808 Appendix 



Bio- (Gr., life), biology, science of life. 



Blast- (Gr., bud or promotive), blastoderm, primitive germ layer. 



Brachy- (Gr., short), brachydactyly, short digits. 



Brevis (L., short), adductor brevis, a short adductor muscle. 



Bryo- (Gr., moss), bryophyte, a plant of the phylum comprising the mosses. 



Caec- (L., blind), caecum, blind pouch. 



Calci- (L., lime), calcareous, containing lime. 



Carp- (Gr., fruit), pericarp, around the fruit. 



Cauda- (L., tail), caudal, tail. 



Cav- (L., hollow), vena cava, hollow vein. 



Ceno- (Gr., recent), cenozoic, recent life. 



Centr- (L., centre), centrosome, center of activity during mitosis. 



Cephalad (Gr., head), used adverbially, as toward the head or headward. 



Chlor- (Gr., green), chlorophyll, green leaf. 



Chond- (Gr., granular), mitochondria, small, granular parts of protoplasm.. 



Chondro- (Gr., cartilage), chondrocranium, part of the cranium developing from 



cartilage. 

 Chrom- (Gr., color), chromatophore, color-bearing. 

 Cili- (L., eyelash), cilia, hairlike. 



Circum- (L., around), circumesophageal, around the esophagus. 

 Cloaca (L., sewer), cloaca, outlet for excretions. 

 Cnido- (Gr., nettle), cnidoblast, nettle cell of certain animals. 

 Coel- (Gr., hollow), coelom, hollow body cavity. 



Coeno- (Gr., common), coenosarc, common tissue in certain animals. 

 Coleo- (Gr., sheathed), sheathed insects, such as beetles. 

 Com- (L., together), commensalism, living together. 

 Con- (L., cone), conifer, cone-bearing tree; or (L., with), concretion, grow 



together. 

 Cotyl- (Gr., cup-shaped), cotyledon, cup-shaped seed leaf. 

 Creta- (L., chalk), cretaceous, chalk period of geologic times. 

 Cyan- (Gr., blue), cyanophyta, blue-green algae. 

 Cyst (Gr., sac), cyst, a pouch or sac. 

 Cyt- (Gr., cell), cytology, branch of biology treating cell structure, function, etc. 



D 



De- (L., off), degenerate, to lose generative ability. 



Dendr- (Gr., brush or tree), dendrite, treelike structure of nerve cell. 



Derm- (Gr., skin), dermis, part of the skin. 



Di- (Gr., twice), diploblastic, two germ layers; dicotyledon, two cotyledons. 



Dis- (L., away), distal, away from. 



Dors- (L., back), dorsal, pertaining to the back. 



Dura- (L., tough), dura mater, tough outer covering of nervous system. 



E 



E- (L., without), egestion, to pass outside. 



Ec- (Gr., house or environment), ecology, the habitats of an organism. 



