Biology Prefixes/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; LOTS
7
Q
MACRO-
A
BIG; LARGE
8
Q
MICRO-
A
SMALL; TINY
9
Q
SACCHARIDE
A
SUGAR
10
Q
-OSE
A
ENDING FOR SUGAR EX; GLUCOSE, LACTOSE, ETC.
11
Q
-ASE
A
ENDING FOR ENZYNES
12
Q
UNI-
A
One
Ex. UNICELLULAR = ONE CELL
13
Q
MULTI-
A
MULTIPLE, MANY
EX. MULTICELLULAR
14
Q
CHLORO-
A
GREEN
15
Q
HYDRO-
A
WATER
16
Q
-PHOBIC
A
FEARS
17
Q
-PHILIC
A
“FAN” , LIKES
18
Q
HYPER-
A
MORE THAN REGULAR AMOUNT
19
Q
HYPO-
A
LESSTHAN REGULAR AMOUNT
20
Q
ISO-
A
SAME AMOUNT ON BOTH SIDES
21
Q
ENDO-
A
INTO THE CELL
22
Q
EXO-
A
LEAVING THE CELL
23
Q
Hetero-
A
Different (Ex. Aa)
24
Q
Homo-
A
Same (Ex. AA or aa)
25
Co-
Both (Ex. Red flower + white flower = red + white flower)
26
Auto-
Does by itself
Ex. Automatic, Autotroph
27
-troph
eater
28
sym-
together
29
-sis
process
30
photo-
light
31
-syn
To make
32
chemo-
chemicals
