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Biology Pre/Suffixes
Randoms parts of words the make big complicated words that confuse me
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -a | without, negative, not |
| aer- | aerobic |
| anti- | against |
| auto- | self |
| bi- | two |
| bio- | life |
| cardi- | heart |
| chlor- | green |
| chrom- | color |
| con- | with, together |
| contra- | against |
| cyto- | cell |
| di- | two |
| diplo- | double |
| ecto-, exo- | outer, external |
| end-, endo- | within |
| ex- | out of, outer |
| glyco- | sugar, sweet |
| haplo- | single |
| hetero- | other, different |
| homo- | same |
| hydro- | water |
| hyper- | above, excessive |
| hypo- | under, beneath, lacking |
| iso- | equal |
| macro- | large |
| micro- | small |
| mono- | one |
| olig- | few, little |
| oo- | egg, ovum |
| phago- | eating |
| phil- | love |
| phob- | fear |
| poly- | many |
| post- | after |
| pre- | before, prior |
| sacchar- | sugar |
| sapro- | decay, rotten |
| uni- | one |
| -lysis | decomposition, dissolving, deconstruction |
| -phagia | eating, swallowing |
| -philic | love |