BIO PREFIXES, SUFFIXES, AND ROOTS

andro-

male

-desmata

bond, chain, ligament, connection

plasmo-, plasm-

living substance

trans-

across, through, beyond

-synthesis

to make, put together, or build

chemo-

chemical

photo-

light

-gen

born, produced

path-, patho-

disease

palisade

stake (pointed stick for fencing)

turgor

to swell

sym-

same, together

phloem-

bark, rind, husk

xylem-, xylo-

wood

pneumato-, pneuma-

air, gas, breath

peri-

around, surrounding

epi-

on, upon

endo-

within, inside, inner

-dermis, -derm

skin, covering

apo-

off, away

angi-, angio-

vessel

-ase

enzyme

-blas-

sprout, germ, bud

chlor-

green

chrom- ; -chrome

chrome color

cide

to kill; a killer

a-

nothing, without

meri-

part, partial

coel-, -coelom

cavity, space w/in body

ex-, exo-

out of, away from

gem-

marriage

hem-, heme-, -hemo

blood

herb-

grass, plants

hetero-

different, other

homo-

same

hyper-

above, over

hypo-

below, under

ichthy-

fish

hist-

tissue

inter-

between

intra-

inside

iso-

equal, same

karyo-

nucleus

lyso-, -lysis

break apart

mal-

bad

blast-, -blast

immature development stage

mes-, meso-

middle

mito-

thread

oligo-

few, little

proto-

first, primary

-philia, -hpil-

love, friendship

-phore, pher-

bear, carry

sacchar-

sugar

som-, somat-, -some

body

spermat-, -sperm

seed

stat-, -stasis

standing

stoma-, -stome

mouth, opening

tax-

arrange, put in order

thall-

young shoot

troph-

feed, nourishment, one who feeds/is nourished

zyg-

joined together

auto-

self

gymno-

naked

haplo-

single

diplo-

double

phago-

eating

-cyte

cell

-plast

organized particle or granule, a cell

-phyll, -phyte

leaf, leaf-like

bryo-

moss, liverwort