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Prefixes/Suffixes
| 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 | embryonic |
| bronch | windpipe |
| cardi | heart |
| carn | flesh |
| carot | yellow |
| cata | down |
| calor | heart |
| 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 |
| derm | skin |
| di | divide |
| dis | apart |
| diastol | dilation |
| dors | back |
| echino | spiny |
| eco | environment |
| 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 | beginning |
| 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 |