Scientific Root Words, Prefixes, And Suffixes Scientific Root Words, Prefixes, And Suffixes
a-, an- not, without, lacking
-able capable of
-aceous of or pertaining to
adip- fat
aero- air
agri- field, soil
ambi- both
amyl- starch
ante- before, ahead of time
antho- flower
anti- against, opposite
aqu- water
-ase forms names of enzymes
auto- self
bacter-, bactr- bacterium, stick, club
bi- (Latin) two twice
bi-, bio- (Greek) life, living
-blast- sprout, germ, bud
brev- short
calor- heat
carcin- cancer
cardi- heart
carn- meat, flesh
carp- fruit
carpal- wrist
cata- breakdown, downward
caud- tail
-cell- chamber, small room
centi- hundredth
centr- center
cephal- head
cerebr- brain
chel- claw
chem- dealing with chemicals
chlor- green
co- with, together
coel- hollow
coll- glue
coni- cone
contra- against
corp- body
cort-, cortic- outer layer
cotyl- cup
counter- against
crani- skull
-cul-, -cule small, diminutive
cuti- skin
cyan- blue
-cyst- sac, pouch, bladder
cyt-, -cyte cell, hollow container
Scientific Root Words, Prefixes, And Suffixes Scientific Root Words, Prefixes, And Suffixes
de- away from, down
deca- ten
deci- tenth
dendr- tree
derm- skin
di-, dipl- (Latin) two, double
di-, dia- (Greek) through, across, apart
du-, duo- two
echin- spiny, prickly
eco- house
ecto- outside of
-emia blood
en-, endo-, ent- in, into, within
entom- insects
epi- upon, above, over
erythro- red
eu- well, good, true, normal
flor- flower
foli- leaf
fract- break
-gam- marriage
gastr- stomach
-gene- origin, birth
-gest- carry, produce, bear
gluc-, glyc- sweet, sugar
gnath- jaw
grav- heavy
gymno- naked, bare
gyn- female
halo- salt
-helminth- worm
hem- blood
hemi- half
herb- grass, plants
hetero- different, other
hex- six
hibern- winter
hipp- horse
hist- tissue
holo- entire, whole
homo- (Latin) man, human
homo- (Greek) same, alike
hort- garden
hydr- water
hyper- above, beyond over
hypo- below, under, less
-chthy- fish
inter- within, inside
intra- between
iso- equal, same
Scientific Root Words, Prefixes, And Suffixes Scientific Root Words, Prefixes, And Suffixes
-ist person who deals with
-kary- cell nucleus
kilo- thousand
lat- side
-less without
leuc-, leuk- white, bright, light
-logist one who studies
-logy study of
-lys, -lyt, -lyst decompose, split, dissolve
macr- large
mela-, melan- black, dark
-meter, -metry measurement
micro- small, millionth
milli- thousandth
mis- wrong, incorrect
mito- thread
mole- mass
mono- one, single
morph- shape, form
multi- many
mut- change
myc- fungus
mycel- threadlike
nemat- thread
neo- new, recent
nephro- kidney
neur- nerve
non- not
nuc- center
oct- eight
oligo- few, little
-oma abnormal condition, tumor
omni- all
onc- mass, tumor
oo- egg
ornith- bird
ov- egg
oxy- sharp, acid, oxygen
pachy- thick
paleo- old, ancient
path-, -pathy disease, suffering
pent- five
permea- pass, go
phag- eat
pheno- show
-phil- loving, fond of
photo- light
phyc- seaweed, algae
-phyll leaf
pino- drink
Scientific Root Words, Prefixes, And Suffixes Scientific Root Words, Prefixes, And Suffixes
pinni- feather
plasm-, -plast- form, formed into
platy- flat
pleur- lung, rib, side
pneumo- lungs, air
-pod foot
por- opening
pre- before, ahead of time
pseudo- false, deceptive
pter- having wings or fins
quadr- four
quin- five
re- again, back
rhag-, -rrhage burst forth
rhiz- root
sacchar- sugar
sapr- rotten
sarc- flesh
saur- lizard
sci- know
-scop- look, device for seeing
-scribe, -script write
semi- half, partly
sept- partition, seven
sex- six
solv- loosen, free
som-, -some body
-sperm- seed
spir-, -spire breathe
-spor- seed
stom-, -stome mouth
sub- under, below
super-, sur- over, above, on top
sym-, syn- together
tax- arrange, put in order
telo- end
terr- earth, land
tetr- four
therm- heat
trans- across
tri- three
-trop- turn, change
-troph- nourishment, one who feeds
uni- one
-vor- devour, eat
xanth- yellow
xero- dry
xyl- wood
zo-, -zoa animal
zyg- joined together