Biology Prefixes/Suffixes Flashcards by Kaylee Williams | Brainscape

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Bio-

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Life

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-ology

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Study of

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Mono-

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One

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Di- or Bi-

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Two

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Tri-

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Three

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Poly-

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Many; lots

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Macro-

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Big; large

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Micro-

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Small; tiny

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Saccharide-

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Sugar

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-ose

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Ending for a sugar
Ex: Glucose, lactose, ect.

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-Ase

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Ending for Enzymes

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Uni-

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One
Ex. Unicellular = one cell

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Multi-

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Multiple, many
Ex. Multicellular

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Chloro-

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Green

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Hydro-

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Water

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-Phobic

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Fears

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-philic

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“Fan”, likes

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Hyper-

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More than regular amount

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Hypo-

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Less than regular amount

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Iso-

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Same amount on both sides

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Endo-

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Into the cell

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Exo-

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Leaving the cell

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Hetero-

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DIfferent
Ex. Aa

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Homo-

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Same
Ex. AA or Aa

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Co-

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Both
Ex. Red flower + white flower = red + white flower

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Auto-

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Does by itself
Ex. Automatic, Autotroph

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-troph

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Eater

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Sym-

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Together

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-sis

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Process

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Photo-

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Light

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-syn

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To make

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