Biology Prefixes and Suffixes- Hrenchir
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Hrenchir Prefixes and Suffixes for Test
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Portuguese | English |
|---|---|
 a- | not, without |
| ab- | from, away |
| ad- | to, toward |
| Aero- | air |
| albi- | white |
| amyl- | starch |
| an- | not, without |
| angio- | vessel |
| ante- | before, in front of |
| anti- (ant) | against, opposed to |
| aqua- | water |
| -ase | designating an enzyme |
| auto- | self |
| bi- | two, twice |
| bio- | life |
| -blast- | sprout, germ, bud |
| brady- | slow |
| calor- | heat |
| carcin- | cancer |
| cardi- | heart |
| carn- | meat |
| carp- | fruit |
| -cephalus | head |
| cerebr- | brain |
| chlor- | green |
| chrom- | color |
| -cid-, -cis- | cut, kill, fall |
| co- | with, together |
| corpus- | body |
| -cyst | bladder |
| -cyte, cyto- | cell |
| -dermic | skin |
| di- | two, double |
| dia- | through, between, across |
| dys- | bad, abnormal, difficult |
| -ectomy | cut out |
| em-, en-, endo- | in, into |
| Exo- | out, away from |
| -emia | blood |
| epi- | upon, above, over |
| erythro- | red |
| -fract- | to break |
| -gastro- | stomach |
| -gene- | to produce, to begin, origin |
| glyc- | glucose, sugar |
| -gnosis | knowledge, to know |
| -graph | to write |
| hem- | blood |
| hemi- | half |
| hetero- | different, other |
| homo- | alike, same |
| hydr- | water |
| hyper- | over, more than |
| hypo- | under, less than |
| inter- | between, together |
| intra- | within, inside |
| -itis | inflammation |
| kin- | to move or activate |
| -lact- | milk |
| leuco-, leuko- | white |
| -logy | science, knowledge |
| lymp- lympho- | lymph |
| -lyst, -lysis, -lytic | dissolve, destroy |
| macro- | large |
| meso- | middle |
| -meter | measure |
| micro- | small |
| mono- | one, single |
| myo- | muscle |
| neur- | relating to nerves |
| nephr- | kidneys |
| -ole | small |
| -oma | swelling, tumor |
| onco- | mass, bulk |
| oo- | egg |
| -opia, opt- | sight, eye |
| -osis | condition or process |
| os-, oste-, osteo- | bone |
| ovi- | egg |
| par-, para | near, by, beside |
| patho- | disease, suffering |
| peri- | around, near |
| phago- | to eat |
| -phil- | loving |
| -phobic | dislike, hating claustrophobic |
| -plasm- | substance |
| platy- | broad |
| -pnea | breathing |
| pneumon- | air, lungs |
| -ped, -pod | foot |
| poly- | many |
| post- | after, behind |
| pro- | before, giving rise to |
| pseudo- | false |
| psycho- | mind |
| pulmo- | lung |
| -renal | kidney |
| -rrhea | flow |
| sarco- | flesh, muscle |
| -scribe, -script | write |
| soma-, -some | body |
| stat-, -stasis | standing, placed |
| stoma- | mouth |
| super- | upper |
| supra- | upon |
| telo- | end |
| trans- | across |
| -tome, -tomy | to cut |
| toxi-, toxo- | poison |
| -trophic | feeding |
| -ule | small |
| -urai | pertains to urine |
| vaso- | pertains to blood vessel |
| ventr- | belly, underside |
| zo- | animal |
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