Biology Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes
1. a-, an- not, without
2. ab- away from
3. -able capable of
4. ad- to, toward
5. aero- air, gas
6. alb-white
7. amphi-both
8. amyl-starch
9. ante- before
10. antho-flower
11. anti- against
12. aqua- water
13. archae- ancient
14. arthr- joint
15. -ase enzyme
16. aster- star
17. -ation process
18. auto- self
19. bacilli-rod
20. bi- two
21. bio- life
22. cardi- heart
23. centi-hundredth
24. cephalo- head
25. chlor- green
26. -cide kill
27. cisternae-tubes
28. cocci-round
29. con- together
30. cyst- sac, pouch
31. cyt-, -cyte cell
32. de- remove
33. deca-, deka-ten
34. deci-tenth
35. di- two
36. dorm- sleep
37. ecto- outside of
38. electro-electric
39. en-, endo- in, into
40. epi- upon, above
41. eu- true, good, normal
42. ex- out of, away from
43. extra- beyond, outside
44. gastro- stomach
45. gen- producer
46. germ-beginning
47. glyco-sugar
48. hal- salt
49. haplo- single
50. hecto-hundred
51. helicalspiral
52. hem- blood
53. hemi- half
54. herb- vegetation
55. hetero- different
56. homo- same, alike
57. hybrid different
58. hydro- water
59. hyper- above, over
60. hypo- below, under
61. in- inside
62. inter- between
63. intra- within, inside
64. iso- equal, same
65. -itis inflammation
66. kary nucleus
67. kilo-thousand
68. lin-line
69. -linname of protein
70. -logist one who studies
71. -logy study of
72. -lysis break up, tear
73. macro- large
74. magno-magnetic
75. matrixskeleton
76. med middle
77. mega- great
78. –merunit
79. mes- middle, half
80. meta- between
81. micro- small
82. milli-thousandth
83. mis- wrong, incorrect
84. molemass
85. mono- one, single
86. morphshape, form
87. multi- many
88. mut- change
89. neuro-nerve
90. non- not
91. -nomy system of laws
92. ob- against
93. oct- eight
94. oligo-little
95. omni- all
96. onco-cancer
97. oo-egg
98. osmo-odor, water
99. -oteorganism
100. paleo-old, ancient
101. ped-, pod- foot
102. peptide-protein
103. permea- pass, go
104. phag- eat
105. pheno-physical
106. phil-fond of, love
107. -phobicfear
108. photo- light
109. -phyll leaf, pigment
110. -phyte plant
111. pino-to drink
112. pleio-multiple
113. poly- many
114. por- opening
115. post- after, behind
116. pre- before
117. pro- before, first, forward
118. pseudo- false
119. pyr-fire, heat
120. quadr-four
121. quart-four
122. re- again
123. rhiz- root
124. sacch-sugar
125. -scope to look
126. semi- half, partly
127. -sis condition, process
128. som-body
129. -stasis stationary
130. sub- under, below
131. super- over, above
132. sym-together
133. synthe- put together, to make
134. tax-arrange
135. tel- end
136. terr- Earth, land
137. tert-third
138. tetr-four
139. therm- heat
140. -tidportion
141. -troph food, nourish
142. uni- one
143. zoo- animals