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Language of Science
Knowing the meaning of prefix and suffixes is useful in biology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a/an | un,not |
| meso | middle |
| leuco | white,colorless |
| aero | air |
| anti | against,opposite |
| aqua/hydro | water |
| arthro | joint |
| auto | self |
| bi/di | two |
| bio | life |
| cephal | head |
| chloro | green or yellow |
| chromo | color |
| cide | killer |
| cyto | cell |
| derm | pertaining to skin |
| haplo | single |
| ecto(exo) | outer or out of |
| endo | within or inside |
| gastro | stomach or belly |
| genesis | beginning |
| Herba | Plant |
| hetero | dissimilarity |
| homo | same or similar |
| ov | pertaining to egg |
| Kary | pertaining to nucleus of cell |
| neuro | nerves |
| hemo | blood |
| hyper | over, above, beyond |
| hypo | under, low |
| intra | within or inside |
| -itis | disease or inflamation |
| lateral | side or away form middle |
| -logy | area of knowledge or study of |
| -lysis | breaking apart |
| -meter | unit of measurement (length) |
| mono | single |
| morph | form or shape |
| micro | small |
| macro | large |
| multi/poly | many |
| pod | foot |
| -phobia | fear |
| -philia | love or attracted to |
| proto | first |
| photo | light |
| psuedo | false |
| synthesis | build |
| sub | beneath or under |
| troph | food or nutrition |
| therm | heat |
| ri | three |
| zoo,xoa | animal |
| -tropism | response to stimuli |
| -taxis | order |
| -stasis | stable state |
| soma | body |
| saccharo | sugar |
| primi/archae | original or beginning |
| phyll | leaf |
| zyg/zygous | fusion |
| phago | ingest or engulf |
| path/pathy | disease |
| sym/syn | united or together or same |
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