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PSR Bio
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A- | without |
| Ab- | away |
| Ad- | toward |
| Anti- | against |
| -emia | blood |
| -itis | inflammation, swelling |
| -aqu | liquid, water-based |
| -amphi | both |
| -ambi | both |
| endo- | inner |
| exo- | outer |
| hyper- | too much |
| hypo- | too little |
| Iso- | same, equal |
| hydro- | water |
| gluco-/glyco- | sugar |
| -lysis/-lyse | to break, burst |
| mal- | bad, harmful |
| micro- | small-scale |
| macro- | large-scale |
| necro- | dead |
| pharmaco- | drug-related |
| pan- | everywhere |
| adipo- | fat |
| angio- | vessel |
| Bucco- | cheek, mouth |
| Carcino- | cancer |
| Gastro- | stomach |
| Histo- | tissue |
| Photo- | light |
| Therm- | heat |
| Cryo- | frozen |
| Infra- | under |
| Intra- | inside, within |
| Epi- | outside, outer |
| Meso- | middle |
| Meta- | middle, intersection |
| Patho- | relating to disease |
| Trans- | across |
| Bi- | two |
| tachy- | rapid |
| tri- | three |
| uni- | one, single |
| di- | two |
| de- | without |
| semi- | half, partly |
| mono- | one |
| oligo- | few |
| poly- | many |
| quad- | four |
| pent- | five |
| hex- | six |
| blast- | germ, initial stage |
| cyto- | cell |
| bio- | life |
| -oma | pore, opening |
| pnea-/pneumo- | having to do with the lungs |
| -stasis | stable, inactive |
| -ectomy | to remove |
| ecto- | outside, outer |
| chemo- | chemicals |
| pro- | first |
| eu- | true |
| senesc- | old, process of growing old |
| quiesc- | still, stop, inactive, dormant |
| -ase | protein enzyme |
| -ose | sugar |