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msu bio prefixes, suffixes, and stems (first 50)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a/an | not |
| adip | fat |
| aer | air |
| alb | white |
| aliment | food |
| amphi | both |
| ana | apart, away |
| andro | 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 | embyronic |
| 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 | hollow |
| 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 |