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Biology Prefixes
Biology Prefixes and Suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| A- | not, without lacking |
| Ab- | away from |
| Amyl- | starch |
| An- | not, without |
| Ana- | backward, against |
| Angio- | vessel |
| Ante- | before |
| Anti- | against |
| Apo- | off, from |
| Auto- | self |
| Bi- | bisect |
| Bio- | life |
| Brachy- | short |
| Chrom- | color |
| -cyte, cyto- | cell |
| Di- | ten |
| Dia- | twice double |
| Dys- | bad difficult |
| Glyc- | sugar |
| -graph | to write |
| Hemo- | blood |
| Hetero- | different, other |
| Homo- | same |
| Hydro- | water |
| Hyper- | over, more than |
| Hypo- | under, less than |
| Inter- | used as an intensifier |
| Intra- | between, among |
| Ir- | over, above |
| lysin, -lysis, -lytic- | dissolve, destroy |
| Macro- | large |
| Micro- | small |
| Mono- | one |
| Myo- | muscle |
| Neur- | relating to nerves |
| Oo- | egg |
| Ovi- | egg |
| Para- | near, by |
| Peri- | around, near |
| Phago- | to eat |
| phil- | loving |
| plasm- | substance |
| ped- | foot |
| Poly- | many |
| Post- | after, behind |
| Pro- | before, giving rise to |
| Pseudo- | false |
| rrhea- | flow |
| -tome,-tomy | to cut |
| -trophic | feeding |