Biology Prefixes and Suffixes A-H
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fiddlincj on April 27, 2010
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science, biology vocab, biology terms, biology
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these are the biology prefixes and suffixes from a-h
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Occitan | English |
|---|---|
| a-; an- |  not, without |
| ab- | away |
| -able | capable |
| ac- | to, toward |
| -aceous | of or pertaining to |
| acro- | extreme, peak |
| acous- | hear |
| ad- | to, toward |
| aden- | gland |
| adip- | fat |
| aero- | air |
| agri- | field, soil |
| -al | having character of |
| alb- | white |
| algia- | pain |
| alto- | high |
| ambi- | both |
| ameb- | change |
| amni- | fetal membrane |
| amphi-; ampho- | both |
| amyl- | starch |
| ana- | up, back, again |
| andro- | man, masculine |
| anemo- | wind |
| ang- | choke, pain |
| angi- | vessel |
| ante- | before |
| anter- | front |
| antho- | flower |
| anti- | against, opposite |
| anthropo- | human |
| -ap-; -aph | touch |
| apo- | away from |
| aqu- | water |
| archaeo- | ancient |
| -ary; -arium | a place for something |
| arteri- | artery |
| arth- | joint, articulation |
| -ase | makes names of enzymes |
| aster- | star |
| -ate | verb form (act of) |
| ather- | fatty deposit |
| -ation | noun form (act of) |
| atmo- | vapor |
| audi- | hear |
| aur- | ear |
| auto- | self |
| bacter- | bacterium, stick, club |
| barb- | beard |
| baro- | weight |
| bath- | depth, height |
| bene- | good |
| bi- | two, twice |
| bio- | life, living |
| -blast- | germ, bud |
| brachi- | arm |
| brachy- | short |
| brady- | slow |
| branchi- | fin |
| brev- | short |
| bronch- | windpipe |
| cac- | bad |
| calor- | heat |
| capill- | hair |
| capit- | head |
| carcin- | cancer |
| cardi- | heart |
| carn- | meat |
| carp- | fruit |
| carpal- | wrist |
| cata- | breakdown, downward |
| caud- | tail |
| -cell- | small room |
| cen- | recent |
| cente- | pierce |
| centi- | hundredth |
| centr- | center |
| cepahl- | head |
| cerat- | horn |
| cerebr- | brain |
| cervic- | neck |
| chel- | claw |
| chem- | dealing with chemicals |
| chir- | hand |
| chlor- | green |
| chondr- | cartilage |
| chrom- | color |
| chron- | time |
| -chym- | juice |
| -cid; -cis- | cut, kill |
| circa-; circum- | around |
| cirru- | hairlike curls |
| co- | with, together |
| cocc- | seed, berry |
| coel- | hollow |
| coll- | glue |
| coni- | cone |
| contra- | against |
| corp- | body |
| cort- | outer layer |
| cost- | rib |
| cotyl- | cup |
| counter- | against |
| crani- | skull |
| cresc-; cret- | begin to grow |
| crypt- | hidden |
| -culus | small |
| cumul- | heaped |
| cuti- | skin |
| cyan- | blue |
| -cycle | circle |
| -cyst | pouch, bladder |
| -cyte | cell, hollow |
| dactyl- | finger |
| de- | away, down |
| deca- | ten |
| deci- | tenth |
| deliquesc- | become fluid |
| demi- | half |
| dendr- | tree |
| dent- | tooth |
| derm- | skin |
| di-; dipl- | two, double |
| di-; dia- | across |
| dia- | day |
| digit- | finger, toe |
| din- | terrible |
| dis- | apart, out |
| dorm- | sleep |
| dors- | back |
| duo- | two |
| -duct | lead |
| ec- | out, away |
| echin- | spiny, prickly |
| eco- | house |
| ecto- | outside of |
| -elle | small |
| -emia | blood |
| endo-; ent- | into, within |
| -en | made of |
| encephal- | brain |
| enter- | intestine, gut |
| entom- | insect |
| -eous | like, nature of |
| epi- | above |
| -err | wander, go astray |
| erythro- | red |
| -escent | becoming |
| eso- | inner, within |
| ethno- | race, people |
| eu- | good, normal |
| eury- | widen |
| ex- | out, away |
| extra- | beyond |
| -fer- | bear, carry, produce |
| ferro- | iron |
| fibr- | fiber |
| -fid; fiss- | divide, split |
| -flect; -flex | bend |
| flor- | flower |
| fluct- | flux, flow |
| foli- | leaf |
| fract- | break |
| galact- | milky |
| -gam- | marriage |
| gastr- | stomach |
| geo- | land, earth |
| -gen; -gine | producer |
| -gene- | origin, birth |
| -gest- | bear, carry, produce |
| -glen | eyeball |
| -glob- | ball, round |
| gloss- | tongue |
| gluc-; glyc- | sugar |
| glut- | buttock |
| gnath- | jaw |
| -gon | angle, corner |
| -grad- | step |
| -gram | graph, record, writing |
| grav- | heavy |
| -gross | thick |
| gymno- | naked |
| gyn- | female |
| gyr- | ring, spiral |
| -hale | breathe |
| halo- | salt |
| hapl- | simple |
| hecto- | hundred |
| -helminth- | worm |
| hemo- | blood |
| hemi- | half |
| hepar-; hepat- | liver |
| herb- | plants |
| hetero- | different |
| hex- | six |
| hibern- | winter |
| hidr- | sweat |
| hipp- | horse |
| hist- | tissue |
| holo- | whole |
| homo- | human |
| homo- | same |
| hort- | garden |
| hydr- | water |
| hygr- | wet |
| hyper- | above, beyond, over |
| hyph- | weaving |
| hypno- | sleep |
| hypo- | below, under, less |
| hyster- | womb, uterus |
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