FACLAIR

A

adenin ,adenine
adhartach ,advanced
aidhiodain ,iodine
ailbineachd ,albinism
àile ,atmosphere
aileal ,allele
ailealomorf ,allelomorph
ailigeutair ,alligator
aillse ,cancer
aimrid ,sterile
ainmh -eòlaiche,zoologist
air thuaiream,random
aistridhe -SRN (a-SRN) ,transfer-RNA (t-RNA)
algach ,algal
amoebeach ,amoeboid
anatomach ,anatomical
an cruth,morphologically
An Ear-Mheadhon,The Middle East
ann am pàirt,shared
antair ,anther
antibiotaic ,antibiotic
anticódon ,anticodon
anticorp ,antibody
antigine ,antigen
aoncheallach ,unicellular
àraich , àrach,secrete, secreting
àraidhichte ,specialized
àrsair ,archaeologist
atharrachadh ,variation
ath -chur,transplant
ath -fhilleadh,invagination
autosom ,autosome

B
bacteridheach ,bacterial
balbh -bhuidhre,deaf mutism
balg ,abdomen
ball -bodhaig,organ
bann peptideach,peptide bond
beachd ,theory
beachd -smuain,idea
beag -dhuilleag,microphyll
beinn -theine,volcano
beirmeir ,enzyme
bìocar ,beaker
bith -cheimiceach,biochemical
bith -cheimicear,biochemist
bith -eòlas,biology
bith -eòlasach,biological
bloigheag ,particle
bodhaigeil ,somatic
bolcànach ,volcanic
bolcàno ,volcano
breabadair ,daddy-longlegs
brid (eadh), breed (ing)
bròg na cuthaige,butterwort
Bryozoanach ,Bryozoan
buadhach ,successful (biologically)
buidheann co-cheangailte,linkage group
bun ,base
bun -stéidh,origin

C
camadh ,complexity, complication
cangaru ,kangaroo
capsal ,capsule
carbon dà-ocsaid,carbon dioxide
carpal ,carpel
carran ,shrimp
casta ,complex
catailiseadh ,catalysing
Caucasach ,Caucasian
cealla (ceallan) ,cell
cealla -roinn,cell division
cealla -sìl,sperm cell
ceallan -dealachaidh,secretory cells
ceallan -giùlain,conducting cells
ceallan teumaidh,stinging cells
ceaphalach ,cephalic, of the head
cearban ,shark
ceimic ,chemistry
ceimiceach ,chemical
ceuscase
ciadadpercentage
ciadadachpercentage (adj.)
ciadameataircentimetre

cilecilium
ciliche , cilichteciliate, ciliated
cilemeatair ,kilometre
cinneas ,growth
cinnidheachd ,racism
citoplasm ,cytoplasm
ciùbach ,cubic
clais -mhór,gorge
cliabh ,thorax
clìomaid ,climate
cloimh -liath,mould
clorofail ,chlorophyll
cloroplast( -aichean), chloroplast
cnapach ,granular
cneas -fhilm,cuticle
cnuimh ,fluke
cnuimh -ribeineach,tape-worm
co -cheangal,linkage, correlation
co -chur,synthesis
co -chur ceimiceach,chemosynthesis
co -chur sgreubhaidh,dehydration synthesis
co -dhlùthaich,condense
Coelenterat ,Coelenterate
co -ghnètheach,homologous
co -ionnan,identical
co -phàirteach,compound
co - thàth( -aidhean), compound
co -thiùrr,co-acervate
co thiùrradh,coacervation
co -thoinnte,complex
cód ,code
códon ,codon
códon gun-chiall,nonsense codon
coimhearsnachd ,environment
coimhlionadh ,complementing
coimhliontach ,complementary
comas -saoraidh,catalytic function
comharradh ,character, characteristic
comharradh coltais,phenotypic trait
còmhlan ,group, phylum
cón ,cone
corail ,coral
Còrdaichte ,Chordate
còrr ,odd
còrr -mhial,mosquito
cothrom ,even
craobh -durcain,conifer
craos -ghalar,thrush (the disease)
creathall ,lamprey
creatlach ,skeleton
creimeach ,rodent
crogall ,crocodile
cromataid( -ean), chromatid
cromataid -càirdeach,sister chromatid
cromosom( -an), chromosome
cromosomach ,chromosomal (adj.)
crosadh ,crossing
crosgag ,starfish
cruinne ,sphere
cruth -atharraich,catalyse
cruth -rannsachadh,morphological investigation
cuairteachadh ,circulation
cuileag -ghlas,greenfly
cur -thuige,activation
cuthach mongolach,mongoloid idiocy
cytosin ,cytosine

