Biology Prefix and Suffix's (Mrs. MacColl)
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122 terms
Portuguese | English |
|---|---|
 a | not, without |
| ab | to, toward |
| ad | to, toward |
| albi | white |
| ambyl- or amblyo | Blunt |
| an | not, without |
| angio | vessel |
| ante | before, in front of |
| anti | against, opposed to |
| aqua | water |
| ase | designating an enzyme |
| auto | self |
| bi | two |
| bio | life |
| brachy | Short |
| brady | Slow |
| calor | Heat |
| carcin | cancer |
| cardia | Heart |
| cephalus | Head |
| cerbebro | Brain |
| chrom | Color |
| cidal | killing |
| corpus | Body |
| cyst | bladder |
| cyte cyto | Cell |
| dermic | Skin |
| di | two, twice |
| dia | through, between |
| dys | cut out |
| ectomy | cut out |
| em,en,endo | in, into |
| emia | blood |
| epi | outer |
| erythro | red |
| exo | Outer |
| fract | to break |
| gastro | stomach |
| gen | to produce, to begin |
| glyc | glucose, sugar |
| gnosis | knowledge, to know |
| graph | to write |
| helminth | worm |
| hemo | blood |
| hetero | different, other |
| homo | alike, same |
| hydro | water |
| hyper | over, more than |
| hypo | under, less than |
| iasis | infestation |
| inter | between, together |
| intra | within |
| it is | inflammation |
| kin | to move or activate |
| lac | milk |
| leuco, leuko | white |
| ology | science, knowledge |
| lymph, lympho | lymph |
| lysin, -lysis, -lytic | dissolve, destroy |
| macro | large |
| meso | middle |
| meter | measure |
| micro | small |
| mono | one |
| myo | muscle |
| nema | thread |
| neur | relating to nerves |
| nephr | kidneys |
| ole | small |
| oma | swelling, tumor |
| onco | mass, bulk |
| oo | egg |
| opia | sight |
| osis | condition or process |
| os-, oste-, osteo- | bone |
| ovi | egg |
| para | near, by, beside |
| patho | disease, suffering |
| peri | around, near |
| phago | to eat |
| phil | loving |
| phobic | hating, dislike |
| plasm | substance |
| platy | broad |
| pnea | breathing |
| pneumo | air, lungs |
| ped, pod | foot |
| poly | many |
| post | after, behind |
| pro | before, giving rise to |
| pseudo | false |
| phycho | mind |
| pulmo | lung |
| renal | kidney |
| rrhea | flesh, muscle |
| sarco | flesh, muscle |
| soma | body |
| some | body |
| stoma | mouth |
| super | upper |
| supra | upon |
| thrombo | like |
| tode | like |
| tome, tomy | to cut |
| toxi, toxo | poison |
| trans | hair-like |
| tricho | hair-like |
| trophic | feeding |
| tropic | attached to |
| ule | pertains to urine |
| uria | pertains to urine |
| uris | tail |
| vaso | pertains to blood vessel |
| ventr | belly |
| zo | animal |
| zy | union |
| rhino | nose |
| ous | full of |
| esis | process |
| dactyle | finger, toe, digit |
| carp | fruit |
| arthro | joint |
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