The Language of Science Pre/Suffix quiz

-ase

Forms names of enzymes

-ate

The act of (verb form)

-ation

The act of (noun)

-cell

Chamber, small room

-chrome

Color

-cid

Kill

-elle

Small

-escent

Becoming

-fid, fiss-

Divide in two

-gam-

Marriage

-in, il- im- ir

Not

-kary-

Cell nucleus

-lys, -lyt, -lyst

Decompose, split, dissolve

-oma

Tumor

-sis

Condition

-troph-

Nourishment

A-, an-

Without, not

ab-

Away from, out from

ad-

To, towards

Ambi-, amphi-

Both

ana-

Up, back, again

ante-

Before, ahead of time

anti-

Against, opposite

atmo-

Vapor

auto-

Self

bactr-

Bacterium

bene-

Well, good

brev-

Short

calor-

heat

calor-

Heat

carcin-

cancer

carcin-

Cancer

cata-

break down

cata-

Break down

Cen, cene-

Recent

chron-

Time

circa-

Around, about

co-

With, together

contra-

Against

cort-

Outer layer

counter-

Against

Cyt, -cyte

Cell

demi-

Half

Di- dipl-

Two, double

dia-

Through, across, apart

dis-

Apart, out

Du, duo

Two

eu-

Good, well, true, normal

extra-

Beyond, outside

halo-

Salt

hapl-

Simple

hetero-

Different, other

holo-

Entire, whole

Homo- (Greek)

Same

Homo- (Latin)

Man (only used in our scientific name)

hygr-

Moist, wet

hyper-

Above, beyond, over

hypo

Below, under, less

infra-

Below, beneath

Inter-

Within

Intra-

Between

iso-

Equal, same

Leuc- leuk-

White, bright light

mes-

Middle

Met- meta-

Between, along, after

mito-

Thread

multi-

Many

omni-

All

oo-

Egg

ov-

Egg

phag-

Eat

pheno-

Show

pino-

Drink

pseudo-

False

semi-

Halfway, partly

Stat, -stasis

Standing

sub-

Under, below

trans-

Across