Scientific Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes (Q-S)
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Created by:
alinster on December 9, 2010
Subjects:
honors bio, biology, biology vocab
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51 terms
Other / Unknown | English |
|---|---|
| quadr- |  four |
| quin- | five |
| radi- | ray |
| re- | again; back |
| rect- | right; correct |
| ren- | kidney |
| ret- | net; made like a net |
| rhag-;-rrhage | burst forth |
| rhe-;-rrhea | flow |
| rhin- | nose |
| rhiz- | root |
| rhodo- | rose |
| roto- | wheel |
| rubr- | red |
| sacchar- | sugar |
| sapr- | rotten |
| sarc- | flesh |
| saur- | lizard |
| schis-;schiz- | split; divide |
| sci- | know |
| scler- | hard |
| -scop- | look; device for seeing |
| -scribe;-script | write |
| semi- | half; partly |
| sept- | partition; seven |
| -septic | infection; putrefaction |
| sess- | sit |
| sex- | six |
| -sis | condition; state |
| sol- | sun |
| solv- | loosen; free |
| som-;somat- | body |
| somn- | sleep |
| son- | sound |
| spec-;spic- | look at |
| -sperm- | seed |
| -spher- | ball; round |
| spir-;-spire | breathe |
| -spor- | seed |
| stat-;-stasis | standing; placed; staying |
| stell- | stars |
| sten- | narrow |
| stern- | chest; breast |
| stom-;-stome | mouth |
| strat- | layer |
| stereo- | solid; 3-dimensional |
| strict- | drawn tight |
| styl- | pillar |
| sub- | under; below |
| super-;sur- | over; above; on top |
| sym-;syn- | together |
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