Biology Prefixes/Suffixes Flashcards by Joslyn Beidelman | Brainscape

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Bio-

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Life

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-ology

A

Study Of

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Mono-

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One (1)

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Di- or Bi-

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Two (2)

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Tri-

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Three (3)

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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 / Little / Tiny

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Saccharide

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Sugar

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-ose

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Ending for Sugar (Ex; Glucose, Lactose…)

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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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-phillic

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“Fan of something” or Likes it

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Hyper-

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More than the regular amount

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Hypo-

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Less than regular amount

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Iso-

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The same 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/Exiting 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, 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 it by itself

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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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Chemo-

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Chemicals