

phyll

leaf

hemo

blood

intra

within

lysis

break apart

meter

instrument for measuring

morph

form, structure

sub

under, below

tri

three

taxis

movement

zyg/zygous

joined, union

phago

eating

sym / syn

together, same