Prefixes used in the field of biology

a-, an-

without

ab

away

ad, af, or an

to, toward

aero

air, oxygen

alba (us)

white

ambi or amphi

two, both

amphi

both

ana

across, opposed to

angi

vessel

ante

before

antero

front

anti

against

apo

from

arch

old, primitive

arthro

joint

asco

cup, sac

auto

self

bi

two, double

co, con

with

coel

hollow cavity

coeno

tube

contra

against, opposite

cont

rib

crypton

hidden

cyclo

round

cyst

sac

cyto

cell

de

from, away from

derm

skin, layer

des

away from, lost

dextr

right

di

double, two

dia

across, through

diplo

double

dis, dys

bad, difficult

dorso

back, toward the back

bio

life

bis

twice

blast

sprout (something developing)

brach

arm

branch

gills???

cata, (Kata)

down

cauda

tail, to the rear

cephalon

head

celebro

brain

chloro

green

chondro

cartilage

chromo

color

cide

destroy, kill

circum

around

eu

true

exo

outside

flavo

yellow

flexo

bending, turning

game, gam, & gamy

union, marriage

gastro

stomach

geo

earth

gene, gen

producing

glossa

tongue

duct

lead

dys

difficult

e, ex, ek

awayfrom, out of

ecto

on outside of

em, en

in

endo

inside

entero

intestine, gut??

epi

upon, on

eryth, erythro

red

eso

inward

lopho

tail or crest

lyso, iyo, iysis

destroy, dissolve

macro

large

manu

hand

meso

middle

meta

between, after, following

meter

measure

micro

small

mono

one, single

Halo

salt

Haplo

single, simple

Hemia

blood

hemi

hald

hepato

liver

Hetero

unlike, different

holo

entire, whole

Homo

alike, same, equal, evenly

hydro, hygro

water

hyper

above, more than

hypo

below, less than, under

infra

below

inter

between, among

intro

into

iso

same, equal to

morpho

shape

myelo

spinal cord, marrow

myo

muscle

myxo

slime, mucus

nema

thread

neo

new, false, imitation

nephron

kidney