Bio 1305: Prefix Exam 1, 2, 3

Prefixes of quantity prefixes of direction or position, and miscellaneous

Amphi, diplo

Both, double, two

Bi, di

Two

Centi-

One hundredth

Equi, iso

Equal

Haplo

Single, simple

Hemi, semi

One-half

Hex

Six

Holo

Whole

Quadri

Four

Milli

One thousandth

Mono, uni

One

Multi, poly

Many

Oligo

Few

Omni

All

Pento

Five

Tri

Three

Ab, de, ef, ex

Away, away from

Acro, apici

Top, highest

Ad, af

To, toward

Antero, proto

Front

Anti, contra

Against, opposite

Archi, primi, proto

First

Circum, peri

Around

Deutero

Second

Dia, trans

Across

Ecto, exo, extra

Outside

Endo, ento, intra

Inside

Epi

Upon, over

Hyper, supra

Above, over

Hypo, infra, sub

Under, below

Inter, meta

Between

Medi, meso

Middle

Post, postero

Behind

Pre, pro

Before, in front of

Retro

Backward

Ultra

Beyond

A, an, e

Without, lack of

Chloro

Green

Con

Together, with

Contra

Against

Dis

Apart, away

Dys

Difficult, painful

Erythro

Red

Eu

True, good

Hetero

Different. other

Homo, homeo

Same, similar

Leco, leuko

White

Meta

Change, after

Micro

Small

Neo

New

Necro

Dead, corpse

Pseudo

False

Re

Again

Sym, syn

Together, with

Tachy

Quick, rapid

Ac, al, alis, an, ar, ary, ic, ical, ine, ous

Pertaining to

Asis, asia, esis, la, ism

Condition of

Blast

Bud, sprout

Cide

Killer

Clast

Break down, broken

Elle, il

Little, small

Emia

Condition of blood

Fer

To bear

Id

Member of a group

Itis

Inflammation

Lysis

Loosening, split apart

Oid

Like, similar to

Logy

Study of

Oma

Tumor

Osis

A condition, disease

Pathy

Disease

Phore, phora

Bearer

Sect, tome, tomy

Cut

Some, soma

Body

Stat

Stationary, placed

Tropic

Change, influence

Vor

To eat

Andro

Man, male

Arthr

Joint

Aut

Self

Bio

Life

Brachi

Arm

Bronch

Windpipe

Branch

Gill

Carcin

Cancer

Cardi

Heart

Cam

Flesh

Cephal

Head

Chole

Bile

Chondr

Cartilage

Chrom

Color

Coel

Hollow

Crani

Skull

Cyst

Bag, sac, bladder

Cyt

Cell

Derm, cuti

Skin

Entero

Intestine

Gastr

Stomach

Gen

To produce

Gyn, gyneco

Female