Prefixes And Suffixes Flashcards by Elyse Leger

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A-, An-

A

Not, absent

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Ab-, Abs-

A

Away from

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Allo-

A

Another

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Anti-

A

Against, opposed to

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Aqua-

A

Water

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Arch-

A

First, earliest

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Arthr-

A

Pertaining to a joint

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-ase

A

Enzyme

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Auto-

A

Self

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Bi-

A

Two

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Bio-

A

Life

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Blast-

A

Sprout or shoot, embryo

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Brach-

A

Arm

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Bronchi-

A

Pertaining to the trachea

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Carni-

A

Flesh

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Centro-

A

Center

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-cide

A

Kill

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Chloro-

A

Green

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Chrom-

A

Color

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Co-, con

A

Together, along with

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Coel-

A

Hollow cavity

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Cyt

A

Cell

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-cyst

A

Bladder

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Dent-

A

Teeth

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Demo-

People

Derm-

Skin

Di-

Two

Dis-

Apart

E-, Ec-, Ex-, Ecto

Outside, away from

-ectomy

Excision, exaection

-emia

Denotes a condition of the blood

Endo-, ento

Inside

Erythro

Red

Epi-

Upon, over

Eu-

True

Ex-

Out

Geno-

Give birth, beget

Gastro-

The stomach

-graph, -graphy

An instrument, a description

Glyco-

Sweet

Haemto-, Hemo-

Blood

Hetero-

Mixed, unlike

Homo-, Homeo-

Same

Hydr-

Water

Hyper-

Above

Hypo-

Below

Infra-

Beneath, below

Inter-

Between

Intra-

Within, inside

Iso-

Same

Kary-

Nucleus

Leuko-

Whiteness

Locus

Place

-lysis

Separation into constituent parts

Macro-

Big

Mal-

Bad

Mega

Large

-mere

Part

Mesen-, Meso

Middle

Meta

With, after, over, between, change

-meter

An instrument for measuring

Mito-

Thread

-meter

Measure

Micro-

Small

Mono-

One

Multi-

Number, many

Neo-

New

Nephr-

Pertaining to the kidney

Neuro-

Relating to a nerve

Olig-

Few

Omni-

All

Oo-

Egg

Os-, Osteo

Referring to bone

-ose

Sugar

-oid

Similar is shape

Oxy-

Presence of, oxygen, or acidity

Ovo-

Egg

Para-

Through, near, by

Ped-, Pod

Foot

Phago-, -phag

Eat

Pheno-

To appear

-phil, -phile

Love

-phobia

Fear

Photo

Light

-phore

Bearer

-phyll

Leaf

-phyte

Plant

Plasm-, -plasm

Form

-ploid

Times

Poly-

Many

Post-

After, behind

Pre-

Before

Pro-

Before

Proto-

First

Pseudo-

False, spurious

-scope

An instrument for examinations

Semi-

Half, paltry, almost

Soma-, -some

Body

Stom-

Mouth

Sub-

Beneath, under, partial

Super-, supra-

Above, upon

Sym-, syn-

Together, same

Tetra-

Four

Trans-

Above, beyond

-trophy

Nutrition

Ultra-

Beyond

Vivi-

Alive

-vore

To devour

Zoo-

Animal

Zygo-

Join