Biology prefixes Part 1
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Dutch | English |
|---|---|
 A- | Without, negative, not |
| Ab- | Away from |
| Ad- | toward, near |
| Aer- | Aerobic (w/ oxygen) |
| Ambi- | On both sides |
| Amphi- | double, both |
| Amyl- | starch |
| ana- | upward, back, again |
| Andr- | Man |
| Angio- | Vessel |
| Ante- | Before |
| Anthro- | Flower |
| Anti- | Against |
| Arth- | Joint |
| Asco- | Sac, bag |
| Auto- | Self |
| Bi- | Two |
| Bio- | Life |
| Blast- | Bud or germ |
| Brachia- | upper arm, forelimb |
| Brady- | slow |
| Bronchi- | windpipe |
| Bryo- | moss |
| Calor- | heat |
| Cardi- | heart |
| Carp- | fruit |
| Cata- | down, lower, under |
| Caud- | tail |
| Cephal- | head |
| Chlor- | green |
| Chole- | bile |
| Chondr- | Cartilage |
| Chrom- | color or pigment |
| Circum- | around |
| Cole- | hollow |
| Con- | with, together |
| Contra- | against |
| Cost- | ribq |
| Counter- | against |
| Crani- | skull |
| Crypt- | hidden |
| Cut- | skin |
| Cyst- | Sac or vesicle, bladder |
| Cyto- | cell |
| Dactyl- | finger, toe, digit |
| Derm- | skin |
| di- | two |
| dia- | across, through |
| diplo- | double |
| dys- | abnormal |
| Ecto- | outer, external |
| En- | In |
| Encephal- | Brain |
| End-, endo- | internal or within |
| Epi- | above, on, upon, at, outer |
| Erythro- | red |
| Eu- | Good, well, true |
| Ex-, exo- | Out of, outer |
| Extra- | outside, beyond |
| Fil- | thread |
| Flagell- | whip |
| Flav- | yellow |
| Gam- | united, jointed, sexual |
| Gastr- | stomach, belly |
| Gemm- | bud |
| Gen- | Produce, to give birth |
| Geo- | earth |
| Glyco- | sugar, sweet |
| Gnath- | jaw |
| Gono- | seed, sexual |
| Gymno- | naked |
| Gyn- | women |
| Haplo- | single |
| Hem- | blood |
| Heme- | red, iron-containing pigment in RBC |
| Hemi- | half, partial |
| Hepat- | liver |
| Hetero- | other, different |
| Hist- | tissue |
| Holo- | whole |
| Homo- | same or like |
| Hydro- | water |
| Hyper- | above, excessive |
| Hypo- | under, beneath, lacking |
| Im- | not |
| Infra- | below, beneath, inferior |
| Inter- | between |
| Intra- | within, inside |
| Iso- | equal, same |
| Karyo- | nucleus, nut |
| Kerat- | horn, cornea |
| Lact- | milk |
| Leuk- | white |
| Lipo- | fat or lipid |
| Lith- | Stone, joint, or limb |
| Lute- | yellow |
| Macro- | large |
| Mal- | bad, abnormal |
| Mamma- | breast |
| Meg- | great, large |
| Melan- | black |
| Mening- | membrane |
| Ment- | mind |
| Mer- | part, partial |
| Mesa-, meso- | middle |
| Meta- | after, behind |
| Micro- | small |
| Milli- | thousand |
| Mono- | single or one |
| Morph- | form, shape, or structure |
| Multi- | many |
| Myc- | fungi |
| Myo- | muscle |
| Necro- | death, corpse |
| Nemat- | thread, thread-like |
| Neo- | new |
| Neph- or nephro- | kidney |
| Neuro- | nerve |
| Ocul- | eye |
| Odont- | tooth |
| Olig- | few, little |
| oo- | Egg, ovum |
| Ophthalm- | eye, eyeball |
| Orb- | circle, sphere |
| Ortho- | Normal, straight |
| Oste-, osteo- | bone |
| Ov- | egg |
| Para- | Alongside, around, near, beside |
| Path- | disease |
| Ped- | child, children, foot |
| Pell- | skin |
| Per- | pus |
| Peri- | around |
| Phago-, phag- | eating |
| Phil- | love |
| Phob- | fear |
| Phren- | mind |
| Phyto- | plant |
| Platy- | flat |
| Pleur- | rib, side, lateral |
| Pneum- | lung |
| pneumo- | air, breathing |
| Pod- | foot, foot-like |
| Polio- | gray |
| Poly- | many |
| Post- | after |
| Pre- | Before, prior |
| Pro- | Before, primary |
| Pseudo- | false |
| Psych- | soul, mind |
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