Biology Prefixes and Suffixes Flashcards
1
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Bio
A
Life
2
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-ology
A
study of
3
Q
Mono-
A
One
4
Q
Di- or Bi-
A
Two
5
Q
Tri-
A
Three
6
Q
Poly-
A
multiple or many
7
Q
Macro
A
Big or Large
8
Q
Micro
A
Small or Tiny
9
Q
Saccharide
A
Sugar
10
Q
ose-
A
Ending or sugars
Ex. Glucose, Lactose, Fructose
11
Q
-ase
A
ending for Enzymes
Ex. Lipase, Maltase, Lactase
12
Q
uni-
A
One
Ex. unicellular=one cell
13
Q
multi-
A
More than one
ex: multicellular= many cells
14
Q
chloro-
A
15
Q
hydro-
A
water
16
Q
-phobic
A
fears, doesn’t like
17
Q
-philic
A
likes, “fan” of
18
Q
hyper-
A
more than the normal amount
19
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hypo-
A
less than the amount
20
Q
iso-
A
same amount
21
Q
endo-
A
into
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Q
exo-
A
out
23
Q
cyto-
A
cell
24
Q
hetero-
A
different ex. heterozygous Aa
25
homo
same ex. homozygous AA or aa
26
Co-
Both Ex. codominant
Red flower+ white flower= red+white flower
27
auto-
does by itself
Ex. Automatic, Autotroph
28
sym-
together
29
sis-
process
ex. symbiosis, photosynthesis
30
photo-
light
example-photosunthesis, photograph
31
troph-
eater
ex. autotroph, heterotroph
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chemo-
chemicals
