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AP Bio prefix suffix
200 AP BIO PREFIX AND SUFFIX MEANING AND EXAMPLE WORDS
Question | Answer |
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erythro | red erythrocyte |
fer | to bear fertility |
gastro | stomach gastroenteritis |
herp | reptile herpetology |
hetero | different heterozygote |
haplo | single haploid |
infer | low beneath inferior |
inter | between internal |
intra | within intracranial |
iso | same isotonic |
lysis | to break down plasmolysis |
macro | large macrocyte |
mar | sea marine biologist |
melan | black melanin |
mes | middle mesothelioma |
meta | turning point metaphase |
mito | thread mitochondria |
myo | muscle myology |
namat | thread nematoid |
node | knot swelling lymphnode |
nuc | nut nucleus |
ocul | eye ocular |
olf | smell olfaction |
onco | cancer oncology |
oo | egg oogamous |
ophtha | eye ophthalmogist |
oscu | mouth oscular |
oste | bone osteoporosis |
ov | egg ovum |
palm | palm of hand palmature |
peri | around perimeter |
permea | pass through permeable |
phag | eat phagocyte |
phil | love philanthropy |
physio | nature or function of physiognomy |
plasm | something melded plasma |
pleur | side or rib pleurotomy |
pneumo | lungs pneumonia |
pri/proto | first protocol |
pseudo | false pseudonym |
psychro | cold psychrometer |
pter | wing pteranodon |
pulmo | lung pulmones |
rhiz | root rhizoid |
rhodo | red rhodopsin |
rrhea | flow discharge |
saccharo | sugar saccaharose |
sal | salt salinity |
scler | sclerosis |
sept | seven septum |
septic | poison septicemia |
soma somat | body somatic |
sperm | seed spermicide |
spire | breathe respire |
staphy | cluster staphylococcal |
stoma | mouth stomate |
strat | layer stratosphere |
strepto | chain streptobacillus |
synap | union synapsis |
tarso | ankle tarsal |
tetra | FOUR tetrameter |
thorac | chest thoracic |
trans | across transcend |
trich | thread trichocyte |
ur | tail urine uria |
vas | vessel vascular |
xanthin | yellow xanthinine |
zo zoa | animals zoology |
zyg | a yolk zygote |