Biology Prefixes and Suffixes Flashcards
1
Q
Bio-
A
Life
2
Q
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 Sugar
Ex. ( Glucose, Lactose)
11
Q
uni-
A
One
Ex. Unicellular = one cell
12
Q
multi-
A
More than one
Ex. multicellular = many cells
13
Q
chlore-
A
Green
14
Q
hydro-
A
water
15
Q
-phobic
A
Fears, doesn’t like
16
Q
-philic
A
Likes, “Fan”
17
Q
hyper-
A
More than the normal amount
18
Q
hypo-
A
Less than the normal amount
19
Q
iso-
A
Same amount
20
Q
endo-
A
into
21
Q
exo-
A
out
22
Q
cyto-
A
Cell
23
Q
Hetero-
A
Different Ex. heterozygous
Aa
24
Q
Homo-
A
Same Ex. homozygous
AA or aa
25
Co-
Both Ex. co-dominant
Red flower + White flower =
Red + White flower
26
Auto-
Does it by itself
Ex. Automatic, Autotroph
27
Sym-
together
28
Sis
Process
Ex. Symbiosis, Photosynthesis
29
Photo
Light
Ex. photosynthesis, Photograph
30
-troph
Eater
Ex. Autotroph, Heterotroph
31
Chem-
Chemicals
Ex. chemosynthesis
