Scientific Root Words: Prefixes and Suffixes

Vocabulary flashcards covering prefixes and suffixes from three-page lecture notes.

a/an

not, without, lacking

ab

away from, out from

ad

to, toward

aero

air

ambi, amphi

both

anter

front

anti

against; opposite

aqua

water

auto

self

bi

two, twice

bio

life, living

cardi

heart

carn

meat, flesh

cephal

head

chloro

green

chrome

color

cide, cis

cut, kill

co

together

cyte, cyto

cell

derm

skin

di, diplo

two, double

dis

apart, out

dors

back

ecto

outside of

en, endo, ent

in, into, within

epi

upon, above, over

eu

true, normal

exo

out of, away from

extra

beyond, outside

foli

leaf

gastro

stomach

gene

origin, birth

glob

ball, round

gluc, glyc

sweet, sugar

gymno

naked, bare

halo

salt

hapl

simple

hemo

blood

herb

grass, plants

hetero

different, other

homo

same, alike

hydro

water

hyper

above, beyond, over

hypo

below, under, less

iac

person afflicted with a disease

in, im

not, toward, into

inter

between

intra

within, inside

itis

inflammation, disease

iso

equal, same

kary

cell nucleus

logist

one who studies

logy

study of

lyst; lyse

split, dissolve, decompose

med

middle

meta

between, along

macro

large

micro

small

meso

middle, half

mono

single, one

morph

form, shape

multi

many

non

not

path

disease, suffering

phag-

eat

phil

loving, fond of

pheno

show

photo

light

phyll

leaf

phyte, phyto

plant

pino

drink

pleur, pneumo

lungs

pre-

before, ahead of time

pro

forward, favoring, before

proto

first, primary

pod

foot

poly

many

post

after, behind

pseudo

false

sacchar

sugar

sis

condition, state

sperm

seed

stasis, stat

standing, staying

sub

under, below

super

over, above, on top

sym, syn

together

telo

end

terr

earth, land

the, thes

put

therm

heat

troph

nourishment, one who feeds

uni

one

ventr

belly, underside

vore

devour, eat

zoo

animal

zyg

joined together