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Prefixes and Suffixes
Biology Terms Prefixes and Suffixes
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Biology
12th Grade
09/11/2008
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Term
a-, an-
 Definition
not, without, lacking
Term
acro-
 Definition
highest, height
Term
ad-
 Definition
to, toward
Term
allo-
 Definition
other
Term
ana-
 Definition
up, up against
Term
apo-
 Definition
different
Term
auxo-
 Definition
grow, increase
Term
branchio-
 Definition
branch, gill
Term
cephalo
 Definition
head
Term
chole-
 Definition
bile, gall bladder
Term
chondro-
 Definition
cartilage
Term
coelo, -coel
 Definition
hollow, cavity
Term
cyto-, cyte-
 Definition
cell, container, vessel
Term
entero-
 Definition
intestine
Term
eu-
 Definition
good, true
Term
extra-
 Definition
outside of, beyond
Term
-fer, fer-
 Definition
to bear
Term
haplo-
 Definition
single
Term
ichthy-
 Definition
of fish
Term
-lysis, lys-, lyso-, -lyze, -lyte
 Definition
a loosening, to split
Term
-mere, -mer, mero-
 Definition
part
Term
meso-, mes-
 Definition
middle, in the middle
Term
meta-, met-
 Definition
after, beyond, change has occurred
Term
mito-
 Definition
thread
Term
myo-
 Definition
muscle
Term
oligo-
 Definition
few, little
Term
oo-
 Definition
egg
Term
para-
 Definition
alongside of, beside, beyond
Term
patho-, -pathy, -path
 Definition
suffering, disease or treatment of disease
Term
peri-
 Definition
around
Term
-phyll
 Definition
leaf
Term
-phyte
 Definition
plant
Term
-rrhea
 Definition
flow
Term
-stat, -stasis, stato-
 Definition
stand, remain
Term
stoma-, stomato-, -stome
 Definition
mouth, opening
Term
taxo-, -taxis
 Definition
to arrange, of ordered movement
Term

telo-

 Definition
end of
Term
tomo-, -tome, -tomy
 Definition
a cutting, slice
Term
trich-, tricho-, -trich
 Definition
combining form of, hair
Term
tropho-, -troph, -trophy
 Definition
nutrition
Term
uro-, -uran
 Definition
tail
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