Scientific Root Words, Prefixes, and Suffixes

A set of 40 practice flashcards focusing on scientific prefixes, suffixes, and root words as found in the lecture notes.

ab-

away from, out from

--al

having the character of

anter-

front

aqu-

water

archaeo-

primitive, ancient

-ary, -arium

denotes a place for something

-ase

enzymes

bene-

well, good

auto-

self

chlor-

green

di-, dipl-

two, double

dors-

back

eco-

house

ecto-

outside of

endo-

in, into, within

-eous

nature of, like

geo-

land, earth

-gene-

origin, birth

gluc-, glyc-

sweet, sugar

hapl-

simple

hem-

blood

herb-

grass, plants

hetero-

different, other

hyper-

above, beyond, over

hypo-

below, under, less

―ine

of or pertaining to

inter-

between

intra-

within, inside

-ism

state or condition

iso-

equal, same

-kary-

cell nucleus

--logy

the study of

macr-

large

-meter, -metry

measurement

mono-

one, single

micro-

small

multi-

many

mut-

change

oligo-

few, little

-ous

full of