AP Bio Prefixes, Suffixes, and Stems List 6
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49 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 per- | through |
| permea- | pass; go |
| phag- | eat |
| pheno- | show |
| phil- | living; fond of |
| phon-; -phone | sound |
| -phore | bearer |
| photo- | light |
| phyc- | seaweed; algae |
| -phyll | leaf |
| physi- | nature; natural qualities |
| -phte; phyt- | plant |
| plan- | roaming; wandering |
| plasm-; -plast | form; formed into |
| pleur- | rib; lung |
| pneumo- | lung; air |
| -pod | foot |
| poly- | many; several |
| por- | opening |
| port- | carry |
| post- | after; behind |
| pom- | fruit |
| pre- | before; ahead of time |
| pro- | forward; favoring |
| procto- | rectum; anus |
| proto- | first; primary |
| pseud- | false; deceptive |
| pter- | having wings or fins |
| pulmo- | lung |
| puls- | drive; push |
| pyr- | heat; fire |
| quadr- | four; four-fold |
| quin- | five |
| radi- | ray; spoke of a wheel; energy in rays |
| re- | again; back |
| rect- | correct; right |
| ren- | kidney |
| ret- | net; make like a net |
| rhin- | nose |
| rhiz- | root |
| rubr- | red |
| saccharo- | sugar |
| sapr- | rotten |
| saur- | lizard |
| scler- | hard |
| sci- | know |
| scope | look; observe |
| -scribe; script | write |
| semi- | half; partly |
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