Biology Prefix/Suffix
originally posted by Andrew Steller
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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