Biology Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes
1. a-, an- not, without
2. ab- away from
3. -able capable of
4. ad- to, toward
5. aero- air, gas
6. alb- white
7. amphi- both
8. amyl- starch
9. ante- before
10. antho- flower
11. anti- against
12. aqua- water
13. archae- ancient
14. arthr- joint
15. -ase enzyme
16. aster- star
17. -ation process
18. auto- self
19. bacilli- rod
20. bi- two
21. bio- life
22. cardi- heart
23. centi- hundredth
24. cephalo- head
25. chlor- green
26. -cide kill
27. cisternae- tubes
28. cocci- round
29. con- together
30. cyst- sac, pouch
31. cyt-, -cyte cell
32. de- remove
33. deca-, deka- ten
34. deci- tenth
35. di- two
36. dorm- sleep
37. ecto- outside of
38. electro- electric
39. en-, endo- in, into
40. epi- upon, above
41. eu- true, good, normal
42. ex- out of, away from
43. extra- beyond, outside
44. gastro- stomach
45. gen- producer
46. germ- beginning
47. glyco- sugar
48. hal- salt
49. haplo- single
50. hecto- hundred
51. helical spiral
52. hem- blood
53. hemi- half
54. herb- vegetation
55. hetero- different
56. homo- same, alike
57. hybrid different
58. hydro- water
59. hyper- above, over
60. hypo- below, under
61. in- inside
62. inter- between
63. intra- within, inside
64. iso- equal, same
65. -itis inflammation
66. kary nucleus
67. kilo- thousand
68. lin- line
69. -lin name of protein
70. -logist one who studies
71. -logy study of
72. -lysis break up, tear
73. macro- large
74. magno- magnetic
75. matrix skeleton
76. med middle
77. mega- great
78. –mer unit
79. mes- middle, half
80. meta- between
81. micro- small
82. milli- thousandth
83. mis- wrong, incorrect
84. mole mass
85. mono- one, single
86. morph shape, form
87. multi- many
88. mut- change
89. neuro- nerve
90. non- not
91. -nomy system of laws
92. ob- against
93. oct- eight
94. oligo- little
95. omni- all
96. onco- cancer
97. oo- egg
98. osmo- odor, water
99. -ote organism
100. paleo- old, ancient
101. ped-, pod- foot
102. peptide- protein
103. permea- pass, go
104. phag- eat
105. pheno- physical
106. phil- fond of, love
107. -phobic fear
108. photo- light
109. -phyll leaf, pigment
110. -phyte plant
111. pino- to drink
112. pleio- multiple
113. poly- many
114. por- opening
115. post- after, behind
116. pre- before
117. pro- before, first, forward
118. pseudo- false
119. pyr- fire, heat
120. quadr- four
121. quart- four
122. re- again
123. rhiz- root
124. sacch- sugar
125. -scope to look
126. semi- half, partly
127. -sis condition, process
128. som- body
129. -stasis stationary
130. sub- under, below
131. super- over, above
132. sym- together
133. synthe- put together, to make
134. tax- arrange
135. tel- end
136. terr- Earth, land
137. tert- third
138. tetr- four
139. therm- heat
140. -tid portion
141. -troph food, nourish
142. uni- one
143. zoo- animals