Biology prefixes and suffixes Flashcards by Andrew Todhunter

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Bio-

A

Life

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-ology

A

study of life

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Mono

A

one

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bi

A

two

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tri

A

three

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poly

A

multiple

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Macro

A

Big or large

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micro

A

small or tiny

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saccharide

A

sugar

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uni

A

one
ex. unicellular=one cell

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multi-

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more than one
ex. multicellular= many cells

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chloro

A

green

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hydro

A

water

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phobic

A

fears, doesn’t like

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philic

A

likes, “fan”

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hyper

A

more then the normal amount

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hypo

A

less then the normal amount

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iso

A

same amount

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endo

A

into

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exo

A

out

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hetero-

A

different ex. heterogeneous Aa

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homo-

A

same Ex. homozyges AA or aa

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co-

A

both ex. codominant red flowr+ white flower=red and white flower.

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auto-

A

does it by itself ex. automatic, auttrough

sym-

together

sis-

process ex. symobiosis, photosynthesis

photo-

light ex. photosynthesis photograph

troph

eater ex.autotrough, hetrotrouph