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Prefixes/Suffixes 4
AP Biology, Prefixes/Suffixes 4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| hipp- | horse |
| hist- | tissue |
| holo- | entire; whole |
| homo- | man |
| homo- | same; alike |
| hort- | garden |
| hybrid | mongrel |
| hydr- | water |
| hygr- | wet; moist |
| hypo- | beneath; under; less |
| hyper- | above; beyond; over |
| hypho- | weaving |
| hypno- | sleep |
| -ic | added to nouns to form adjectives |
| ichthy- | fish |
| ign- | fire |
| im- | not |
| in- | to; toward; into |
| in- | not |
| -ine | of or pertaining to |
| infro- | below, beneath |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within; inside |
| -ion | go; come |
| -ism | a state or condition |
| iso- | equal; same |
| -itis | inflammation; disease |
| kilo- | thousand |
| lachry- | tear |
| lact- | milk |
| lat- | side; flank |
| -less | without |
| leuc- | white; bright; light |
| lign- | wood |
| lin- | line |
| lingu- | tongue |
| liqu- | become fluid; liquid |
| lip- | fat |
| lith-; -lite | stone; petrifying |
| loc- | place |
| -logy | study |
| -lysis; -lyte; -lyst | dissolve; decompose |
| macr- | large |
| mal- | bad; evil |
| malle- | hammer |
| mamm- | breast |
| marg- | border; edge |
| mast- | breast |
| med- | middle |
| meg- | great; million |
| mela-; melan- | black; dark |
| mes- | middle; half; intermediate |
| met-; meta- | between; along; after |
| meteor- | lofty; high; in air |
| -meter; -metry | way of measuring; instrument for measuring |
| metro- | uterus |