AP Bio Final Vocab

a-, an-

without

ab-, abs-, ap-

away

acro-, apic-

tip

agon-

contest

allo-

different

ambi-

on both sides

amphi-

both

ana-

up

andro-

male

angio-

vessel

ante

before

anth-

flower

anthrop-

man

anti-

against

apo-

away from

arch-, archeo-

ancient

arthro-

joint

astro-

star

auto-

self

aux-

grow

bentho-

bottom

bi-

two

bio-

life

-blast, blasto-

embryonic layer

brachio-

arm

brady-

slow

bryo-

moss

caps-

box

cardi-

heart

-carp

fruit

cata-

downward

cephalo-

head

chloro-

green

chondro-

cartilage

chrom-, -chrome

color

-cide

kill

cili-

eyelash

clado-

branch

-cle, clus, -cul

small

-coel

hollow

con-, co-

with (together)

com-, cor-, conjug-

together

corp-

body

counter-

opposite

crani-

skull

crypto-

hidden

cuti-, -cutane

skin

-cyst

bladder (sac)

-cyte, cyto-

cell, hollow

de-

away from

dendr-

tree

-derm-, -dermis

skin

deutero-

second

di-, diplo-

two

dilat-

expand

dis-

parting from

dorm-

sleep

-duct

lead

dys-

bad (ill)

ec-, ef-, ex-

out of

ecdys-

escape

echino-

spiny

ecto-

outside

-elle, -ella

small

enati-

opposite

endo-

inner

entero-

intestine (gut)

entomo-

insect

epi-

above (over)

erythro-

red

eu-

true

ex-, exo-

outer

extra-

beyond

-fer-

to carry

flagell-

whip

gamet-

marriage (wife/husband)

gastro-

stomach (belly)

gen-, -genos, -geny

produce offspring (race)

-genesis, -genic

origin (producing)

-gest-

carry

glia-

glue

glomer-

ball

glyco-, gluco-

sugar (sweet)

gnatho-

jaw

-gonium

mother cell (or structure)

gono-

reproductive (offspring)

gymno-

naked

gyn-

female

halo-

salt

haplo-

single (simple)

helmin-

worm

hemo-

blood

hepat-

liver

herb-

grass

hetero-

different

holo-, hol-

entire (whole)

homo-, homin

man

homos, homeous

same

hydro-, hygro

water

hyper-

above (beyond)