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Quiz 6
prefixes and suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| per- | through |
| permea- | pass, go |
| phag- | eat |
| pheno- | show |
| phil- | living, fond of |
| phon-, -phone | sound |
| -phore | bearer |
| photo- | light |
| phyc- | seaweed, algae |
| -phyll | leaf |
| physi- | nature, natural qualities |
| -phte, phyt- | plant |
| plan- | roaming, wandering |
| plasm-, -plast | form, formed into |
| pleur- | rib, lung |
| pneumo- | lungs, air |
| -pod | foot |
| ploy- | many, several |
| por- | opening |
| port- | carry |
| post- | after, behind |
| pom- | fruit |
| pre- | before, ahead of time |
| pro- | forward, favoring |
| procto- | rectum, anus |
| proto- | first, primary |
| pseud- | false, deceptive |
| pter- | having wings or fins |
| pulmo- | lung |
| puls- | drive, push |
| pyr- | heat, fire |
| quadr- | four, four-fold |
| quin- | five |
| radi- | ray, spoke of a wheel, energy in rays |
| re- | again, back |
| rect- | correct, right |
| ren- | kidney |
| ret- | net, made like a net |
| rhin- | nose |
| rhiz- | root |
| rubr- | red |
| saccharo- | sugar |
| sapr- | rotten |
| saur- | lizard |
| scler- | hard |
| sci- | know |
| scope | look, observe |
| -scribe, script | write |
| semi- | half, partly |