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prefixes a-g
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a, an | not, without, lacking |
| ab | away from |
| able | capable of |
| aceous | of or pertaining to |
| acou, acous | hear |
| ad | to tword |
| aden | gland |
| adip | fat |
| aero | air |
| amyl | starch |
| angi | blood |
| ante | before |
| anter | front |
| anti | against |
| anthropo | man, human |
| aqu | water |
| arthr | joint |
| ase | forms names of enzymes |
| amphi | both |
| bi | two |
| bio | life |
| blast | germ |
| brachy | short |
| bronch | windpipe |
| carcin | cancer |
| cardi | heart |
| carn | meat |
| carp | fruit |
| carpal | wrist |
| cata | breakdown |
| caud | tail |
| centr | center |
| cephal | head |
| Cerebr | brain |
| Cervic | neck |
| chel | claw |
| chem | dealing with chemicals |
| chlor | green |
| chondr | cartilage |
| chrom | color |
| coel | hollow |
| cotyl | cup |
| crani | skull |
| cuti | skin |
| cyan | blue |
| cycle | ring, circle |
| cyst | sac, pouch |
| dactyl | finger |
| de | away from, down |
| dendr | tree |
| dent | tooth |
| derm | skin |
| dis | apart, out |
| dors | back |
| dys | bad |
| echin | spiny, prickly |
| ecto | outside of |
| emia | blood |
| endo | in, into |
| epi | upon, above, over |
| eu | well, good, true, normal |
| ex | out of, away from |
| fer | bear, carry, produce |
| fibr | fiber |
| flor | flower |
| foli | leaf |
| fract | break |
| gastr | stomach |
| gene | origin, birth |
| gluc, glyc | sweet, sugar |
| gram, graph | record, writing |
| gymno | naked, bare |