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200 AP BIO PREFIX AND SUFFIX MEANING AND EXAMPLE WORDS

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