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EBR EMS
EBR EMS Prefixes and Suffixes part 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adip | fat; adipose tissue |
| aer | air; aerobic respiration |
| ana | up; anabolism |
| an | without; anaerobic respiration |
| append | to hang something; appendicular |
| bio | life; biochemisty |
| cardi | heart; percardium |
| cata | down; catabolism |
| cerebr | brain; cerebrum |
| chondr | cartilage; chondrocyte |
| co | with; coenzyme |
| cran | helmet; cranial |
| -cyt | cell |
| cyt | cell; cytoplasm |
| de | undoing; demylinating, dehydration |
| di | two; disaccharide |
| dors | back; dorsal |
| endo | within; endoplasmic reticulum |
| epi | upon, after, in addition; epithilial tissue |
| -glia | glue; neuroglia |
| glyc | sweet; glycogen |
| hist | web; tissue; histology |
| homeo | same; homeostasis |
| hyal | resembelance to glass; hyaline cartilage |
| hyper | above; hypertonic |
| hypo | below; hypotonic |
| inter | among, between; intercalated disc |
| inter | between; interphase, intercellular |
| iso | equal; isotope, isotonic |
| lip | fat; lipids |
| -logy | the study of; physiology |
| lys | to break up; lysosome |
| -lyt | dissolvable; electrolyte |
| macr | large; macrophage |
| meta | change; metabolism |
| mit | thread; mitosis |
| mono | one; monsaccaharide |
| mut | change; mutation |
| nas | nose; nasal |
| neur | nerve; neuron |
| nucle | kernal; nucleus |
| orb | circle; orbital |
| os | bone; osseous tissue |
| pariet | wall; parietal membrane |
| phag | to eat; phagocytosis |
| pino | to drink; pinocytosis |
| pleur | rib; pleural membrane |
| poly | many; polysaturated |
| pro | before; prophase |
| psuedo | false; psuedoostratified epithelium |
| sacchar | sugar; monosaccaride |
| som | body; ribosome |
| squam | scale; squamous epithelium |
| -stasis | standing still; homeostasis |
| strat | layer; stratified epithelium |
| -strat | spread out; substrate |
| stria | groove; striated muscle |
| sub | under; subcutaneous |
| super | above; superior |
| syn | together-synthesis |
| -tomy | cutting; anatomy |
| -valent | having power; covalent bond |
| vesic | bladder, vesicle |
| -zym | causing to ferment; enzyme |