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Prefix and Suffix Meanings for BIOLOGY/SCIENCE

Use this review to help you become familiar with common prefixes and suffixes in science.

PLEASE NOTE- SOME HAVE MORE THAN ONE MEANING, BUT GIVEN ARE THE MOST COMMON. If a description is in quotes it is my way of explaining it and the term may not be literally equivalent.
AB
anti-against
arth-jointed
auto-self
bio-life
chloro-green
cyto-cell
di-double
epi-above
exo-outer
gastro-stomach
hemo-blood
herb-plant
hetero-different
homo-same
macro-large
micro-small
multi-many
osteo-bone
photo-light
-plasmformation / structure
proto-first
syn-together
-cystpouch
-dermskin
-genproducing
-itisinflammation
-logystudy
-metermeasure
-osiscondition or disease
-phasestage or "step"
-phageeater
-podfoot
-stasisstationary condition "balanced"
-phobiafear
paleo-old
phyto-plant
zoo-animal
poly-many
pan-all
peri-surrounding
-philiaattraction
platy-flat
post-after / behind
psuedo-false
a-no / not / without
auto-self
-clastbreak
dia-complete / through
endo-in
hyper-above
hypo-below
mono-one
-ose"dealing with sugar"
-ulelittle / small

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