| Term | Definition |
| not or without | a or an (G) [asymmetry, asexual] |
| to or toward | ad (L) [adhere] |
| both or double | amphi (G) [amphibian] |
| case or vessel | angeion (G) [angiosperm] |
| ring | annul (L) [Annelida, annulus] |
| flower | anthos (G) [anthophyta] |
| ancient | archae (G) [Archaea, archaic, archaeologyh] |
| joint | arthron (G) [Arthropodia] |
| bag | askos (G) [Ascomycota, ascus] |
| self | auto (G) [autosome, automatic, autotroph] |
| live | bi(os) (G) [biology] |
| bud or cell or germ layer | blastos (G) [diploblastic, triploblastic] |
| moss | bryon (G) [Bryophyta] |
| head | cephal (G) [cephalothorax] |
| green | chlor (G) [chlorophyll, chloroplast] |
| cartilage | chondr (G) [Chondrichthyes] |
| colour | chrom (G) [chromosome, chromotin] |
| hair | cilio (L) [cilia, Ciliophora] |
| nettle | cnido (knide) (G) [cnidoblast] |
| hollow | coel (G) [coelom] |
| cone | conos (L) [conical, conifer] |
| blue | cyano (kyanos) (G) [cyanobacteria] |
| pocket or capsule | cyst (G) [nemocyst] |
| cell | cyte (G) [cytology, leucocyte] |
| skin | derm (derma) (G) [ectoderm, hypodermic, Echinodermata] |
| double or two | diplo (diploos) (G) [diploblastic, diploid] |
| seperating | dis (L) [dissect, dismiss] |
| spine | echinos (G) [Echinodermata] |
| outer | ect (ektos) (G) [ectoderm, ectoplasm] |
| inner | end (endon) (G) [endoderm, endoplasm] |
| upon or above | epi (G) [epithelium, epidermis] |
| real or true | eu (G) [Eukarya] |
| from or outer | ex (L) [excretion, exoskeleton] |
| to bear or possess | fer (L) [Porifera, Coniferophyta] |
| marriage | gam (G) [polygamy, gametophyte] |
| stomach | gastro (gaster) [gastrovascular cavity] |
| to be born | gen (L) [genetics, gene, progenitor) |
| naked | gymnos (G) [gymnosperm] |
| worm | helminth (helmins) (G) [platyhelminthes] |
| other or different | hetero (G) [heterotroph, heterospory] |
| tissue | hist (G) [histology] |
| like or similar | homo (G) [homology, homospory] |
| water | hydro (hydor) (G) [hydrostatic] |
| web | hyphe (G) [hyphae] |
| under or less than | hypo (G) [hypordermic] |
| between | inter (L) [intercellular] |
| inside, within | intra (L) [intracellular] |
| equal | iso (G) [isogamy] |
| nut or kernal (nucleus) | karyon (karoun) (G) [eukaryote, prokaryote] |
| movement | kinesis (G) [cytokinesis] |
| white or bright | leuc (G) [leucocyte, leukemia] |
| study of | log(os) (G) [biology, zoology] |
| large | macro (G) [macronucleus, macroscopic] |
| breast | mamma (L) [mammal] |
| great | magnus (L) [magnify, magnificent] |
| jaw | maxilla (L) [maxilliped] |
| large | mega (megas) (G) [megaspore] |
| middle | meso (G) [mesoderm] |
| beyond or after | meta (G) [metaphase, metamorphosis] |
| small | micr (mikros) (G) [microscopic, micronucleus, microspore] |
| thread | mito (G) [mitosis] |
| soft | mosllis (L) [Mollsuca] |
| single | mono (G) [monocot] |
| fungus | myco (mykes) (G) [mycology, mycellium] |
| thread | nema (L) [nematode] |
| like, resembling | oid (L) [diploid] |
| small mouth | osculum [osculum] |
| egg | ov (G) [oogamy] |
| leg or stem | ped (L) [centipede] |
| around | peri (G) [perimeter, periphery] |
| eat | phago (G) [phagocytosis] |
| light | photo (G) [photosynthesis, phototrophic] |
| leaf | phyll (phyllon (G) [chlorophyll] |
| plant | phyt (G) [gametophyte, sporophyte] |
| form of life | plasm (G) [ectoplasm, endoplasm] |
| flat | platy (G) [platyhelminthes, platypus] |
| air | pneuma (G) [pneumatocyst] |
| foot or appendage | pod (podus) (L) [pseudopodium, Arthropodia] |
| many | poly (G) [polyp, polygamy] |
| pore | porus (G) [Porifera] |
| before | pro (G) [prokaryote] |
| false | pseudo (L) [pseudopodium, pseudocoelom] |
| fern | pteris (G) [Pteridophyta] |
| root | rhiz (G) [rhizoid] |
| rotten | sapro (G) [saprobe] |
| hard | scler (G) [sclerite, schlerenchyma] |
| seed | sperma (G) [angiosperm, gymnosperm] |
| sponge | sponggia (G) [spongocoel] |
| seed | sporos [homospory, heterospory] |
| body | soma (G) [chromosome] |
| causing to stand, support | static (statickos) (G) [hydrostatic] |
| mouth | stom (G) [stomata, protosome] |
| together | syn(m) (G) [symbiosis, photosynthesis] |
| arrangement | tax(is) (G) [taxonomy] |
| hair | trich (thrix) (G) [Polytrichum] |
| turn toward | trop (G) [phototropic, tropism] |
| feed | troph (G) [autotroph, heterotroph] |
| small vessel | vascular (vasculum) (L) [gastrovascular cavity] |
| animal | zo(on) (G) [zoology] |
| united or tied together | zyg (G) [zygote, zygospore] |
| dusky, gray, or dun | phaeo (pheo) [pheochrome] |