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List 1 of prefixes and sufffixes
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
08/23/2013
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Term
-genic
 Definition
formative
Term
xantho-
 Definition
yellow color
Term
supra-
 Definition
above normal
Term
-stasis
 Definition
stop/stand
Term
sito-
 Definition
food/grain
Term
phil
 Definition
attraction for
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per-
 Definition
through
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-oid
 Definition
resemblance to
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azo
 Definition
nitrogenous compound
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-ase
 Definition
enzyme
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ante-
 Definition
in front of
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ansio-
 Definition
unequal
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allo-
 Definition
in addition to
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-ad
 Definition
toward
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ab-
 Definition
away
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a-
 Definition
not, without
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leuco-
 Definition
white color
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karyo-
 Definition
nucleus
Term
apo-
 Definition
separated from
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natum-
 Definition
sodium
Term
-tome
 Definition
cutting instrument
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com-
 Definition
with, together
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dis-
 Definition
separation
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-iatry
 Definition
field of medicine
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acr(o)
 Definition
top most
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oxy-
 Definition
sharpe/acute/oxygen
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parvo-
 Definition
small
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porphyro-
 Definition
purple color
Term
sinistro-
 Definition
left side
Term
tort-
 Definition
twisted
Term
glauc-
 Definition
grey/ blueish grey
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extra-
 Definition
outside
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contra-
 Definition
against
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homeo-
 Definition
same
Term
-ac/-acal
 Definition
pertaining to
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super-
 Definition
in excess
Term
chiro-
 Definition
hand
Term
circum-
 Definition
around
Term
cryo-
 Definition
cold
Term
endo-
 Definition
inner-inside
Term
gluco-
 Definition
glucose
Term
hydro-
 Definition
water
Term
lacto-
 Definition
milk
Term
macro-
 Definition
large
Term
aero-
 Definition
air/gas
Term
arsen-
 Definition
male-masculine
Term
micro-
 Definition
something small
Term
neo-
 Definition
new
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path-
 Definition
disease
Term
-phobia
 Definition
fear of
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post-
 Definition
after
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pre-
 Definition
before
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-scope
 Definition
instrument for viewing
Term
zo-
 Definition
animal
Term
uri-
 Definition
uric acid
Term
trans
 Definition
movement across
Term
tox-
 Definition
poison
Term
amphi-
 Definition
on both sides
Term
ankyl-
 Definition
bent or crooked
Term
bi-
 Definition
double
Term
bio-
 Definition
life
Term
proto-
 Definition
first/ most important
Term
semi-
 Definition
one half
Term
xer-
 Definition
dry, desert-like
Term
chrom-
 Definition
color
Term
polio-
 Definition
grey color
Term
oxo-
 Definition
addition of oxygen
Term
kal(i)
 Definition
potassium
Term
topo-
 Definition
topical
Term
therm(o)
 Definition
heat
Term
rhod
 Definition
rose/ red color
Term
poly-
 Definition
many
Term
ambi-
 Definition
both
Term
-al
 Definition
pertaining to
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-meter
 Definition
instrument used to count
Term
chloro-
 Definition
green
Term
cirrh-
 Definition
red- yellow
Term
-ation
 Definition
process
Term
re-
 Definition
again/backward
Term
quadr-
 Definition
four
Term
mono-
 Definition
single
Term
auto-
 Definition
self
Term
anti-
 Definition
against
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alb-
 Definition
white or pale
Term
glyco-
 Definition
sugar
Term
ecto-
 Definition
outer/ outside
Term
chemo-
 Definition
drug
Term
cyano-
 Definition
blue
Term
cyto-
 Definition
cell
Term
de-
 Definition
cessation
Term
dextro
 Definition
right side
Term
-gen
 Definition
born
Term
histo-
 Definition
tissue
Term
ana-
 Definition
back, again, up
Term
ad-
 Definition
adherence to
Term
melano-
 Definition
black color
Term
-lysis
 Definition
destruction
Term
-ic
 Definition
pertaining to
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galacto-
 Definition
milk
Term
un-
 Definition
one
Term
xen-
 Definition
foreign
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-staxis
 Definition
dripping
Term
radio-
 Definition
energy/radiation
Term
adip(o)
 Definition
fatty tissue
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meso-
 Definition
middle
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mega-
 Definition
enlargement
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erythr-
 Definition
red
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eu-
 Definition
true
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