D
dà -dhadum,diatom
dà -dhadumach,diatomaceous
dairbeagach ,tadpole-like
dallag -an-fhraoich,shrew
dà -mheudach,two-dimensional
daolag ,worm
daolag -chruinn,roundworm
daolag -dearcain,acorn-worm
daolag -rèidh,flat-worm
daolag -sgarte,segmented-worm
dàrnach ,secondary
dath -dhall,colour-blind
dath -dhoille,colour-blindness
dath -fhradharc,colour vision
dealachadh ,secretion
dèanamh gineach,gene constitution
dearc -luachrach,newt
deathach , deatach,water vapour
deatachadh ,evaporation
deuchainn -ealdhain,scientific experiment
dìneosor ,dinosaur
diofaraichte ,differentiated
dìosganach ,parasite
diùid ,reduced
dol ’na dheathach,evaporation
do -lùbtha,rigid
draghte -mach,elongated
dualchas ,inheritance
dùblaite ,diploid

E
each -mara,walrus
eaconomaidh ,economy
eactodairm ,ectoderm
eactodairmeach ,ectodermal
eadar -atharraich,differentiate
eadar -chuing,heterozygote
eadar -chuingeach,heterozygous
eadar -fhighe,tissue
eadar -fhillte,complex

eadar -ghiùlain,translation
eadar -ìreach,interphase
eadar -mheasgte,diverse
eadar -oibre,interaction
eadar -oibreachadh,interacting
eadar -thoinnte,complex
eandodairm ,endoderm
Echinodairm ,Echinoderm
endoplasmach ,endoplasmic
Eòrp -Innseanach,Indo-European

F
factar ,factor
falmhag ,vacuole
faoighiche ,parasite
far -stuth,by-product
fàs - bheairt( -ean), organ, organism
fàs -bheairteach,organic
fàs -bheairteag,organelle
fàs suas ri,adapt
fearsaid ,spindle (in mitosis)
féineadh ,selfing
fiabhras rheumatas,rheumatic fever
fileamaid ,filament
fileamaideach ,filamentous
fiodh -snodhaich,sapwood
fionnag -craoibhe,tree shrew
fionnan -feòir,grasshopper
fìor -bhrideadh,true-breeding
fìor -chnòthach,eukaryotic
fìor -uidheamaichte,highly-specialized
fisiceach ,physical
flaigeallach ,flagellated
flaigeallaiche ,flagellate
flaigeallaiche -coileir,collar flagellate
flùr -bhileag,petal
fluth ,tumour
fluthach ,tumourous
fo -phàirt,sub-unit
fosail ,fossil
fo -thalamh,substrate
foto -cho-chur,photosynthesis
foto -cho-churte,photosynthetic
freumhagach ,fibrous
fri -fhilleadh,replication
frith -sheòrsa,off-shoot
fungach ,fungal

