Ap Biology Root Words

Front 1

a-

Back 1

not, negation of term

Front 2

ad-

Back 2

toward

Front 3

affer-

Back 3

carrying to

Front 4

amphi-

Back 4

both

Front 5

anthro-

Back 5

human

Front 6

anthro-

Back 6

human

Front 7

anti-

Back 7

against, opposite

Front 8

auto-

Back 8

self

Front 9

bi-

Back 9

two

Front 10

bio-

Back 10

life

Front 11

centi-

Back 11

hundred

Front 12

ceph(al)-

Back 12

head

Front 13

chloro-

Back 13

green

Front 14

clad-

Back 14

branch

Front 15

coel-

Back 15

hollow

Front 16

cyto-

Back 16

of the cell

Front 17

derm-

Back 17

skin

Front 18

deut-

Back 18

second

Front 19

di-

Back 19

two

Front 20

diplod-

Back 20

double

Front 21

echino-

Back 21

spiny

Front 22

eco-

Back 22

house

Front 23

ecto-

Back 23

outside

Front 24

effer-

Back 24

carrying away

Front 25

endo-

Back 25

within

Front 26

epi-

Back 26

upon or above

Front 27

eu-

Back 27

true

Front 28

exo-

Back 28

outside

Front 29

extra-

Back 29

beyond

Front 30

fil-

Back 30

thread

Front 31

foli-

Back 31

leaf

Front 32

gnath-

Back 32

jaw

Front 33

gymn-

Back 33

naked

Front 34

hal-

Back 34

salty

Front 35

haplo-

Back 35

single

Front 36

hemi-

Back 36

half

Front 37

hetero-

Back 37

different kinds

Front 38

homo-

Back 38

the same kind

Front 39

hyper-

Back 39

above or over

Front 40

hypo-

Back 40

less than or under

Front 41

inter-

Back 41

between

Front 42

iso-

Back 42

the same

Front 43

lumen-

Back 43

cavity

Front 44

lysis-

Back 44

loosen

Front 45

macro-

Back 45

large

Front 46

-mer

Back 46

part

Front 47

meso-

Back 47

in the middle

Front 48

meta-

Back 48

after

Front 49

micro-

Back 49

small

Front 50

milli-

Back 50

thousand

Front 51

mono-

Back 51

one

Front 52

-morph

Back 52

form or shape

Front 53

multi-

Back 53

many

Front 54

myo-

Back 54

muscle

Front 55

nephr-

Back 55

kidney

Front 56

non-

Back 56

not

Front 57

oct-

Back 57

eight

Front 58

oligo-

Back 58

few

Front 59

oo-

Back 59

egg

Front 60

par(a)-

Back 60

near

Front 61

ped/pod-

Back 61

foot

Front 62

peri-

Back 62

around

Front 63

phag-

Back 63

eat

Front 64

photo-

Back 64

light

Front 65

-phyll

Back 65

leaf

Front 66

phyto-/-phyte

Back 66

plant

Front 67

poly-

Back 67

many

Front 68

post-

Back 68

after

Front 69

pre-

Back 69

before

Front 70

proto-

Back 70

first or earliest

Front 71

pseud-

Back 71

false

Front 72

pter-

Back 72

wing or fern

Front 73

pulmo-

Back 73

lung

Front 74

quadr-

Back 74

four

Front 75

ren-

Back 75

kidney

Front 76

rhiz-

Back 76

root

Front 77

sarc-

Back 77

flesh

Front 78

semi-

Back 78

half

Front 79

sept-

Back 79

wall

Front 80

soma-

Back 80

body

Front 81

sperm-

Back 81

seed

Front 82

sub-

Back 82

below

Front 83

sucr-

Back 83

sugar

Front 84

sym-

Back 84

with

Front 85

synthesis-

Back 85

putting together

Front 86

ter(ti)-

Back 86

three

Front 87

therm-

Back 87

heat

Front 88

trans-

Back 88

across

Front 89

troph-

Back 89

feed

Front 90

un-

Back 90

one

Front 91

ven-

Back 91

vessel

Front 92

ventr-

Back 92

belly

Front 93

xanth-

Back 93

yellow

Front 94

zoo-

Back 94

animal