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What does the prefix 'A-' mean?
What does the prefix 'Anti-' refer to?
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What does the prefix 'Bio-' mean?
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What does the prefix 'Endo-' indicate?
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What does the prefix 'Therm-' signify?
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What does the suffix '-ase' refer to?
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What does the suffix '-genesis' refer to?
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Study Notes
Prefixes in Biology
- A-: signifies "not" or "without"; e.g., asexual refers to reproduction without sex.
- Anti-: means "against"; e.g., antibodies are proteins that combat pathogens.
- Auto-: translates to "self"; e.g., autotroph describes organisms that generate their own food.
- Bio-: stands for "life"; e.g., biology is the study of living organisms.
- Cyto-: indicates "cell"; e.g., cytosol is the semifluid component within a cell's cytoplasm.
- Di-: denotes "two"; e.g., disaccharide refers to a sugar composed of two monosaccharides.
- Eco-: relates to "environment"; e.g., ecosystem indicates a community of living organisms and their environment.
- Endo-: means "within" or "inner"; e.g., endotherm describes animals that regulate their body heat internally.
- Exo-: signifies "out" or "outside"; e.g., exoskeleton refers to a hard outer protective structure.
- Hetero-: means "other" or "different"; e.g., heterozygous indicates having different alleles for a trait.
- Homo-: signifies "alike"; e.g., homozygous refers to having two identical alleles for a trait.
- Hydro-: relates to "water"; e.g., hydrophilic describes substances that attract water.
- Hyper-: denotes "over" or "excessive"; e.g., hyperthyroidism refers to an overproduction of thyroid hormones.
- Hypo-: means "under" or "below"; e.g., hypodermic refers to injections given under the skin.
- Inter-: signifies "between"; e.g., interstitial fluid fills spaces between cells.
- Intra-: means "inside" or "within"; e.g., intraocular pertains to conditions inside the eyeball.
- Iso-: indicates "equal"; e.g., isogamy involves the fusion of equally sized gametes.
- Lys-: pertains to "decompose" or "dissolve"; generally related to cell lysis.
- Macro-: means "large"; e.g., macroevolution concerns significant evolutionary changes over long periods.
- Micro-: signifies "small"; e.g., microscopic describes anything very tiny.
- Mono-: means "one"; e.g., monocots are flowering plants with a single embryonic seed leaf.
- Phago-: translates to "to eat"; e.g., phagocyte cells engulf and digest waste and microbes.
- Photo-: relates to "light"; e.g., photosynthesis uses light to produce food.
- Poly-: means "many"; e.g., polysome comprises multiple ribosomes attached to one mRNA.
- Symbi-: indicates "with" or "together"; e.g., symbiosis describes organisms living closely together.
- Synth-: refers to "together"; e.g., synthesis is the process of combining components.
- Therm-: signifies "heat"; e.g., a thermometer measures temperature.
- Trans-: means "across"; e.g., transduction is the process of gene transfer in bacteria.
- Tri-: indicates "three"; commonly used in various biological terms.
- Uni-: means "one"; e.g., unicellular organisms consist of a single cell.
Suffixes in Biology
- -ase: denotes enzymes; e.g., maltase is an enzyme that breaks down maltose.
- -asis: indicates being affected by; e.g., homeostasis refers to maintaining a stable internal environment.
- -genesis: indicates origin or birth; commonly used in terms related to the formation of cells or structures.
- -gram: means a record or writing; e.g., angiogram is an imaging representation of blood vessels.
- -graph: refers to a record or writing; e.g., a monograph is a detailed written study by one author.
- -kinesis: signifies movement or motion; e.g., photokinesis is the movement influenced by light.
- -lysis: denotes dissolving; e.g., chemolysis involves breaking down materials using chemical agents.
- -meter: means measurement; e.g., centimeter is a unit of length.
- -ology: relates to the study of; e.g., zoology is the study of animals.
- -phyll: translates to "leaf"; e.g., sperophyll refers to leaves that produce spores.
- -philic: indicates love or affinity for; e.g., thermophilic describes organisms that thrive at high temperatures.
- -phobic: denotes a fear of; e.g., arachnophobia is the fear of spiders.
- -plasm: relates to molded substance; e.g., cytoplasm is the jelly-like substance within a cell.
- -scope: refers to looking or a device for seeing; e.g., bronchoscope is used to examine the bronchi.
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