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OSANE BIO PREFIXES
OSANE BIOLOGY PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| PERI- (example: PERIMETER) | AROUND |
| BIO- (EXAMPLE: BIOLOGY) | LIFE |
| A- (ABIOTIC, ASEXUAL, ATYPICAL) | WITHOUT OR NOT |
| AN- (ANAEROBIC, ANHYDROUS) | WITHOUT, NOT |
| AB- (abnormal, ABSTRACT) | AWAY, FROM |
| -AD - (ADVANCE , ADHERE) | TO, TOWARD |
| ANTI- (ANTIBOBY, ANTIBACTERIOCIDAL) | AGAINST, OPPOSED TO |
| AUTO- (AUTOMATIC, AUTOSOME, AUTOMOBILE) | SELF |
| AMYL- (AMYLOPSIN, AMYLASE) | STARCH |
| ANTE- (ANTERIOR, ANTEBELLUM) | BEFORE, IN FRONT OF |
| POST- (POSTERIOR, POST-SECONDARY) | AFTER, BEHIND, BACK OF |
| AQUA- (AQUATIC) | WATER |
| ANGIO- (ANGIOMER, ANGIOCARDITIS) | VESSEL (BLOOD VESSEL) |
| ANA- (ANABOLISM) | UP, UPON |
| APO-- ( APOPLEXY, APOGEE, APOSCOPE) | OFF, FROM, AWAY FROM |
| -ASE (AMYLASE, PROTEASE) | DESIGNATING AN ENZYME |
| -ALGIA ( NEURALGIA) | PAIN |
| ALBI- (ALBICANS, ALBINOS) | WHITE |
| BRADY-- ( BRADYCARDIA) | SLOW |
| CALOR- (CALORIMETER) | HEAT |
| CARDIA- (CARDIOLOGIST, CARDIAC) | HEART |
| CEPHAL- ( CEPHALIC) | HEAD |
| CEREBRO- ( CEREBROSPINAL, CEREBRAL) | BRAIN |
| CHROM- (CHROMOSOME, CHROMATIC) | COLOR |
| CIDAL- (BACTERIOCIDAL, SUICIDAL) | KILLING |
| CORPUS- (CORPUS CHRISTIE, CORPUSCLE) | BODY |
| -CYST (OOCYST, CYSTICFIBROCYST) | BLADDEER |
| -CYTE, CYTO- ( CYTOPLASM) | CELL |
| DERM- (DERMATITIS, HYPODERMAL) | SKIN |
| HYPO- ( HYPODERMIC, HYPOTONIC) | BELOW, UNDER, LESS THAN |
| HYPER- HYPERACTIVE, HYPERTONIC) | OVER, MORE THAN |
| DI- ( DIAMETER, DICHROMIC, DIALOGUE, DIOXIDE) | TWO, TWICE |
| DIA- (DIAMETER, DIAPHRAGM) | THROUGH, ACCROSS |
| DYS- (DYSPIA, DYSFUNCTION) | BAD, DIFFICULT |
| -ECTOMY ( APPENDECTOMY) | TO CUT OUT |
| EM-, EN-, ENDO- (ENDOCYTOSIS, ENDOSKELETON, EMBOLISM) | IN , INTO |
| -EMIA (ANEMIA, HYPOCYTEMIA, SICKLE CELL ANEMIA) | BLOOD |
| ENTERO- (ENTERIC, ENTEROKINASE) | INTESTINE |
| EPI- (EPIDERMIC, EPIGLOTTIS) | ON, UPON, ABOVE |
| ERYTHRO- (ERYTHROCYTE) | RED |
| -FER (TRANSFER, AFFERANT, EFFERENT) | TO CARRY |
| -FRACT (FRACTURE, REFRACTION) | TO BREAK |
| GASTRO- (GASTRIC, GASTROINTESTINAL, PNEUMOGASTRIC) | STOMACH |
| -GRAPH (CARDIOGRAPH) | TO WRITE |
| -GEN (GENESIS, GENETICS, GLYCOGEN, GENERATE) | TO BEGIN, TO PRODUCE |
| -GLOSSAL- (HYPGLYC-OGLOSSAL) | TONGUE |
| GLYC- (GLYCOSUREIA, DIGLYCERIDE, GLYCOGENESIS) | GLUCOSE, SUGAR |
| -GNATH (GNATHNOSTOMA | JAW, CHEEK |
| -GNOSIS (DIAGNOSIS) | TO KNOW, KNOWLEDGE |
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