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EBR EMS Prefixes and Suffixes part 1

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adip   fat; adipose tissue  
aer   air; aerobic respiration  
ana   up; anabolism  
an   without; anaerobic respiration  
append   to hang something; appendicular  
bio   life; biochemisty  
cardi   heart; percardium  
cata   down; catabolism  
cerebr   brain; cerebrum  
chondr   cartilage; chondrocyte  
co   with; coenzyme  
cran   helmet; cranial  
-cyt   cell  
cyt   cell; cytoplasm  
de   undoing; demylinating, dehydration  
di   two; disaccharide  
dors   back; dorsal  
endo   within; endoplasmic reticulum  
epi   upon, after, in addition; epithilial tissue  
-glia   glue; neuroglia  
glyc   sweet; glycogen  
hist   web; tissue; histology  
homeo   same; homeostasis  
hyal   resembelance to glass; hyaline cartilage  
hyper   above; hypertonic  
hypo   below; hypotonic  
inter   among, between; intercalated disc  
inter   between; interphase, intercellular  
iso   equal; isotope, isotonic  
lip   fat; lipids  
-logy   the study of; physiology  
lys   to break up; lysosome  
-lyt   dissolvable; electrolyte  
macr   large; macrophage  
meta   change; metabolism  
mit   thread; mitosis  
mono   one; monsaccaharide  
mut   change; mutation  
nas   nose; nasal  
neur   nerve; neuron  
nucle   kernal; nucleus  
orb   circle; orbital  
os   bone; osseous tissue  
pariet   wall; parietal membrane  
phag   to eat; phagocytosis  
pino   to drink; pinocytosis  
pleur   rib; pleural membrane  
poly   many; polysaturated  
pro   before; prophase  
psuedo   false; psuedoostratified epithelium  
sacchar   sugar; monosaccaride  
som   body; ribosome  
squam   scale; squamous epithelium  
-stasis   standing still; homeostasis  
strat   layer; stratified epithelium  
-strat   spread out; substrate  
stria   groove; striated muscle  
sub   under; subcutaneous  
super   above; superior  
syn   together-synthesis  
-tomy   cutting; anatomy  
-valent   having power; covalent bond  
vesic   bladder, vesicle  
-zym   causing to ferment; enzyme  


   


 

 

 

 

 

 
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