Scientific Prefixes and Suffixes
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 a | Without |
| ab | away from |
| ad | near |
| aero | air |
| alveus | cavity |
| arthron | joint |
| atrium | entrance room |
| auto | self |
| bacterio | bacteria |
| bi | two |
| bio | life |
| carnis, carn | meat |
| chele | claw |
| chloro | green |
| chroma | color |
| cide | killer of |
| con | with |
| cytis | pouch |
| cyte, cyto | cell |
| dermis, derm | skin |
| di | 2 |
| ecto | Outside |
| endo | inside |
| epi | upon |
| eu | true |
| exo | outside of |
| feto | fetus |
| gastro | stomach |
| gen | producing |
| geo | earth |
| gymno | naked |
| halo | salt |
| hemato | blood |
| hemi | half |
| herb | plant |
| hetero | other |
| histo | tissue |
| homo | same |
| hydro | water |
| hyper | over |
| hypo | under |
| inter | between |
| intra | within |
| iso | equal |
| itis | infection |
| mulit | many |
| mut | to change |
| myco | fungi |
| neco | corpse |
| neur | nerve |
| nomen | name |
| niga | black |
| oculo | eye |
| oligo | few |
| oma | tumor |
| omni | all |
| oo, ovum | egg |
| osteo- | bone |
| paleo | old |
| ped, pod | foot |
| peri | around |
| pestis | plague |
| phaeo | brown |
| paghe | to eat |
| phore | bearer |
| photo | light |
| phyll | leaf |
| phyte, phyto | plant |
| pino | to drink |
| plankto | drifting |
| poly | Many |
| pseudo | false |
| primordis | original |
| pro | first |
| renes | kidney |
| reptilis | crawling |
| rhiza, rhizo | root |
| rodere | to gnaw |
| sacchrum | sugar |
| sapros | rotten |
| scopy | observation |
| soma | body |
| sonus | sound |
| sperma | seed |
| spirare | breathe |
| stasis | position |
| taxis | arrangement |
| telo | end |
| thallus | green shoot |
| therm | heat |
| karyo | nucleus |
| leuco | white |
| locus | place |
| logy | study of |
| lysis | to loosen |
| macro | large |
| maxilla | jaw |
| mensis | month |
| mesos | middle |
| meta | between |
| micro | small |
| mono | one |
| morph | form |
| thrombos | clot |
| trans | across |
| tri | three |
| tricho | hair |
| troph | feed |
| umbilicus | navel |
| uni | one |
| vasculum | vessel |
| vor | devour |
| xero | dry |
| zoo, zoa, | animal |
| zygon | yoke |
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