BIOL 1500 Chapter 1-4 Review Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards for BIOL 1500 Chapter 1-4 Review, covering prefixes, suffixes, combining forms, and word roots.

a-

without

ab-

away from

macro-

large

micro-

small

ad-

toward

mono-

one

allo-

other, different from usual

multi-

many

an-

without

myo-

to shut

ante-

before, in front of

neo-

new

anti-

against

non-

not

auto-

self

nulli-

none

bi-

two

pan-

all

brady-

slow

para-

beside; abnormal; two like parts of a pair

circum-

around

per-

through

contra-

against

peri-

around

de-

without

poly-

many

di-

two

post-

after

dis-

apart

pre-

before

dys-

painful; difficult; abnormal

primi-

first

e-

outward

pro-

before

endo-

within; inner

pseudo-

false

epi-

above

quadri-

four

eso-

inward

re-

again

eu-

normal

retro-

backward; behind

ex-

outward

semi-

partial

exo-

outward

sub-

under

extra-

outside of

tachy-

fast

hemi-

half

tetra-

four

homo-

same

trans-

across

hetero-

different

tri-

three

hyper-

excessive

ultra-

beyond

hypo-

below; insufficient

in-

not; inward

un-

not

inter-

between

xeno-

foreign

intra-

within

-ac

pertaining to

-clasia

to surgically break

-crit

relating to separation of

-cusis

hearing

-cyesis

state of pregnancy

-cyte

cell

-cytic

pertaining to cells

-cytosis

more than the normal number of cells

-derma

skin condition

-desis

to fuse

-dipsia

thirst

-dynia

pain

-eal

pertaining to

-ectasis

dilation

-ectomy

surgical removal

-lysis

to destroy (to break down)

-lytic

destruction

-malacia

abnormal softening

-mania

frenzy

-manometer

instrument to measure pressure

-megaly

enlarged

-meter

instrument for measuring

-metrist

specialist in measuring

-metry

process of measuring

-nic

pertaining to

-oid

resembling

-ole

small

-oma

tumor, mass

-opia

vision condition

-al

pertaining to

-algia

pain

-an

pertaining to

-blast

immature

-asthenia

weakness

-atic

pertaining to

-edema

swelling

-opsia

vision condition

-emesis

vomiting