Prefixes, Suffixes and
Root Words
Week # 1
Mono- one
Uni-one
Semi-half
Hemi-half
Bi-two
Di-two
Tri-three
Tetra-four
Quadri-four
Pent(a)-five
Hex(a)six
Sexsix
Hept(a)seven
Sept(a)seven
Oct(a)eight
Non(a)nine
Dec(a)ten
Week #2
hydr(o)-water
anti-against
inter-between
intra-within
-ologythe study of
bio-life, living
chem-chemical, chemistry
-formspecified shape
homeo-likeness, sameness, constant
hetero-different
Week #3
Cyte-cell
Physis-nature
-itisinflammation
aer(o)-air
chron(o)-time
dem-people
equi-equal
-icianspecialist
spectr(o)image, spectrum
-stasisstanding still, stable
Week # 4
Chromo-color
Chlor(o)-green
Albus-white
Cyano-blue
Erythro-red
Leuko-white
Melano-black
Polio-gray
Rhodo-red
Xantho-yellow
Week #5(SUFFIXES)
-ablecapable of doing something
-ac, -iclike or pertainin to
-osiscondition of
-oidresembling of, like
-oseindicates a sugar molecule
-aseindicates an enzyme
-gnosisto know
-grapha written record
-meteran instrument used to measure things
-philicloving
Week #6(Root Words)
Crycold (in temperature)
Psychmind
Myomuscle
Xerdry
Crypthidden
Photolight
Pseudofalse
Neo-new
Trophdenoting nourishment
Noct/i, Nyct/onight
Week #7
Centi- hundred, 1/100
Milli- 1/1000 ( one-thousandth)
Kilo-thousand
Mega- million
Micro- small, 1/1,000,000
Geo- earth
-gento make or produce
thermheat
paleo- dealing with ancient forms, primitive
seismo- vibrations, earthquake
Week #8
ab-away from
ad-toward
de- down from
dys- difficult, painful
retro- behind
pan-all
-foldmultiplied by
in-inside
ex-outside
endo-inside
macro-large
Week #9
Omni- all, universal
Hyper- above, beyond
Hypo-under, beneath
Astr-space
AmphiI-both
Oculo-eye
Oto-ear
Carcin-cancer
-omatumor
-plasiadevelopment
Week #10
Lith- stone
A,an-without
Per-through
-ectomyremoval of
-ationprocess
podfoot
-typeclassification, picture
karyo-nucleus
-kinesisdivision
-phyllleaf
Week #11
-poliscity
hapl/haplo-single/having no luck
-kinlittle
-litemineral, rock or fossil
-meroushaving many parts
nonnot, absence of,
unimportant
-opsyexamination
zoo-animal
co-with, together, joint
post-after, beyond
Week #12
Con-together
Pro-before
Equi-equal
Meta-among, with, after,
change
Sub-below
-cidesomething used to
destroy
-vergeto turn
-phageeater
hemo-blood
-phasestage
Week #13 Words (The 5 senses)
Acous(t/o)- hearing
Audi/o- hearing
Gust(at/o)taste
-geusiataste
Olfact/osmell
-osmiasmell
-opiavision
opt/ovision
tact/otouch
thigm/otouch
Week #14 Words (Directional terms)
Ambi-around, on both sides, about
Ana-up
Circum-around
Contra-against, opposite
Dis-apart, to separate
Fore-before, in front
Juxta-near
Later/oside
Dextr/oright
Levo-left
Week #15
Percuss/oto tap
Lucid/oclear
-pneabreathe
orth/ostraight, normal, correct
path/o-disease
mort-death
caud/otail
-comadeep sleep
-gradestep
-lepsyseizure
Week # 16
Duc, ductto lead
Dynamopower, strength
Fortstrong
Nomen-name
Sci-to know
Term-end
Sophwisdom
Vac-empty
Viv, vitalive
Urb-city