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biology prefixes 1
| a | not, without, or less |
| ab | away from |
| acou | hearing |
| ad | toward |
| aden | gland |
| alb | white |
| ambi | both |
| anthropo | referring to humans |
| arach | spiders |
| archaeo | ancient, primative |
| arth | joint |
| aur | ear |
| auto | self |
| bacill | small rod or staff |
| bi | two |
| bio | related to life |
| blast | bud |
| branchi | arm |
| brady | slow |
| calc | stone |
| cardi | heart |
| carcin | cancer |
| carn | flesh |
| cary | nucleus or kernal |
| cata | decomposition |
| caud | tail |
| cephal | head |
| cerebro | brain |
| cervic | neck |
| chloro | green |
| chondr | cartilage |
| chrom | color |
| circum | around |
| coel | hollow |
| contra | against |
| cotyl | cup |
| crani | skull |
| cyst | bladder |
| cyt,cyte | cell |
| cut | skin |
| cyan | blue |
| dactyl | finger |
| de | removal of |
| dendr | tree |
| dent | teeth |
| derm | skin |
| di | double |
| dia | through, across |
| digit | finger, toe |
| diplo | double |
| dis | apart, far away |
| echin | spiny, pricly |
| ecto | above |
| endo | inside, within |
| entero | intestines |
| entom | insect |
| anti | against |