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Biology Prefix/Suffix

originally posted by Andrew Steller

Terms

undefined, object
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a-, an- (3 defs)
no; lacking; none (2 terms)
par- (4 defs)
beside; near; equal; bring forth
-al
having character of
coni-
cone
phil- (2 defs)
living; fond of
troph- (2 defs)
one who feeds; well fed
coll-
glue
anti-
against
sur- (3 defs)
over; above; on top
-spire
breathe
sperm-
seed
plasm-; -plast (2 defs)
form; formed into
bi- (3 defs)
two; twice; double
therm-
heat
ethno- (two words)
race; people
dys- (2 defs)
ill; bad
neur-; nerv- (2 defs)
nerve; tendon (2 terms)
saccharo-
sugar
ob-
against
phag-
eat
-phte; phyt-
plant
dorm-
sleep
-duct
lead
bactr- (2 defs)
stick; club
dia- (2 defs)
through; across
-ion
go; come
-ation
used in forming nouns from verbs.
brachi-
having arms
ect- (two words)
outside; without
cervic-
neck
-flect; -flex
bend (two words)
pleur- (2 defs)
rib; lung
-eous (two words)
nature of; like
con- (2 defs)
with; together (3 lets; w/ an 'n')
hybrid
mongrel
proto- (2 defs)
first; primary
vit-;viv-
life
vas-
vessel
zo-; -zoa
animal
mes-
middle; half; intermediate
rhiz-
root
pro- (2 defs)
forward; favoring
pneumo- (2 defs)
lungs; air
vor- (2 defs)
devour; eat
super- (3 defs)
over; above; on top
archaeo- (2 defs)
primitive; ancient
phyc- (2 defs)
seaweed; algae
cosmo- (3 defs)
world; order; form
plan- (2 defs)
roaming; wandering
lign-
wood
-cene (2 defs)
new; recent
fibr- (two words)
fiber; thread
ec- (2 defs)
out of; outside
stell-
stars
enter-
intestines
-gony (3 words)
offspring; generation; coming into being
multi-
many (w/ a U)
loc-
place
spher-
ball
path-; -pathy (2 defs)
disease; suffering (2 terms)
fract-
break
epi- (two words)
on; above
cirru-
hairlike curls
co- (2 defs)
with; together (2 letters)
infro-
below; beneath
sol-
sun
-ule
diminutive
stereo- (2 defs)
solid; three dimensions
ichthy-
fish
echin- (2 defs)
spiny; prickly
puls- (2 defs)
drive; push
orb- (3 defs)
circle; round; ring
kilo-
thousand
brev-
short
cotyl-
cup
ultra-
beyond
-ped
foot
carp-
fruit
en- (two words)
in; into
trop- (2 defs)
turning; changing
liqu-
become fluid; liquid
semi- (2 defs)
half; partly
ren-
kidney
stom-; -stome
mouth
re- (2 defs)
again; back
trich-
hair
deliquesc-
become fluid
-graphy; -graph (two words)
writing; record (two words)
caud-
tail
tri-
three
myria-
many (w/ an A)
pent-
five
paleo- (2 defs)
old; ancient
per-
through
geo- (two words)
land; earth
rubr-
red
ret- (2 defs)
net; made like a net
din-
terrible
centr-
center
-ous (2 defs)
full of; abounding in
gastro-
stomach
-oid
like in form or shape
-gon (two words)
angle; corner
cardi-
heart
-grade (two words)
step; division
-meter; -metry
way of measuring, instrument for measuring
foli-
leaf
alto-
high
cyt-; -cyte (2 defs)
cell; receptacle (2 words)
electro- (two words)
electric; electricity
galact-; galax- (two words)
milk; milky fluid (two words)
lip-
fat
pter-
having wings or fins
not-
back
dors-
back
barb-
beard
ad- (2 defs)
to; toward
lat-
side; flank
radi- (3 defs)
ray; spoke of a wheel; energy in rays
atom-
vapor
rhin-
nose
toxico-
poison
-less
without
scler-
hard
omni-
all (4 lets)
-ate
used in forming verbs from nouns
-err (two words)
wander; go astray
ocul-
eye (4 lets)
deca-
ten
procto- (2 defs)
rectum; anus
branchi-
having fins
-gram (two words)
writing; record
tachy- (2 defs)
quick; swift
hyper-
above; beyond; over
septic (2 defs)
putrefaction; infection
oct-
eight
-fer (3 words)
bear; carry; produce
sept- (2 defs)
partition; seven
aster-; astr-
stars (2 terms)
adeno-
gland
solv (2 defs)
loosen; free
haem-; hem-
blood (two words)
saur-
lizard
-node
knot
bene- (2 defs)
well; good
oste-
bone
thall
young shoot
oscu-
mouth
tarso
ankle
nephro-
kidney
mis- (2 defs)
wrong; incorrect
hygr-
wet; moist
com- (2 defs)
with; together (3 lets; w/ an 'm')
angio-
vessel
hypno-
sleep
quin-
five
hepat-
liver
hypho-
weaving
ferro-
iron
du-; duo
two (2 words)
xanthin-
yellow
ante- (2 defs)
before; ahead of time
sapr-
rotten
erythro-
red
-phyll
leaf
audi-
hear
palm- (2 defs)
broad; flat
carb- (2 defs)
coal; carbon
anemo-
wind
photo-
light
por-
opening
mole-
mass
morph- (2 defs)
shape; form
acou-
hearing
quadr- (2 defs)
four; four-fold
