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BIO 257
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a- | lack, withouth |
| ab- | from, away from |
| -able | viable |
| acou- | hearing |
| acr- | extremity |
| ad- | to, towards |
| adeno- | gland |
| -aer | air |
| -aesthes | feeling |
| af- | toward |
| algia | pain |
| amyl- | starch |
| angio- | vessel |
| ante- | before |
| anti- | against |
| arthr- | joint |
| -ary | associated with |
| -asis | condition |
| aud- | hear |
| auri- | ear |
| auto- | self |
| baro- | pressure |
| bi- | two |
| -bio(s) | life |
| -blastos- | germ or forming |
| brachio- | arm |
| brachy- | short |
| brady- | slow |
| -bronchio- | gill |
| brevi- | short |
| -calci- | pertaining to lime; spur |
| callous- | hand thickened |
| -cardi- | heart |
| -carn- | flesh |
| carcin- | cancer |
| cardio- | heart |
| cauda- | tail |
| cephal, -cephale | head |
| -cele | hollow |
| cereb- | brain |
| Chi | crossing |
| -chrio- | hand |
| -chloro- | green |
| chole- | bile |
| -chondr- | cartilage |
| -cide | kill |
| -cili- | hair |
| circum- | around |
| -clast- | to break |
| -clavis- | club-like |
| -cle | small |
| -clus | small |
| -cule | small |
| -culus | small |
| co- | together |
| com- | together |
| con- | together |
| coll- | glue |
| cid- | kill |
| cidal- | kill |
| contra- | counter |
| -corn- | horn |
| corona- | crown |
| -corp- | body |
| -corpus- | body |
| -cortex- | outer layer |
| -costa- | rib |
| crypto- | hidden |
| -cune | wedge |
| -cyt | cell |
| cyte | cell |
| cyto- | cell |
| cyano- | dark blue |
| -cyst- | bladder |
| -dendron- | treelike |
| -dent- | tooth |
| -derm | skin |
| di- | two, twice |
| dia- | through |
| dia- | across |
| dis- | apart |
| diplo- | two, divided |
| dura- | hard |
| -dynia | pain |
| dys- | bad |
| e- | out of |
| ecto- | outside |
| -ectomy | to cut out |
| -edem- | swell |
| -emia | blood |
| endo- | within |
| entero- | intestine |
| epi- | upon |
| erythro- | red |
| eu- | good |
| ex- | away from |
| exo- | outside |
| extra- | beyond |
| -ferent | carry |
| fovea- | a small pit |
| -form | expressing resemblance |
| gala- | milk |
| lac- | milk |
| gastro- | stomach |
| -gen | produce |
| gloss- | tongue |
| -glosso- | tongue |
| glyco- | sugar |
| -gram | record |
| graph- | instrument that records |
| gyn- | women |
| hemato- | blood |
| hemo- | blood |
| hem- | blood |
| hemi- | half |
| hepato- | liver |
| hetero- | different |
| hist- | tissue |
| homeo- | same |
| homo- | same |
| hydro- | water |
| hyper- | over |
| hypo- | under |
| -iatr- | treat |
| iasis- | condition of |
| infer- | below |
| infra- | beneath |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| ism | condition |
| iso- | equal |
| -itis | inflammation |
| kerato- | horny tissue |
| kin- | move |
| leuco- | white |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | breaking up |
| macro- | large |
| mal- | bad |
| mast- | breast |
| mega- | great |
| melano- | black |
| meso- | middle |
| meta- | beyond |
| mono- | one |
| morpho | body |
| -morph- | body |
| myelo- | marrow |
| myo- | muscle |
| narco- | numbness |
| necro- | death |
| neo- | new |
| nephro- | kidney |
| neuro- | nerve |
| oculo- | eye |
| odont- | tooth |
| -ole | small |
| oligo- | few |
| -oma | tumor |
| -op- | sight |
| ophtalm- | eye |
| ortho- | straight |
| -osteo- | bone |
| oto- | ear |
| ovi- | egg |
| para- | beside |
| patho- | disease |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | deficiency |
| per- | through |
| peri- | around |
| -phag | eat |
| phago- | eat |
| -phas- | speak |
| -phil | like |
| phleb- | vein |
| phobia- | fear |
| -plegia | paralyze |
| -pnea | breath |
| pneumo- | air |
| pod- | foot |
| -poie- | making |
| poly- | many |
| post- | behind, after |
| pre- | before, in front of |
| pro- | before, in front of |
| procto- | anus |
| proto- | first |
| pseudo- | false |
| psycho- | mind |
| pulmo- | lung |
| -renal- | kidney |
| rhino- | nose |
| -rrhea- | flow |
| -rrhage | bursting forth |
| -rrhagia | bursting forth |
| sarco- | flesh |
| sclero- | hard |
| semi- | half |
| -stasis | stand still |
| sub- | below |
| -some | body |
| somato- | body |
| super- | above |
| supra- | above |
| sym | binding together |
| syn- | binding together |
| tachy- | fast |
| therm | heat |
| thermo- | heat |
| -tome | cut |
| -tomy | cut |
| tox- | poison |
| trans- | across |
| -trophy | nourishment |
| -troph- | nourishment |
| -tropic | changing |
| -uria | urine |
| vaso- | vessel |
| vas- | vessel |
| viscer- | internal organ |
| vermis- | worm |
| zyg- | yoked |