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Biology Prefixes Suffixes L-Z
prefixes, suffixes L-Z
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Biology
10th Grade
09/04/2008

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lip-, lipo
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pertaining to fats and fatty substances 

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-lith 

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stone 

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-logy 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

discourse, study 

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-logist 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

a person who studies 

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-lysis, -lytic, -lyte 

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pertaining to dissolving 

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macro- 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

long: opposite of micro- 

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mal- 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

badly 

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marine 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

living in the ocean 

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mega- 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

large, opposite of micro- 

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meso- 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

middle 

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meta- 

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after, behind, later 

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micro- 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

small 

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mono- 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

single 

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-morph, morpho- 

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form 

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myc-, myco-

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

pertaining to fungi 

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myo- 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

muscle 

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-neme, nemato- 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

thread 

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neo- 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

new 

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nephro- 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

kidney 

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neuro- 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

nerve 

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nocturnal 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

 

active at night 

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nudi- 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

bare, naked 

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octo- 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

eight 

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-oid, -ioda, -odea 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

having the form of 

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-ologist 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

 

a person who studies 

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-ology 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

a science, a branch of learning

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omni- 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

all 

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oõ-

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

egg 

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oral 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

at, near or toward the mouth 

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ortho- 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

straight, regular, upright 

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-osis 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

condition, state 

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osmo-

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

smell, odor 

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osteo- 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

bone 

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ovi-, ovo- 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

egg 

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paleo- 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

old, ancient. 

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pectoral 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

at, near or toward the chest or shoulder region. 

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-ped, -pedia, pedi- 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

foot 

 

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pelvic 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

at, near or toward the hip region. 

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pent-, penta-, 

 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

five. 

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phoro-, phore 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

bearing, carring 

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photo-, photic 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

light 

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-plankton 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

wandering, drifting 

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-plasm, plasmo-, -plast 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

form, mold 

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platy- 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

flat, broad. 

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-ploid, -fold

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

number of chromosme sets per cell. 

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-pod, -podia 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

foot, feet 

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poly- 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

many 

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post-, potero-, posterior 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

at, near or toward the hind end or part. 

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pre- 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

in front of. 

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pro- 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

in front of. 

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proto- 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

first 

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pseudo- 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

false 

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ptero-, -ptera 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

wing, fin 

Term

 

 

 

 

 

quadri- 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

four 

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rhizo- 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

root 

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-rhynch, rhyncho- 

Definition

 

 

 

 

snout 

Term

 

 

 

 

 

-saccharide 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

sugar 

Term

 

 

 

 

 

saphro- 

Definition

 

 

 

 

dead or decaying organic matter 

Term

 

 

 

 

 

saur-, -saur 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

lizard 

Term

 

 

 

 

 

schizo- 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

to split or part 

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sclero- 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

hard 

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scypho- 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

cup 

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semi- 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

half 

Term

 

 

 

 

 

seti-, seta 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

bristle 

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sipho-, siphono 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

a pipe 

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-soma, -some, somato- 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

body 

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-sperm, spermo-, spermato-, 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

seed 

Term

 

 

 

 

 

spora-, spore- 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

seed 

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-stome, -stoma, stomato- 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

mouth 

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sub- 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

under, below 

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sym-, syn- 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

together, with 

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taxo-, taxi-, -taxis 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

arrangement 

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terrestrial 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

living on land 

Term

 

 

 

 

 

tetra- 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

four 

Term

 

 

 

 

 

therom- 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

heat 

Term

 

 

 

 

 

thigmo- 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

touch 

Term

 

 

 

 

 

throacic 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

at, near or toward the chest region, or region between the head and abdomen 

Term

 

 

 

 

 

-toxin 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

poison 

Term

 

 

 

 

 

trans- 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

across 

Term

 

 

 

 

 

tri- 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

three 

Term

 

 

 

 

 

-troch, trocho- 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

wheel 

Term

 

 

 

 

 

-throph, tropho- 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

feeder. 

Term

 

 

 

 

 

-tropism 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

plant movement in response to a stimulus 

Term

 

 

 

 

 

uni- 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

one 

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ventral 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

at, near or toward the belly or underside 

Term

 

 

 

 

 

-vore 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

eater, feeder 

Term

 

 

 

 

 

xantho- 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

yellow 

Term

 

 

 

 

 

xero- 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

dry 

Term

 

 

 

 

 

-zoic 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

refers to life 

Term

 

 

 

 

 

zoo-, -zoa, -zoan 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

animal 

Term

 

 

 

 

 

phyco- 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

seaweed, refers to aquatic protists 

Term

 

 

 

 

 

 phyllo-, -phyll

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

 leaf

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phyto-, -phyte 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

 

plant 

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