Advanced Biology Root Words - Semester 2
Root Words - Semester 2
Unit 5: Cell Cycle, Mitosis, Cell differentiation
- ana – apart
- chrom – color
- eu – true; normal
- inter – between
- kary – nucleus
- meta, meso - middle
- pluri - several
- -oma – abnormal
- pro – before; toward
- toti - entirely
- telo – end
- anti – against; opposite
- trans – across
- -kinesis - movement
- gen – origin; birth
Unit 6: Genetics and Meiosis
- amni – fetal; embryo
- diplo – two; double
- dis – apart; absence
- -emia - blood
- gamet/o – sex cell
- hapl/o – single
- hetero – different; other
- homo – same; man
- meio – less
- – oid – shape; to resemble
- path/y – disease; suffering
- pheno – to show; appear
- soma, somat – body
- tetra – four
- zygo – joined together
Unit 7/8: DNA, RNA, PS
- anti- against, opposite
- -elle- small
- -en – made of
- ex- out of
- gen- producing
- homeo- similar to
- in- to, toward
- loc- place
- muta- change
- nuc- center
- ov- egg
- semi- partly
- sperm - seed
Unit 9: Natural Selection and Evolution
- ante – before; ahead of time
- din – terrible
- geo – earth; land
- paleo – old; ancient
- strat/a – layer
- infra – beneath
- intra – within; inside
- lumen – light
- mis – wrong
- morph – shape
- noct, nox – night
- peri – around
- topo – place
- ultra – beyond
- phyla – related group
Unit 10: Body Systems
- cis/e – to cut
- counter – against
- neo – new
- hepa/t – liver
- pulmo – lung
- rhino – nose
- vacci – cow
- arteri/o – artery
- capill – hair
- cardio – heart
- cerebr- brain
- epi – above; upon
- gastro – stomach
- hem/at – blood
- myo – muscle