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Biology flas cards
flash cards on prefixes & suffies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| anti- | against,opposed |
| archae | old,ancient |
| arthr | joint |
| -ase | enzyme |
| aut- | itself |
| bi- | two |
| bi-,bio- | life,living |
| -cardia | heart |
| cephal- | head |
| chlor- | green |
| chondr- | cartilage |
| chrom- | skin color |
| -cide | killing |
| com-,con- | together |
| cyt-,-cyte | cell |
| derm- | skin |
| ec-,eco- | environment |
| ect- | top,external |
| end- | inside |
| epi- | top |
| eu- | good,well |
| ex- | outer |
| -fer | produce |
| gastr | stomach,belly |
| -gen | produces,make |
| hem- | blood |
| heter- | different,opposed |
| hom- | |
| hydr | water |
| hyper- | above ,over |
| hypo- | below,under |
| inter- | between |
| intra | within |
| is-,iso- | equal |
| -itis | disease |
| kary- | nucleus of a cell |
| leuk- | white |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | breaking down |
| macr- | large |
| mega- | large |
| mes- | middle |
| micr- | small |
| mon- | single |
| morph- | form |
| -nomen- | name |
| -osis | process |
| oste- | bone |
| ov-,ovi-,ovo- | egg |
| path- | disease |
| -ped-.-pod- | foot |
| phot- | light |
| -phyll | leaf |
| -phyte | plant |
| -plast | particle of a cell |
| poly- | much/many |
| pro- | first |
| pseud | false |
| syn-,sym- | with |
| therm- | hot,heat |
| troph- | nutritive |
| viv- | life |
| -vorous | devore,eating |
| zo- | animal |
| zyg- | yoke,egg |
| di- | two |