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What does the prefix 'micro-' signify?
What does the prefix 'micro-' signify?
Which of the following terms is associated with the prefix 'neuro-'?
Which of the following terms is associated with the prefix 'neuro-'?
What is the meaning of the suffix '-logy'?
What is the meaning of the suffix '-logy'?
The term 'malnutrition' contains a prefix that means what?
The term 'malnutrition' contains a prefix that means what?
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What does the prefix 'poly-' indicate?
What does the prefix 'poly-' indicate?
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The prefix 'peri-' means which of the following?
The prefix 'peri-' means which of the following?
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What is the meaning of the prefix 'osteo-'?
What is the meaning of the prefix 'osteo-'?
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Which of these terms includes a suffix that means 'tumor or swelling'?
Which of these terms includes a suffix that means 'tumor or swelling'?
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Which of the following terms contains the prefix that means 'one'?
Which of the following terms contains the prefix that means 'one'?
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Which root word means 'to eat'?
Which root word means 'to eat'?
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What does the suffix '-oma' indicate?
What does the suffix '-oma' indicate?
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Which prefix means 'around'?
Which prefix means 'around'?
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The prefix 'pseudo-' refers to what?
The prefix 'pseudo-' refers to what?
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What does the prefix 'sal-' refer to?
What does the prefix 'sal-' refer to?
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What does the suffix '-rrhea' signify?
What does the suffix '-rrhea' signify?
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Which prefix indicates the process of change?
Which prefix indicates the process of change?
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What does the prefix 'myo-' relate to?
What does the prefix 'myo-' relate to?
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The term 'homogeneous' typically describes materials with which prefix that indicates 'one'?
The term 'homogeneous' typically describes materials with which prefix that indicates 'one'?
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Which of the following terms includes the suffix that means 'pain'?
Which of the following terms includes the suffix that means 'pain'?
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What does the prefix 'sacro-' refer to in terms like 'sacrophage'?
What does the prefix 'sacro-' refer to in terms like 'sacrophage'?
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Which prefix indicates 'bad' or 'wrong' in medical terms?
Which prefix indicates 'bad' or 'wrong' in medical terms?
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What is the significance of the prefix 'peri-' in medical terminology?
What is the significance of the prefix 'peri-' in medical terminology?
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Which of the following prefixes indicates that something is false or deceptive?
Which of the following prefixes indicates that something is false or deceptive?
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Flashcards
Prefix loc-/locus-
Prefix loc-/locus-
Means "a place".
Suffix -logy
Suffix -logy
Means "study of".
Prefix macro-
Prefix macro-
Means "large".
Prefix mal-
Prefix mal-
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Prefix mega-
Prefix mega-
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Prefix micro-
Prefix micro-
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Prefix multi-
Prefix multi-
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Prefix post-
Prefix post-
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cytolysis
cytolysis
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mitosis
mitosis
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monohybrid
monohybrid
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morphology
morphology
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nematocyst
nematocyst
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nephritis
nephritis
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neurology
neurology
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sarcoma
sarcoma
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Prefix -lysis
Prefix -lysis
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Prefix amphi-
Prefix amphi-
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Prefix ante-
Prefix ante-
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Prefix -phob-
Prefix -phob-
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Prefix -photo-
Prefix -photo-
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Prefix -phyll
Prefix -phyll
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Study Notes
Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes in Biology
- Loc-, Locus-: Place (e.g., local)
- -logy: Study of (e.g., biology)
- -lysis: Dissolving (e.g., cytolysis)
- Macro-: Large (e.g., macronucleus)
- Mal-: Bad (e.g., malnutrition)
- Medi-: Middle (e.g., medial)
- Mega-: Very large (e.g., megaspore)
- Meso-: Middle (e.g., mesophyll)
- Meta-: Beyond or after (e.g., metamorphosis)
- Meter-: Measure (e.g., kilometer)
- Micro-: Small (e.g., microbe)
- Mis-: Bad, wrong (e.g., mislead)
- Mito-: Thread (e.g., mitosis)
- Mono-: One (e.g., monohybrid)
- Morpho-: Shape, form (e.g., morphology)
- Multi-: Many (e.g., multiple)
- Muta-: Change (e.g., mutation)
- Myo-: Muscle (e.g., myofibril)
- Necro-: Dead (e.g., necropsy)
- Nema-: Thread (e.g., nematocyst)
- Nephr-: Kidney (e.g., nephritis)
- Neuro-: Nerve (e.g., neurology)
- -oma: Tumor or swelling (e.g., sarcoma)
- Omni-: All (e.g., omnivore)
- Ophth-: Eye (e.g., ophthalmology)
- Orni-: Bird (e.g., ornithology)
- Ortho-: Straight (e.g., orthodontist)
- -osis: Act, condition (e.g., acidosis)
- Osteo-: Bone (e.g., osteoarthritis)
- Oto-: Ear (e.g., otology)
- Ovi-, Oo-: Egg (e.g., oviduct, oocyte)
- Para-: Beside (e.g., parathyroid)
- Patho-: Disease (e.g., pathology)
- -ped- or -pod-: Foot (e.g., millipede)
- Peri-: Around (e.g., pericardium)
- Phage-: Eating (e.g., phagocytosis)
- -phase: Stage, condition (e.g., anaphase)
- Pheno-: To show (e.g., phenotype)
- Phlebo-: Veins (e.g., phlebotomy)
- -phob-: Fear (e.g., arachnophobia)
- -photo-: Light (e.g., photograph)
- -phyll: Leaf (e.g., mesophyll)
- -phyto-: Plant (e.g., saprophyte)
- Pino-: To drink (e.g., pinocytosis)
- Plasma-: Form (e.g., cytoplasm)
- -plast: Particle (e.g., chloroplast)
- Poly-: Many (e.g., polysaccharide)
- Post-: After, behind (e.g., posterior)
- Pre-, Pro-: Before, primitive (e.g., pretest)
- Proto-: First (e.g., protozoa)
- Pseudo-: False (e.g., pseudopod)
- -pter-: Wing (e.g., diptera)
- Pulmo-: Lung (e.g., pulmonary)
- Re-: Back, again (e.g., repeat)
- Renal-: Kidney (e.g., adrenal glands)
- -rhea or -rrhea: Flow or discharge (e.g., diarrhea)
- Rhino-: Nose (e.g., rhinoceros)
- -saccharide: Sugar (e.g., polysaccharide)
- Sal-: Salt (e.g., saline)
- Sapro-: Rotten (e.g., saprophyte)
- -sclero-: Hard (e.g., arteriosclerosis)
- A-, An-: Not, without (e.g., anemia)
- Ab-: Away from (e.g., abnormal)
- Abscic-, abscis-: Cut off (e.g., abscission)
- Acu-: Needle, sharp (e.g., acupuncture)
- Ad-, Af-: To, toward (e.g., adrenal, afferent)
- Alb-: White (e.g., albumin)
- -algia: Pain (e.g., fibromyalgia)
- Amphi-: Both ends or all sides (e.g., amphibious)
- Ana-: Up, back, again (e.g., anagram)
- Ante-: Before, forward (e.g., antebrachium)
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