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Language of Science

Knowing the meaning of prefix and suffixes is useful in biology

TermDefinition
a/an un,not
meso middle
leuco white,colorless
aero air
anti against,opposite
aqua/hydro water
arthro joint
auto self
bi/di two
bio life
cephal head
chloro green or yellow
chromo color
cide killer
cyto cell
derm pertaining to skin
haplo single
ecto(exo) outer or out of
endo within or inside
gastro stomach or belly
genesis beginning
Herba Plant
hetero dissimilarity
homo same or similar
ov pertaining to egg
Kary pertaining to nucleus of cell
neuro nerves
hemo blood
hyper over, above, beyond
hypo under, low
intra within or inside
-itis disease or inflamation
lateral side or away form middle
-logy area of knowledge or study of
-lysis breaking apart
-meter unit of measurement (length)
mono single
morph form or shape
micro small
macro large
multi/poly many
pod foot
-phobia fear
-philia love or attracted to
proto first
photo light
psuedo false
synthesis build
sub beneath or under
troph food or nutrition
therm heat
ri three
zoo,xoa animal
-tropism response to stimuli
-taxis order
-stasis stable state
soma body
saccharo sugar
primi/archae original or beginning
phyll leaf
zyg/zygous fusion
phago ingest or engulf
path/pathy disease
sym/syn united or together or same
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