Cyto-: Prefix denoting a cell. "Cyto-" is derived from the Greek "kytos" meaning "hollow, as a cell or container." From the same root come the combining form "-cyto-" and the suffix "-cyte" which similarly denote a cell.
The definition of a suffix is a letter, syllable or group of syllables that are added to the end of a word to change it into something else. An example of suffix is adding cycle to motor which creates motorcycle. noun.
Definition: The suffix (-phyll) refers to leaves or leaf structures. It is derived from the Greek phyllon for leaf.
a combining form meaning “living substance,” “organelle,” “cell,” used in the formation of compound words: chloroplast; chromoplast; protoplast.
a combining form meaning “green,” used in the formation of compound words: chlorine.
-phyte (plural -phytes) A taxonomic group of plants or algae, e.g. arthrophyte, cyanophyte. (Can we clean up this sense?) A plant that grows in a specified habitat, e.g. acrophyte. A plant that grows in a specified form or habit, e.g. anthophyte, macrophyte.
1a : color : colored chromolithograph. b : pigment chromogen. 2 : chromium chromaffin.
, chloro- (klōr, klōr'ō), 1. Prefix denoting green. 2. Combining form denoting association with chlorine.
photo- a combining form meaning “light” (photobiology); also used to represent “photographic” or “photograph” in the formation of compound words: photocopy.
Eu- (Science: prefix) a prefix meaning good, well or stable.
A prefix to the name comes before the molecule. The prefix of the molecule's name is based on the number of carbon atoms. For example, a chain of six carbon atoms would be named using the prefix hex-. The suffix to the name is an ending that is applied that describes the types of chemical bonds in the molecule.
#66 mono → one, singleThe prefix mono- and its variant mon-, which both mean “one,” are important prefixes in the English language. For instance, the prefix mono- gave rise to the words monologue and monotonous, whereas we find its variant mon- in words such as monarchy and monk.
a combining form meaning “middle,” used in the formation of compound words: mesocephalic.
The Greek root word bio means 'life. ' Some common English vocabulary words that come from this root word include biological, biography, and amphibian. One easy word that is helpful in remembering bio is biology, or the study of 'life.
Gen means producing or produced by. An example of gen used as a suffix is in the word antigen, a substance that stimulates the production of an antibody.
[o´jen] trademark for preparations of estropipate, an estrone used in the treatment of estrogen deficiency.
Medical Definition of carcinogenic: producing or tending to produce cancer the carcinogenic action of certain chemicals — Journal of the American Medical Association. Other Words from carcinogenic.
10-letter words that start with chromo
- chromosome.
- chromophil.
- chromonema.
- chromomere.
- chromogens.
- chromotypy.
- chromotype.
- chromocyte.
9-letter words that start with cyto
- cytotoxic.
- cytoplasm.
- cytotoxin.
- cytolysis.
- cytolysin.
- cytokinin.
- cytoplast.
- cytosolic.
-pend- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "hang; be suspended or weighed. '' This meaning is found in such words as: append, appendage, appendix, compendium, depend, expend, impending, independent, pendant, pending, pendulous, pendulum, spend, stipend, suspend.