G
galaireach ,infective
galar -dhùsgach,pathogenic
gallchnò ,walnut
gamait ,gamete, sexcell
gastralach ,gastrula-like
gath -iteach,ray-finned
gine ,gene
gineach ,gene (adj.)
gineteip ,genotype
ginideachadh ,germinating, germination
ginteil ,genetic
gintinn saor-thoileach,spontaneous generation
gintinneachd ,genetics
giùlan ,conducting
glasag ,sea-lettuce
gluasad ,trend
gnàthach ,normal
gnètheach ,sexual
gnìomhach ,functional
goirilla ,gorilla
gràineag ,granule
greimiche ,tentacle
greim -làidir,holdfast
gualan ,carbon
gualuisg ,carbohydrate
guanin ,guanine

H
haidrodean ,hydrogen
héimofilia ,haemophilia
hièana ,hyaena
hormon ,hormone

I
iasg -phéisd,ichthyosaur
iasg -sgamhain,lung-fish
imrich -a- steach,immigration
iomacheallach ,multicellular
iomadh -fhillte,complex
iomadh -fillteachd,complex (subst.)
ioma -niùclaideach,multinucleate
iom -oibreachadh,reaction (chemical)
ionnan -chuingeach,homozygous
itheadair sìolaidh,filter-feeder

L
laghairt ,lizard
làrach -fosail,fossil impression
làrbha ,larva
làrbhach ,larval
leacach ,flat, flattened
lèamur ,lemur
leasachadh -fala,blood transfusion
leathnachadh ,development
liathchorcra ,lilac
lionn ,liquid
lionn leaghte,solution
liososom ,lysosome
lócus ,locus

luchruban ,pygmy
luibh -brididh,gametophyte
luibhean -luaisgein,phytoplankton
luibh -sìolachaidh,sporophyte
lusanach ,herbaceous
lus an àinean,liverwort
lùths ,energy

M
mac -chealla,daughter cell
macro -mhoileciuil,macromolecule
mailéiria ,malaria
mamal ,mammal
maothan ,lobe
maothanach ,lobed
mathan koala,koala bear
meadhonag ,centriole
meadhonail ,mean
meall ,aggregate
meall moileciuileach,molecular aggregate
meamran ,membrane
meamranach ,membranous
meanbh -fhrìde,insect
mean -fhàs,evolution
mean -fhàsach,evolutionary
meang ,abnormality
meangach ,abnormal
mearachadh ,aberration
measodairm ,mesoderm
meatabolach ,metabolic
meatair ,metre
mèinnireil ,mineral
meiósis ,meiosis
meristeamataic ,meristematic
meudachadh ,magnification
micro -fhàs-bheairt,micro-organism
mì -dhùthchasach,degenerate
mì -ghnàthach,abnormal
mìleliotair ,millilitre
mìlemeatair ,millimetre
miocroscopach ,microscopic
mion -sgrùdadh,analysis
miotocondrach ,mitochondrial
miotocondrion ,mitochondrion
miotósach ,mitotic
miotósis ,mitosis
moileciuil ,molecule
moileciuileach ,molecular
mongolachd ,mongolism
mongolachd atharraichte,translocation mongolism
mongus ,mongoose
mór -chuanach,oceanic
mór -dhuilleag,macrophyll
muir -thìreach,amphibian
mùthadh ,mutation
mùthaidh ,mutant

N
naitrodean ,nitrogen
nearbh ,nerve
neo -adhartach,primitive
neo -adhartachd,primitiveness
neo -cheallach,non-cellular
neo -fhàs-bheairteach,inorganic
neo -rheasach,rhesus-negative
niùclas ,nucleus
niùclasag ,nucleolus
niùclataid ,nucleotide

O
obair -lann,laboratory
obair -lann ealdhain,scientific laboratory
ocsaidean ,oxygen
opossum ,opossum
os -nàdurrach,supernatural

