poly-

• polyuriapoly·uria

  1. Prefixpoly-many, much, excessive
  2. +Suffix-uriaurine, urination

  passing abnormally large amounts of urine, 2.5 liters or more a day in an adult

• polyphagiapoly·phagia

  1. Prefixpoly-many, much, excessive
  2. +Suffix-phagiaeating, swallowing

  excessive hunger or eating

• polyarthritispoly·arthr·itis

  1. Prefixpoly-many, much, excessive
  2. +Rootarthr/ojoint
  3. +Suffix-itisinflammation

  arthritis affecting many joints

• polymorphicpoly·morph·ic

  1. Prefixpoly-many, much, excessive
  2. +Rootmorph/oshape, form
  3. +Suffix-icpertaining to

  occurring in several different forms, as a gene with several common variants

• polysomnogrampoly·somno·gram

  1. Prefixpoly-many, much, excessive
  2. +Rootsomn/osleep
  3. +Suffix-grama record, an image

  a set of recordings made during sleep, such as brain waves, breathing and heart rate, used to diagnose sleep disorders

• oligo-few, scanty
• mono-one, single

Terms in our life science dictionary that list poly- among their word parts.

• DNA polymerase
• Polygenic inheritance
• Single nucleotide polymorphism

Written for biofideX in plain words, after checking these references:

• Appendix A: Word Parts and What They Mean
• 1.3: Common Prefixes
• poly- - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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