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
many, multiple
7
Q
macro-
A
Big or large
8
Q
micro-
A
small or tiny
9
Q
saccharide
A
sugar
10
Q
-ose
A
ending for sugars
11
Q
-ase or in
A
ending for Enzymes
12
Q
uni-
A
one
13
Q
multi-
A
multiple, many
14
Q
chloro-
A
green
15
Q
hydro-
A
water
16
Q
phobic
A
Fear, does not like
17
Q
philic
A
Does like
18
Q
cyto-
A
cell
19
Q
hyper-
A
more than
20
Q
hypo-
A
less than
21
Q
iso-
A
same
22
Q
endo
A
inside or into
23
Q
exo
A
out
24
Q
A
25
Hetero-
Different
26
Homo-
same
27
co
does it with help
28
Auto
does it by itself
29
Sym-
together
30
Sis
process
31
Photo
Light
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