PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES
PREFIX	MEANING	WORD EXAMPLE
1. a, an	not, without	anaerobic
2. ab	Not, without	abnormal
3. abils	able to	biodegradable
4. ad	toward	advance
5. aequus	equal	equilibrium
6. aeros	air	anaerobic
7. al, ine	like, of	oval
8. albo or alb	white	albino
9. allelon	of each other	allele
10. alveolus	small pit	alveolus
11. amnos	lamb	amnion
12. amphi, ambi	both, about, around	amphibian
13. amylum	starch	amylase
14. ana	away, onward	anaphase
15. andro	male	androgens
16. angio	vessel, container	angiosperm
17. anthos	flower	anthropate
18. anti	against, away, opposite	antibody
19. appendix	sack-like	appendix
20. aqua	water	aquamarine
21. archeio	ancient, primative	archeobacteria
22. arthios	even	artiodactyl
23. arthron	joint, jointed	arthropod
24. ase, ace	enzyme	acetate, protease
25. askos	bag	ascospore
26. aster	star	asteroid
27. autos	self	autoimmune
28. bi	two, twice	bipedal
29. bios	life	biology
30. blastos	bud	blastula
31. bursa	purse, bag	bursa
32. byron	moss	byrophyte
33. capillus	hair	capillary
34. card	heart	cardiovascular
35. carn	flesh	carnivore
36. cata	breakdown	catabolism
37. celia	small room	cellular
38. cephal	head	cephalopod
39. cetus	whale	cetacean
40. chaet	bristle	oligochaeta
41. cheir	hand	chiropteran
42. chele	claw	chelicerae
43. chloro	pale green	chlorophyll
44. chondros	cartilage	chondrichthyes
45. chroma	colored	chromosome
46. chronos	time	chronometer
47. cide	kill	insecticide
48. coccus	berry	streptococus
49. coel	hollow	coelom
50. cryo	cold	cryogenic
51. cotyledon	seed leaf	dicotyledon
52. cum, col, con	with, together	convergent
53. cycad	a palm	cycad
54. cyano	blue	cyanobacteria
55. cyst	sac	encyst
56. cyte	cell	cytology
57. dactylos	finger	perissodaktyl
58. dendron	tree	dendrite
59. dent, don’t	tooth	orthodontist, dentist
60. derma	skin	epidermis
61. dexter	right	dextrose
62. di	two	dissect
63. dino	terrible	dinoflagellate
64. dis	apart	distruptive
65. domire	to sleep	dormancy, dormatory
66. e, ex, exo	out, outside	exoskeleton
67. echino	spine	echinoderm
68. eco	household	ecology
69. ecto	outside	ectoderm
70. ectomy	to cut	tonsillectomy
71. ella	small	organelle
72. endo	inside	endoderm
73. enteron	gut	enterocolitis
74. entomon	insect	entomologist
75. epi	upon, above	epidermis
76. equus	horse	equestrian
77. erythro	red	erythrocyte
78. eso	to carry	esophagus
79. eu	true, original, primitive	eukaryote
80. extra	beyond	extracellular
81. fera, fero, ferre	carry, bear	ferrous
82. flagellum	whip	flagellum
83. flexus	bend	flexor
84. foramen	little hole, perforation	foramen magnum
85. fossilis	cut up	microfossil
86. gamete	reproductive cell	gamete
87. gamos	offspring	heterogamous
88. gaster	stomach	gastropod
89. geo	earth	geology
90. gen	race	genotype
91. genesis	origin, birth	parthenogenesis
92. geri	old	geriatric
93. gestare	to bare	progesterone, gestation
94. glene	eyeball	euglena
95. globus	sphere	hemoglobin
96. glotta, glosso	tongue	epiglottis
97. glu	sweet	glucose
98. gnathos	jaw	agnathos
99. gonos, gon	reproductive, sexual	gtonorrhea
100. gradus	step	graduated cylindar
101. gravis	heavy	gravity
102. gymno	bare, naked	gymnosperm
103. gyne	female	gynocologist
104. halo	salt	halophile
105. helmis	worm	platyhelminthes
106. helix	spiral	helix
107. hem, ema	blood	hemoglobin, anemia
108. hemi	half	hemisphere
109. neo	new	neolithic
110. hepat	liver	hepatitis
111. nephro	kidney	nephron
112. herba	grass	herbivore
113. hermaphrotitos	combining both	hermaphrodites
114. hetero	other, different	heterotroph
115. hippos	horse	hippopotamus
116. histos	tissue	histology
117. hom	man	hominid
118. homo	same	homologous
119. hydro	water	hydrolysis
120. hyper	over, above	hyperactive
121. hypo	under, beneath	hypodermic
122. ic, tic	pertaining to	gastric, cardiac
123. ichthys	fish	osteichthyes
124. inter	between	interlude, interstate
125. intra	within	intracellular, intrastate
126. iso	equal	isotonic, isometric
127. it is	inflamation	arthritis
