Adame AP Biology Prefix and Suffix Quiz 4

hipp-

horse

hist-

tissue

holo-

entire; whole

homo-

man, same; alike

hort-

garden

hybrid

mongrel

hydr-

water

hygr-

wet; moist

hypo-

beneath; under; less

hyper-

above; beyond; over

hypho-

weaving

hypno-

sleep

-ic

added to nouns to form adjectives

ichthy-

fish

ign-

fire

im-

not

in-

to; toward; into

-ine

of or pertaining to

infro-

below; beneath

inter-

between

intra-

within; inside

-ion

go; come

-ism

a state or condition

iso-

equal; same

-itis

inflammation; disease

kilo-

thousand

lachry-

tear

lact-

milk

lat-

side; flank

-less

without

leuc-

white; bright; light

lign-

wood

lin-

line

lingu-

tongue

liqu-

become fluid; liquid

lip-

fat

lith-lite

stone; petrifying

loc-

place

-logy

study

-lysis

dissolve; decompose

macr-

large

mal-

bad, evil

malle-

hammer

mamm- mast-

breast

marg-

border; edge

med-

middle

meg-

great; million

mela-

black, dark

mes-

middle; half; intermediate

met-

between; along; after

meteor-

lofty, high, in air

-meter

way of measuring; instrument for

metro-

uterus