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Prefix and Suffix |
In Biology I, you experience many new terms.
The ability to dissect words allows one to understand the meaning without the aide of a dictionary. |
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| a- | not |
| ad- | towards, to |
| ante- | before |
| axill- | armpit |
| bio- | living |
| corni- | horn |
| cyano- | deep blue |
| dendr- | tree |
| eco- | house |
| fili- | thread |
| gamo- | marriage |
| glia- | glue |
| histo- | tissue |
| lepto- | slender |
| nano- | dwarf |
| oligo- | few |
| petalo- | leaf |
| acid- | sour |
| alga- | seaweed |
| arbor- | tree |
| bar- | weight |
| cotyl- | cup |
| cruci- | cross |
| cyst- | bladder |
| dicho- | in two |
| epi- | upon |
| flavo- | yellow |
| gastro- | stomach |
| gyn- | female |
| ichthy- | fish |
| lyso- | to dissolve |
| neo- | new |
| onco- | bulk, mass |
| -phage | to eag |
| acra- | tip |
| andro- | male |
| archi- | first |
| batrach- | frog |
| cocco- | berry |
| cryo- | frost |
| deme- | people |
| echino- | spine |
| eu- | well |
| flor- | flower |
| gene- | birth |
| helio- | sun |
| jugo- | yoke |
| -mere | a part |
| nephr- | kidney |
| ped- | foot |
| philo- | loving |
| -phyll | leaf |
| pinna- | feather |
| radic- | root |
| stereo- | solid |
| tele- | far |
| unci- | hook |
| xero- | dry |
| phyt- | plant |
| -plasia | to form |
| soma- | body |
| stega- | roof |
| thallo- | branch |
| uro- | tail |
| zoo- | animal |
| placo- | plate |
| ptero- | wing |
| syluv- | forest |
| tachy- | quick |
| thyro- | door |
| vermi- | worm |
| zygo- | yoke |
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