AP Bio Word Parts

a-, an-, non-, un-

a-, an-, non-, un-

Without, Not

ab-, ef-

away

ad-, af-

Toward

adi-, lip-

Fat

aero-

Air, Oxygen

amphi-

Both sides

ana-

Up

angio-

Vessel, Container

andro, anthro, homo

Man, Human

anti-, contra-

Opposite, Against

aqua-, hydr-

Water

arthro-

Joint

-ase

Enzyme

auto-

Self

avi-, orni-

Bird

Bene-

Well Good

bi-, di-, diplo-

two

bio-, vita-

Life

blast-

Germinate, Sprout, Bud

card-

Heart

carn-

Meat, Flesh

cat-, de-

Down

centi-

100

chel-

Claw

ceph-

Head

cerv-

Neck

chloro-

Green

chrom-

color

-cide

Kill

co-, com-, con-

Together, Both, With

coel (seel)

Space, Cavity, Hollow

corp, som

Body

-cyst

Capsule, Sac, Pouch

-cyte

Cell

deca-, deci-

10

decid-

Cut Off

dendro-, arbor-

Tree

dent, dont

Tooth or Teeth

derm

Skin

deutero-

Second

dia-, dif-, diss

Through, Apart, Across

dors-, noto-

The Back

echin-

Spiny

eco-

Where one lives, Home

ecto-, exo-

Out, Outside

-emia

Blood Condition

entomo-, insect

insect

epi-

upon, over, a top

equ-, iso-

equal, same

erthr-

red

eu-

True

ex-, extra-, exo-

Out, Outside, Beyond

gastr-

Stomach

geo-

Earth

hapl-, mono-, uni-

One

herb-, -phyte

Plant

homo (greek)

Same

hyper-

More, Excessive

hypo-, sub-

Less, Below

lingu

Tongue

gnath (nath)

Jaw

gram-, -graph

Written or Picture

helix

spiral, coil

hem-

Blood

hepato-

Liver

herp-

Reptile

hetero-

Different, Other

ichthyes

Fish

inter-

Between

intra-, endo-

Inside

nephr-, renal

Kidney

nom-

name

oct-

8

oma

Tumor, Swelling

omni-, toti-

All

oo-, ov-

Egg

orth-

Straight

ose, gly, sacchar

Sugar

-osis

Act, Condition

oste-

Bone

medi-, meso-

Middle

meta-

change

meter

measurement

micro-

small

morph

Shape, Form

multi-, myria, poly-

Many

muta-

change

myo-

Muscle

nasal, rhin, probosc

Nose

neo-

New

-itis

Inflammation of

karyo, caryo

Cell Nucleus

kilo-, mill-

1000

leuco-, leuko-

White

loc

place

logy

Study or Science of

lys-

To loosen

macro-, mega-

Large

Mal, dis, dys

Bad or Ill

mar-

Sea