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AP Bio prefix suffix
200 AP BIO PREFIX AND SUFFIX MEANING AND EXAMPLE WORDS
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| erythro | red erythrocyte |
| fer | to bear fertility |
| gastro | stomach gastroenteritis |
| herp | reptile herpetology |
| hetero | different heterozygote |
| haplo | single haploid |
| infer | low beneath inferior |
| inter | between internal |
| intra | within intracranial |
| iso | same isotonic |
| lysis | to break down plasmolysis |
| macro | large macrocyte |
| mar | sea marine biologist |
| melan | black melanin |
| mes | middle mesothelioma |
| meta | turning point metaphase |
| mito | thread mitochondria |
| myo | muscle myology |
| namat | thread nematoid |
| node | knot swelling lymphnode |
| nuc | nut nucleus |
| ocul | eye ocular |
| olf | smell olfaction |
| onco | cancer oncology |
| oo | egg oogamous |
| ophtha | eye ophthalmogist |
| oscu | mouth oscular |
| oste | bone osteoporosis |
| ov | egg ovum |
| palm | palm of hand palmature |
| peri | around perimeter |
| permea | pass through permeable |
| phag | eat phagocyte |
| phil | love philanthropy |
| physio | nature or function of physiognomy |
| plasm | something melded plasma |
| pleur | side or rib pleurotomy |
| pneumo | lungs pneumonia |
| pri/proto | first protocol |
| pseudo | false pseudonym |
| psychro | cold psychrometer |
| pter | wing pteranodon |
| pulmo | lung pulmones |
| rhiz | root rhizoid |
| rhodo | red rhodopsin |
| rrhea | flow discharge |
| saccharo | sugar saccaharose |
| sal | salt salinity |
| scler | sclerosis |
| sept | seven septum |
| septic | poison septicemia |
| soma somat | body somatic |
| sperm | seed spermicide |
| spire | breathe respire |
| staphy | cluster staphylococcal |
| stoma | mouth stomate |
| strat | layer stratosphere |
| strepto | chain streptobacillus |
| synap | union synapsis |
| tarso | ankle tarsal |
| tetra | FOUR tetrameter |
| thorac | chest thoracic |
| trans | across transcend |
| trich | thread trichocyte |
| ur | tail urine uria |
| vas | vessel vascular |
| xanthin | yellow xanthinine |
| zo zoa | animals zoology |
| zyg | a yolk zygote |