autotroph (auto-, "self" + -troph, "nourishment")

bacterium [pl. bacteria] (baster-, staff" + -ium, "little")

chemoautotroph (chemo-, having to do with chemistry + auto-, "self" + -troph, "nourishment")

chloroplast (chloro-, "yellowish green" + -plast, "particle")

cilium [pl. cilia]! (L. "eyelash")

cyanobacterium (cyano-, "dark blue" + bacterium)

cytoplasm (Cyt-. "cell" + -plasm, "a formed material")

ectoplasm (ecto-, "outer" + -plasm, "a formed material")

endoplasm ( endo- "inner" + -plasm, "a formed material")

flagellum [pl. flagella] (L. "whip")

glycocalyx ( glyco-, " sugar" + -calyx, " sheath")

heterotroph (hetero-, "other, different" + -troph, nourishment")

macro- ("large")

micro- ("small")

mycelium [pl. mycelia] (myc-, "fungus" + -helium, "callus")

nucleolus (L. "little nucleus")

nucleus (L. "kernel, little nut")

phagocytosis (phago-, "to eat" + cyt-, "cell" + -osis, "a process")

photoautotroph (photo-, "light" + auto-, "self" + -troph, "nourishment")

pinocytosis (pino-, "to drink" + cyt-, "cell" + -osis, "a process")

plasma (L. "a formed element")

protozoa (proton "first" + -zoa, "animal")

pseudopodium [pl. pseudopodia] (pseudo-, "false" + -podium, . "foot")

rhizoid (rhiz-, "root" + "-oid, "like, having the shape of")

sporangiophore (spoor-, "seed" + -angio-, "vessel" + -phore, "bearing")

sporangium [pl. sporangia] (spore "seed" + -angium, "vessel")

stolon (Gk. "branch, sucker")

trichocyst (tricho-, "hair" + -cyst, "bladder")

vacuole (vacu-, "empty space" + -one, "little")

Sarcodina (sarco-, "flesh")

Ciliata ( cilia-, "eyelash")

Mastigophora (mastigo-, "whip" + -phore, "to bear")

Sporozoa (sport "seed/spore" + -zoa, "animal")

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