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| a- | without | asexual |
| -auto | self | autotroph |
| bi- | two | binomial nomenclature, e.g. (Dugesia dorotocephala) |
| carni- | meat | carnivore |
| de- | undoing, reversal | decomposer |
| di- | two, twice, double | diploid |
| effect- | accomplish | effector |
| epi- | upon, over | epithelial (tissue) |
| ex-, exo- | outside, out, away from | excrete, exothermic |
| -fy | to make | magnify |
| -logy | the study of | biology, neurology, psychology |
| -mnesia | memory | amnesia, anamnesia |
| meta- | change, transformation, beyond, transition, between | metabolism |
| micro- | smallness | microorganisms, microbiology |
| morpho- | form | morphology |
| multi- | many | multicellular |
| mut- | to change | mutation, mutagenic agent, mutagens |
| ob- | before, against | obstruction |
| peri- | around | peristalsis |
| -phyte | plant | saprophyte |
| planktos (Gk) | wandering, roaming | plankton |
| plan- | flat | planaria, planet, plane, |
| proto- | first | protozoan |
| -scope, -scopic | watcher | microscope |
| soma- | body | somatic cells |
| speci- | particular things | specimen |
| taxis- | orderly, arrangement | taxonomy |
| -tion | the process of | locomotion, regeneration, digestion, regulation |
| trans- | across, through | transfer RNA |