P
paidhir ,pair
pàirteachadh ,division
pàirtich ,divide
péist ,reptile
penisilion ,penicillin
peptid ,peptide
peptideach ,peptide (adj.)
phenoteip ,phenotype
phosphat ,phosphate
phosphor ,phosphorus
pìobag ,tubule
pìoban ,tube
pirimidin ,pyrimidine
placodairm ,placoderm
plàigh ,pest
planarach ,planarian
plancton ,plankton
plaseanta ,placenta
platypus gob-tunnaige,duck-billed platypus
Plesiosor ,Plesiosaur
poc ,sac
pocag ,vesicle
poilean ,pollen
poileanaich ,pollinate
poiliniùclataideach ,polynucleotide
poilipheptid ,polypeptide
poiliriobosom ,polyribosome
prìomhaid ,primate

prìomh theannachadh,centromere
probhadh ,experiment
prótain ,protein
protoplasma ,protoplasm
prugan ,projection
puing ,degree (temperature)
purin ,purine

R
raon ,plane
Raon Chrogan,Urnfield
réididheachd ,radiation
reinfhiadh ,reindeer
réisio ,ratio
reticulum endoplasmach,endoplasmic reticulum
rheasach ,rhesus (adj.)
riaghailt ,system
rian ,system
rian -cnàmhaidh,digestive system
riobosom ,ribosome
roc ,ray
roimh -chnòthach,prokaryotic
roinn lùghdachaidh,reduction division
ro -rheasach,rhesus-positive
ruith ,sequence

S
samhail ,model
saoghal ,life cycle
saor -bhitheach,free-living
seacach ,contractile
seangan -itheadair druimneach,spiny ant-eater
searbhag ,acid
searbhag amino,amino acid
searbhag deocsairioboniùclasach (SDN) ,deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
searbhag ghlutamach,glutamic acid
searbhag niùclasach,nucleic acid
searbhag rioboniùclasach (SRN) ,ribonucleic acid (RNA)
seòrsa ,species
seòrsa fala,blood group
sgairp ,scorpion
sgàl ,scale
sgaoileadh ,distribution
sgarte ,segmented
sgrìobach ,abrasive
sgòdan ,appendage
sguid ,squid
simpansidhe ,chimpanzee
singlite ,haploid
sìobhaltachd ,civilization
sìol ,sperm
siopal ,sepal
sioraf ,giraffe
sliopair ,slipper
smachd ,dominance
smachdail ,dominant
so -ghluasaid,motile
speisealachadh ,specialization
spòr( -aichean), spore
stamain ,stamen
steallaire -mara,sea-squirt
stiogma ,stigma
structair ,structure
stuth ( -bodhaig, -nearbhaichean) ,tissue(s)
stuth -giùlain,conducting tissues
stuthaigeadh ,starch
stuth -dhath,pigment
suilfid haidrodean,hydrogen sulphide
suim ,system
suth ,embryo

T
tachartas ceimiceach,chemical reaction
tair -dhealbh,cross-section
tair -sgrìobhadh,transcription
tair -thorrachadh,cross-fertilization
tana ,dilute
teachdair -SRN (t-SRN) ,messenger-RNA (m-RNA)
teamplaid ,template
teannachadh ,constriction
teicheach ,recessive
teoiric ,theory
thymin ,thymine
tionnsgain ,industry
tomhas -lìonaidh,volume
torrach ,fertilized
torrachadh ,fertilization
trasdach ,transitional
tre -dhearcach,transparent
tre -réididheachadh,irradiation
trì -bhunach,triplet
trom ,a conception
tropaicean ,tropics

U
uachdar -fhiaclan,toothpaste
ughag ,ovule
ugh -chealla,egg cell
ugh -lann,ovary
ùidheachail ,interesting
uidheam ,mechanism
uidheam -dìon,defence mechanism
uidheam -diùltaidh,rejection mechanism

uile -chuairteach,cylindrical
uilte ,jointed
uisge -ruith,liquid water
ulsair -peapaic,peptic ulcer
ultra -violait,ultra-violet

V
vìoras( -an), virus

X
X -ghath, X-ray