ven-; vent-
come
cell- (2 defs)
storeroom; chamber
pan-
all (3 lets)
dent-
tooth
-blast (2 defs)
sprout; germ
andro- (2 defs)
masculine; man
permea- (2 defs)
pass; go
ov-
egg (w/ V)
dis- (2 defs)
apart; out
top-
place
marg-
border; edge
mela-; melan-
black; dark
crypt- (2 defs)
hidden; covered
baro-
weight
malle-
hammer
deci-
tenth
lingu-
tongue
med-
middle
ventr-
belly
im-
not
lin-
line
stern- (2 defs)
breast; chest
rect- (2 defs)
correct; right
scope (2 defs)
look; observe
somn-
sleep
noct-; nox-
night (2 terms)
hipp-
horse
neo- (2 defs)
new; recent
ap- (2 defs)
to; toward
bath- (2 defs)
depth; height
sex-
six
antho-
flower
cyan-
dark blue
zyg-
yolk
cephal-
head
chym-
juice
contra-
against (6 lets)
-gen; -gine (two words)
producer; former (two words)
end-; ent- (two words)
within; in (two words)
antero-
front
counter-
against (7 lets)
aqu-
water
arthro-
joint
-scribe; -script
write
auto-
self
carn-
meat
acr-; acro- (2 defs)
extreme; peak (2 terms)
strict-
drawn tight
-gest (two words)
carry; produce
met-; meta-
between; along; after
cuti-
skin (starts w/ 'c')
opt-; -opsy (2 defs)
eye; vision (2 terms)
glob- (two words)
ball; round
lith-; -lite
stone; petrifying
eu- (two words)
well; good
ign-
fire
-pod
foot
oxy- (3 defs)
sharp; acid; oxygen
post- (2 defs)
after; behind
hex-
six
mamm-
breast
metro-
uterus
lact-
milk
odont-
tooth
gyr- (3 words)
ring; circle; spiral
terr-
earth
sub- (2 defs)
under; below
-cide
killing
milli-
thousandth
leuc-
white; bright; light
bio-; bi- (2 defs)
life; living (2 terms)
strat-
layer
tetr-
four
mono- (2 defs)
one; single
hypo-
beneath; under; less
flor-
flower
chlor-
green
mal-
bad; evil
iso-
equal; same
stat- (2 defs)
standing; placed
hetero- (two words)
different; other
styl-
pillar
agri- (2 defs)
field, soil
vect-
carry
vice-
in place of
extra- (two words)
beyond; outside of
chrom-; -chrome
color (2 words)
nuc-
center
macr-
large
-ine
of or pertaining to
volv- (2 defs)
roll; wander
mort-
death
ab- (2 defs)
away from; out from
cucmul-
heaped
-aceus; -aceous
of or pertaining to (2 terms)
lachry-
tear
mont-
mountain
bronch-
windpipe
dacty-
finger
olf-
smell
sci-
know
encephal-
brain
gyn-
female
dendr-
tree
inter-
between
digit (2 defs)
finger; toe
anthropo-
man
son-
sound
nas-
nose
mast-
breast
-ic
added to nouns to form adjectives
-sis (2 defs)
condition; state
amphibi-
leading a double life
-tom (2 defs)
cut; slice
tax-
arrangement
in- (one word)
not
orth- (3 defs)
straight; correct; right
micro-
small
homo- (one word)
man
pyr- (2 defs)
heat; fire
non-
not
physi- (2 defs)
nature; natural qualities
hort-
garden
holo-
entire; whole
zym-
yeast
ex-
out of
pom-
fruit
nemat-
thread
ur-
urine
poly- (2 defs)
many; several
chem-
referring to chemistry
cyci-; -cycle (2 defs)
ring; circle (2 words)
calor-
heat
mycet-
fungus
fluor-
fluorine
meteor-
lofty, high, in air
port-
carry
-fid; fis- (two words)
divided into; split (two words)
spec-; spic-
look at
opthal-
eye (6 lets)
carpal-
wrist
eco-
house
coel-
hollow
intra-
within; inside
corp-
body
-en
made of (suffix)
circum- (2 defs)
around; about
glottis
mouth of a windpipe
-ism
a state or condition
hydr-
water
vig-
strong
mov-; -mot
move
sym-; syn-
together
cyst- (2 defs)
bladder; pouch
homo- (two words)
same; alike
spore
seed
dynam-
power
pseud- (2 defs)
false; deceptive
centi-
hundredth
-algia
pain
pre- (2 defs)
before; ahead of time
-ner- (2 defs)
moist; liquid
cocc-
seed
herb-
grass
ana-
up
hist-
tissue
-logy
study
grav-
heavy
meg-
great; million
mito- (2 defs)
thread; filament
oo-
egg (w/o V)
mycel-
threadlike
-lysis; -lyte; -lyst
dissolve; decompose
-cule; -culus
added to nouns to form diminutive (check discussion for what this means) (2 words)
-gene; gene-
origin (two words)
ameb- (2 defs)
change; alternation
-nomy; -nome (3 defs)
distribute; arrange; law (2 terms)
pheno-
show
ac- (2 defs)
to; toward
-itis
inflammation; disease
di- (2 defs)
two; double
ampho-; amb-
both (2 terms)
demi-
half
an- (2 defs)
not; without
trans-
across
moll-
soft
in- (three words)
to; toward; into
pachy-
thick
pulmo-
lung
gymno-
naked
-phore
bearer
alb-
white
gross
thick
tele- (2 defs)
far off; at a distance
derm-
skin (starts w/ 'd')
hibern-
winter
phon-; -phone
sound

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