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Prefixes & Suffixes
biology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a-/an-/anti-/non- | not(aboitic:not living) |
| -ase | enzyme:protein that makes reactionshappen.(protease) |
| auto- | self(automobile:self moving.) |
| bi-/di- | two(dipliod:two of each chromosome) |
| bio- | life(biology:study of life) |
| chloro- | green(chloroplasts makes plants green) |
| cide- | killer(pesticide,herbicide,insecticide) |
| chem- | chemical/chemistry(biochemistry:chemistry of life) |
| co- | with(together)(co-worker,cooperate)*coevaved |
| cyto- | cell(cytoplasm:gel inside of cells) |
| eco- | environment(ecosystem)Marine Ecosystem |
| embryo- | early development(embryology:study of early development) |
| eu- | true/good(eukaryotic cell) |
| ex-/exo- | outer/outside(exit sign,exoskeleton) |
| hemo- | blood(hemogoblin:the protein in red blood cells that carry oxygen |
| herbi- | plant(herbivore) |
| hetero- | different(heterozygous:two copies of gene cells are different)(heterotroph) |
| homo-/homeo- | the same(homozygous,homeostasis) |
| inter- | between/among(intermembrane) |
| kary-/karyo- | nucleus of a cell(prokaryotic) |
| -logy/-ology | study of(biology,hematology,cycology) |
| micro- | small(microorganism) |
| mono-/uni- | one(mononucleosis:one nucleus disease) |
| morph- | change in form/structure(metamorphosis) |
| multi- | more than one(multicellular organisms) |
| -ose | sugar(glucose,sucrose) |
| -osis | action/a process(mitosis:process of a nuclear division)(metamorphosis:process of changing form) |
| patho- | disease |
| photo- | light(photosynthesis:using light to make food) |
| poly- | many(polypeptide:string of many amino acids)(protein) |