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Understanding Biological Suffixes: A Dive into -lysis, -logy, -oma, -pathy, and More

This text provides an overview of various biological suffixes found in scientific terminology. It explores the meanings of suffixes such as -lysis (loosening, split apart), -logy (study of), -oma (tumor), and -pathy (disease). Examples illustrate their application in biological contexts, including the concept of chromatophores in cold-blooded animals, which play a key role in color change and camouflage. Additionally, it discusses suffixes like -sect (to cut) and -somatic (related to body cells), enhancing the understanding of biological language used in studies of life sciences.

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Understanding Biological Suffixes: A Dive into -lysis, -logy, -oma, -pathy, and More

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  1. Set #7 Miscellaneous Suffixes cont.

  2. -lysis - cytolysis • Loosening, split apart

  3. -oid – humanoid, factoid, nucleoid • like, similar to

  4. -logy - zoology • Study of

  5. -oma - carcinoma • tumor

  6. -osis – halitosis,hypnosis • A condition, disease

  7. -pathy – homeopathy, psychopath • disease

  8. -phore – chromatophor-phora - chlorophora Chromatophores are pigment-containing and light-reflecting cells found in amphibians, fish, reptiles, crustaceans, and cephalopods. They are largely responsible for generating skin and eye colour in cold-blooded animals • bearer Some species can rapidly change colour through mechanisms that translocate pigment and reorient reflective plates within chromatophores. This process, often used as a type of camouflage

  9. -sect – dissect-tome – microtome-tomy - tonsilectomy • cut

  10. -some – ribosome,chromosome-soma – somatic cells • body somatic cell: internal organs, skin, bones, blood, and connective tissue are all made up of somatic cells.

  11. -stat - thermostat • stationary, placed

  12. -tropic – phototropic • Change, influence

  13. -vor - carnivore • To eat

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