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Prefixes Biology
Prefixes, Suffixes, and Stems
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a/an | not |
| adip | fat |
| aer | air |
| alb | white |
| aliment | food |
| amphi | both |
| ana | apart/away |
| andor | male |
| ante | before |
| appen | to hang |
| anthro | man |
| aqua | water |
| arth | joint |
| aud | to hear |
| auto | self |
| baro | pressure |
| bi | divided |
| bio | life |
| biosis | mode of living |
| blast | embryonic |
| bronch | windpipe |
| cardi | heart |
| carn | flesh |
| carot | yellow |
| cata | down |
| calor | heat |
| centi | hundreth |
| ceph | head |
| chrom | color |
| chron | time |
| chlor | green |
| chym | juice |
| cide | killing |
| cilia | hair |
| cleave | split |
| co | along with |
| coel | hallow |
| commun | together |
| chondr | cartilage |
| contra | against |
| corp | body |
| cran | helmet |
| crin | secrete |
| cut | skin |
| cyt | cell |
| cyst-sac | pouch |
| de | undoing |
| deca | ten |
| decidu | falling off |
| dendr | tree |
| derm | skin |
| di | divide |
| dis | apart |
| diastol | dilation |
| dors | back |
| echino | spiny |
| eco | environmet |
| ecto | outer |
| ectop | out of place |
| endo | within |
| ent | insect |
| epi | upon |
| erythr | red |
| eu | true |
| exo | outer |
| extra | outside |
| fore | front |
| gamy | sexual fusion |
| gangli | swelling |
| gastr | stomach |
| geo | gravity |
| gen | begining |
| geron | age |
| gluc | sweet |
| glyc | starch |
| heam/hemo | blood |
| hepat | liver |
| hepto | seven |
| herb | plant |
| herp | reptile |
| hetero | different |
| homo/homeo | same |
| hex | six |
| histo | tissue |
| hydro | water |
| hyper | above |
| hypo | below |
| icthy | fish |
| im,in | not |
| immun | free of |
| inter | between |
| intra | among |
| iso | equal |
| itis | inflammation |
| karyot | nucleus |
| lact | milk |
| leuk | white |
| limno | water |
| lip | fat |
| ology | study of |
| lys | break up |
| macro | large |
| mal | bad |
| marine | salt |
| melan | black |
| meso | middle |
| meta | change |
| meter | measure |
| micro | small |
| milli | thousandth |
| mito | thread |
| mono | one |
| morph | form |
| mort | death |
| mot | moving |
| multi | many |
| mut | change |
| myo | muscle |
| nat | birth |
| nephros | kidneys |
| neuro | nerve |
| nomy | knowledge |
| nutri | nourishment |
| octo | eight |
| oculi | eye |
| olfact | smell |
| oligo | few |
| omni | around, all |
| ose | sugar |
| osis | state of |
| osteo | bone |
| ovi | egg |
| para | beside |
| pathos | disease |
| pect | shoulder |
| pelv | basin |
| penta | five |
| peri | around |
| phag | to eat |
| phas | stage |
| pheno | visible |
| phleb | vein |
| photo | light |
| phyco | algae |
| phyll | leaf |
| phyte | plant |
| plas | gel |
| pino | to drink |
| ploid | number |
| pod | foot |
| poly | many |
| post | after |
| pneumo | air |
| pro/pre | before |
| pseudo | false |
| pter | wing |
| pulm | lung |
| re | again |
| ren | kidney |
| rhiz | root like |
| sacchar | sugar |
| sapro | decay |
| schizo | split |
| scler | hard |
| semi | partially , half |
| sens | feeling |
| sol | sum |
| som | body |
| sperma | seed |
| sporo | spore |
| stat/stasis | standing still |
| stratum | layer |
| sub | under |
| super | higher |
| syn | together |
| systol | contraction |
| tetra | four |
| tele | distant, end |
| therm | heat |
| thorac | chest |
| thromb | clot |
| trach | tube |
| trans | across |
| tri | three |
| troph | to be fed |
| tropic | influencing |
| tomy | to cut, to turn |
| tox | poison |
| tympano | drum |
| ultra | excess |
| uni | one |
| umbil | naval |
| vas | vessel |
| vena | vein |
| ventr | belly |
| villi | hair like |
| vitre | glass |
| zoo | animal |
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