Prefixes & Suffixes Flashcards by Gail I

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a/an

A

not, without

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meso

A

middle

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leuco

A

white

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aero

A

air

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anti

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opposite, against

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amphi

A

both

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aqua/ hydro

A

water

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arthro

A

joint

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auto

A

self

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bi/di

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two

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bio

A

life

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cephal

A

head

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chloro

A

green

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chromo

A

color

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cide

A

killing

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cyto

A

cell

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hemo

A

blood

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hyper

A

above, beyond

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hypo

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below, under

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intra

A

between

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-itis

A

inflammation

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lateral

A

side

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-logy

A

science, study

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-lysis

A

dissolve

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-meter

A

measure

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mono

A

one

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morph

A

shape, form

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micro

A

small

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macro

A

large

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multi/poly

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many

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pod

A

foot

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-phobia

A

fear, aversion

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derm

A

skin

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haplo

A

simple

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ecto (exo)

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out of

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endo

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internal

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epi

A

upon, above

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gastro

A

stomach

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genesis

A

beginning

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herba

A

grass, plants

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hetero

A

different

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homo

A

same

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ov

A

egg

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kary

A

cell nucleus

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neuro

A

nerves

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soma

A

body

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saccharo

A

sugar

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primi/archea

A

first

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phyll

A

leaf

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-philia

A

love, tendency

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proto

A

primitive, first

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photo

A

light

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psuedo

A

false

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synthesis

A

combination

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sub

A

below

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troph

A

feeding

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therm

A

heat

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tri

A

three

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zoo, zoa

A

animal

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-tropism

A

turning

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-taxis

A

motion/orientation

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-stasis

A

standing, staying

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zyg / zygous

A

joined

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phago

A

to eat

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path / pathy

A

disease

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sym / syn

A

together

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hydrology

A

study of water

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cytolysis

A

dissolution of a cell

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protozoa

A

primitive animal

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epidermis

A

outer skin layer

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spermatogenesis

A

formation of sperm

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exoskeleton

A

outer skeleton

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abiotic

A

without life

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pathogen

A

something that begins a disease

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psuedopod

A

false foot

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hemophilia

A

tendency to bleed

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endocystosis

A

internal cell

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herbicide

A

poison for plants

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anaerobic

A

without air

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bilateral

A

two-sided

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autotroph

A

self feeding

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monosaccharide

A

one sugar

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arthropod

A

joint foot

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polymorphic

A

many shapes

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hypothermia

A

under heat/ freezing

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biogenesis

A

beginning of life