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Biology Prefix/Suffix List
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a, an-not, withoutanaerobic    intra-betweenintracellular
aequus-   equal          equilibrium        isos-  equal           isotonic
-aeros     air anaerobic    ceph- head      cephalopod
ana-  away          anaphase      -libra      balance equilibrium
anti- against antibody      -logos      to study      biology
  opposite      -logy to study
aqua-water   aquatic         -meros    part                 polymer
archaeo   ancient, old       archaebacteria  mesos-     middle     mesophyll
autos-     self      autoimmune        meta-after, follow  metaphase
bi, bis-    two, twice  biped, bivalve    micro-     small      microscope
bios- life      biology, biosphere    monos-    single      monotreme
bursa      bag, sac     bursa    multus-   many     multicellular
capillus-  hairlike      capillary      omnis-    all      omnivore
carn-      flesh    carnivore      osteon-  bone        osteocyte
cella-      small room        cell, cellular       ovum-     egg       oviduct
chloros-  pale green   chlorophyll  pathos-  disease      pathogen
-chondros      like grain   mitochondria       per-            through    permiable
-chorda         cord     notochord    peri-      around     peristalsis


chroma-   color   chromosome        ped-foot                biped
circa-     about   rhythm   -phase   stage        metaphase
corpus    body    corpus luteum     appearance
con-  together     convergent   -phyllon leaf        chlorophyll
de-   away    decompose    plasma-  mold, form     plasmolysis
-derma   skinepidermis     poly-      many       polysaccharide
dis, di-    two, twice  diploid         pro- first, before       prokaryote
-ella small     organelle     pseudo-  false        pseudopod
en,endo-  within   endosperm         re-   again    reproduction
epi-  above, upon       epidermis    scire-     to know               science
exo-        outside exoskeleton       semi-half         semipermeable
gamo-      marriage    gamete         soma-     body          lysosome
gastro-   stomachgastropod           sperma-        seed              angiosperm
haplos-    simple  haploid   staphylo bunch of        staphylococcus
helix       spiral   helix  grapes
hemi-      halfhemisphere   -stasis          staying        homeostasis
herba-    grass    herbivore     taxo-to arrange       taxonomy
hetero-   other    heterotrophic     telos-     end           telophase
homos-    same, alike  homozygous  -troph    to eat heterotrophic
hyper-    over, above hypertonic   uni-  one          unicellular
hypo-      under, below     hypotonic    zygotos   together            heterzygous










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