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MICRO prefix/suffix
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| bacill, bacilli | small staffm rodlet |
| bio | life |
| Cocco | grain, berry |
| cyt,cyto | cell |
| de | down, from |
| di, diplo | two, double |
| eu | normal, true |
| glyc, glyco | sweet, sugar |
| kary,karyo | nucleus, nuclear |
| lip, lipo | relating to fats (lipids) |
| micro | small |
| milli | one |
| mono | one |
| multi | many |
| nano | one-billionth part of |
| nucle, nucleo | nucleus, nuclear |
| path, patho | disease |
| photo | light |
| pneumo | pulmonary |
| poly | many |
| pre | before |
| pro, proto | before |
| pseudo | false |
| sacchar, saccharo | sugar |
| zoo | living |
| zygo | joined together |
| gen, genesis | origin |
| logy | field of study |
| lysis | disintegration |
| oid | resembling |
| phage | eater |
| phore | bearer of |
| scope, scopy | instrument for examining |
| septic | putrefaction, infection |
| tome, tomy | cutting |
| troph, trophic | nutrition, growth |