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Juga- (L., join), conjugate, a process of reproduction in which two animals are 

 joined. 



K 



Kata- (Gr., down or destroy), cataholism, tearing down or destroying. 

 Kine- (Gr,, kineo, more), kinetic, kinetic energy is energy of movement. 



L 

 Labi- (L., lip), labium, a lip. 

 Lac- (L., milk), lactose, milk sugar. 

 Later- (L., side), lateral, to the side. 



Lemma- (Gr., covering), neurilemma, covering of a nerve. 

 Lepi- (Gr., scale), lepidoptera, insects with scale wings. 

 Lip- (Gr., fatty), lipoid, a fatty substance. 

 Log- (Gr., study), zoology, study of animals. 

 Luci- (L., light), luciferin, a Jight-producing material. 

 Lysis- (Gr., destroy), bacteriolysis, a bacteria-destroying substance. 



M 



Macro- (Gr., large), macronucleus, large nucleus. 



Mai- (Gr., mal, bad), malnutrition, bad nutrition. 



Mega- (Gr., larger), megaspore, larger spore. 



Mens- (L., table), commensalism, eating at a common source of food. 



Mere- (Gr., part), micromere, small part. 



Meso- (Gr., middle), mesoderm, middle cellular layer. 



Meta- (Gr., after), metaphase, the later phases of mitosis. 



Micro- (Gr., small), micronucleus, small nucleus. 



Milli- (Gr., thousand), millipede, an animal with a "thousand" legs. 



Mio- (Gr., less), miocene, less recent period in history. 



Mito- (Gr., thread), mitosis, cell division with formation of threadlike structures. 



Mono- (Gr., one), monograph, something written about one subject. 



Morph- (Gr., form), morphology, study of form. 



Multi- (L., many), multicolored, many colors. 



Muta- (L., to change), mutation, an abrupt hereditary change. 



Myco- (Gr., fungus), mycology, a study of fungi. 



Myxo- (Gr., slime), myxomycophyta, slime molds. 



N 



Nema- (Gr., thread), nematocyst, a threadlike structure of coelenterates. 

 Neo- (Gr., young, or recent), neotropical, a recent region in the tropics. 

 Nephro- (Gr., kidney), nephridium, a kidney. 

 Nuc- (L., kernel, or center), nucleus, in the center of a cell. 



O 



Octo- (L., eight), octopus, an animal with eight appendages. 

 Oedo- (Gr., swollen), edema (oedema), a swollen condition. 

 -Oid (Gr., like), amoeboid, like an amoeba. 