128. jugare	join together	conjugate
129. kryptos	hidden	cryptic
130. lactic, lactos	milk	galactose, lactic acid
131. lagos	hare	lagomorph
132. lateral	side	equilateral
133. leukos	white	leukemia, leukocyte
134. lutea	yellow	lutin
135. libra	balance	equilibrium
136. ology	study of	biology
137. luminesce	give off light	bioluminescence
138. lympha	water	lymphocyte
139. lysis	to split open	lysosome, hydrolysis
140. mal	bad	malformation
141. macro	large	macromolecule
142. mandere, mandibulum	to chew, jaw	mandible
143. marsupium	pouch	marsupial
144. masso	bulky, body	massive
145. mega	large	megaspore
146. mela	black	melanin, melanoma
147. meros	part	polymer
148. meso	middle	mesoderm
149. meta	after, following	metaphase
150. meter	measure	thermometer
151. micro	small	microscope
152. molluscus	soft bodied	mullosk
153. mono	single, one	monosaccaride
154. morph	form, shape	morphology
155. mort	death	mortality
156. mucus	slime	mucus
157. mutare	to change	mutation
158. mykes muc	fungus	mycorrhiza
159. myria	many	myriad
160. nema	thread	nematode
161. neuro	nerve	neurology
162. nomy	ordered	taxonomy
163. noton	back	notochord
164. oligos	few	oligochaeta
165. omnis	all	omnivore
166. ophthalmos	eye	ophtalmologist
167. ornis	bird	ornithology
168. orthos	correct (straight)	orthodontist
169. osis	state	osteoporosis
170. osteo	bone	osteoporosis
171. oto	ear	otology
172. ovum, ov	egg	oviduct, oval
173. pachy	thick	pachyderm
174. paleo	ancient	paleontology
175. para	alongside of	parasite
176. parthenos	virgin	parthenogenesis
177. pathos	disease	parthogen
178. per	throught	permeable
179. peri	around	periscope
180. phage	devour, eat	phagocyte
181. phainein	to show	phenotype
182. phase	stage, appearance	metaphase
183. pherein	to carry	pheromone
184. phobic	Fear of	hydrophobic
185. phil	love	hydrophillic
186. phos, photos	light	phototropism
187. phyllon	leaf	chlorophyll
188. phylon	related group	phylogeny
189. phyton	plant	phytoplankton
190. pihein	to drink	pihocytosis
191. pinna	feather	pinniped
192. plasma	mold, form	plasmodium
193. platys	flat	platyhelmithes
194. pneutes	breather	pneumonia
195. pod, podia, ped	foot	podiatrist, bipedal
196. poly	many	polymer
197. post	after	posterior
198. pre	before	precambrian
199. primus	first	primary
200. pro	before, first	prokaryote
201. proboscis	trunk	proboscidean
202. protca, proktos	anus	proctologist
203. pseudo	false	pseudopodia
204. pteron	wing	pterodactyl
205. puntus	point	punctuated
206. quadr	four	quadraped
207. rapter	plunderer, robber	velicorapter
208. re	again	reproduction
209. renal	kidney	adrenal
210. rhiza	root	mycorrhiza
211. rota	wheel	rotifer
212. saeta	bristle	seta
213. sapros	rotten	saprobe
214. sauros	lizard	dinosaur
215. scop	to look	microscope
216. scribere	to write	transcription
217. semi	half	semicircle
218. ses, sedere	to sit	sedentary
219. sinistro	left	sinister
220. soma	body	somatic, lysosome
221. sperma	s3eed	angiosperm
222. sporos	seed	microspore
223. staphlo	bunch of grapes	staphlococcus
224. stasis	staying	homeostasis
225. sternon	chest	sternum
226. stoma	mouth	stoma
227. strepto	twisted chain	streptococcus
228. tachy	fast	tachycardia
229. tardus	slow	tardy
230. taxis, taxo	to arrange	taxonomy
231. telos	end	telophase
232. terra	land	terrestrial
233. thele	cover a surface	epithelium
234. therma	heat	endothermic
235. tome	cutting	anatomy
236. trachia	rough pipe, windpipe	trachia
237. trans	across	transcription
238. tri	three	tripod
239. trich	hair	trichocyst
240. trope	turn	autotropism
241. troph	nourishment	autotroph
242. turbo	whirl	turbeliaria
243. tympanon	drum	tympanic
244. typos	model	genotype
245. uni	one	unicellular
246. uterus	womb	uterus
247. vacca	cow	vaccine
248. vasculum	small vessel	vascualr
249. venter	belly	ventricle
250. ventus	wind	hyperventilate
251. villus	shaggy hair	microville
252. virus	poisonous liquid	virus
253. vovar	to devour	carnivore
254. xanthos	yellow	xanthophill
255. zoon, zoon	animal	zoology
256. zygotes	join together	zygote