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
MIRCO-
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 ENZYMES
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
19
Q
hypo-
A
Less than regular amount
20
Q
iso-
A
Same amount on both sides.
21
Q
end-
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
27
-troph
eater
28
sym-
together
29
-sis
process
30
-photo
light
31
-syn
To make
32
-chemo
chemicals
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