Bioscientific Terminology 1-11

a- [an- before vowels or h]

not, "without"

amphi-, ampho-

both, "on both sides of," "around"

ana- [an- before vowels or h]

up, "back," again"

anti- [ant- before vowels or h]

against, "opposite"

apo- [ap- before vowels or h]

from, "off," "away"

cata- [cat- before vowels or h]

down, "against," "according to," "very"

dia- [di- before vowels or h]

through, "across," "between"

ALG-

pain

-algesia

sense of pain

ARTHR-

joint, "speech sound," "articulation"

BI-

life

BALL-, BOL-, -BLE

to throw, "to put"

BRADY-

slow

CRYPT-

hidden

DROM-

running, "course"

GE-

earth

HOD-, OD-

road, "way"

MNE-

to remember

MORPH-

form

ODONT-

tooth

PHOR-, PHER-

to bear, "to go"

PLEX-

stroke

PLEG-

paralysis

POD-, -PUS

foot

PROCT-

anus, rectum

STOL-, STAL-, -STLE

to send, "to contract'

STOM-, STOMAT-

mouth, "opening"

TROP-, TREP-

to turn, "response to stimulus"

UR-

urine, "urinary system," "tail"

URE-

to urinate

dys-

bad, "disordered," "difficult"

es-, eis-

inward, "into"

ec- (ex-)

out, "out of," "outside"

en- (em-, el-)

in, "into," "inward"

en- + anti-

opposite

endo-, ento- (end-, ent-)

within, "inner"

epi-

upon, "on," "to," "in addition to"

eu-

well, good," "normal"

exo-, ecto-

outside, "external"

BUL- (BOUL-)

will

CARDI-

heart

CEPHAL-

head

enCEPHAL-

brain

CHONDR-, CHONDRI-

cartilage, "granule"

DEM-

people, "country"

DERM-, DERMAT-

skin

GAM-

marriage, "union"

LECITH-

yolk

OPHTHALM-

eye

OST(E)-

bone

PHYLL-

leaf

PHYT-

plant, "growth"

PLAS(T)-

to form, "to mold"

SOM-, SOMAT-

body

THEC(A)-

case, "sheath"

THERM-

heat

TOM-

to cut, "section"

enTOM-

insect

TOP-

place

TROPH-

nourishment, "development"

ZO-

animal, "living being"

hyper-

over, "excessive," "more than normal"

hypo- [hyp- before vowels or h]

below, "deficient," "less than normal," "somewhat"

meta- [met- before vowels or h]

after, "change," "transfer"

para- [par- when before vowels or h]

beside

peri-

around, "near"

pro-

before, "in front of," "forward"

pros-

toward, "in addition to"

syn-, (sym, syl-, sy-, sys-)

with, "together"

ACOU- (ACU-)

to hear

AMBLY-

dull

ANTH-

flower

CHROM-, CHROMAT-, CHRO-

color

DACTYL-

finger, "toe"

DE-

to bind

DESM-

ligament

ENTER-

intestine

ERG-

work

ESTHE- (AESTHE-)

to feel, "to perceive"

GER-, GERONT-

old person, "old age"

GNATH-

jaw

GNO-

to know

GRAPH-

to write

GRAM-

thing written

HEPAT-, HEPAR-

liver

KINE- (CINE-)

to move

LEX-

to read

MY-, MYS-, MYOS-,

muscle

NEPHR-

kidney

OSM-

smell

THE-

to put, "to place"

-al

pertaining to, like, belonging to, having the character of

-an (-ian)

pertaining to, like, one connected with

-ous (-ious)

full of, pertaining to, like

-ic (-tic); (i + -ac)

pertaining to, like

-oid (-ode)

like, having the shape of

-ics (-tics)

art, science, or study of

AMYGDAL-

almond, "tonsil"

ANDR-

man, "male"

ANTHROP-

man, "human being"