Hutto High School Biology
Summer Assignment 2013-2014
Dear Future HHS Biology Student,
We are excited to have you at our school next year, and especially excited to have you in our Biology classes!
Biology is a wonderful subject that studies various aspect about life and the world we live in, however, Biology
is also very vocabulary intensive. In order to give you a jumpstart to success, the Biology team has put together
a list of prefix, root words and suffixes you will need to be familiar with during the first two weeks of school.
You will be quizzed over these terms in random order and may be asked to match a word part to its definition or
recall its definition from memory. It is extremely important that you complete this task and come to class
prepared on the first day of school!
We look forward to meeting you and working with you this coming school year!
Sincerely,
The HHS Biology Team
Hutto High School Biology
Scientific Words- Prefixes, Root Words, and Suffixes
1. a-without
2. ab- away from, not
3. aceous- pertaining to
4. ad- near, toward
5. aero- air
6. amphi- both
7. an- without
8. ana- up, back, again
9. anti- against
10. aqua- water
11. archae- ancient
12. arthr-joint
13. ase- enzyme
14. ation (noun form)- the
act of
15. auto- self
16. bacterio- bacteria
17. bi- two
18. bio-life
19. blast- that which will
germinate
20. capill- hair
21. cardi- heart
22. carn- flesh
23. caud- tail
24. centr- center
25. cell- center
26. cephal- head
27. chem- dealing with
chemicals
28. chloro- green
29. chondr- cartilage
30. chromo- color
31. clado- branch, root of
a tree
32. coel- cavity
33. com- with
34. con- with
35. cyst- capsule
36. cyto(e)- cell
37. decid- to cut off
38. derm- skin
39. di, dipl- two
40. echino- spiny
41. eco- household
42. ecto- outer
43. elle- small
44. en- inner
45. endo- inner
46. epi- on, at, beside
47. erythro- red
48. eu- true
49. eso- inward, within,
inner
50. ex-cut
51. exo- outer, outside
52. fer- bearer
53. fibr- fiber, thread
54. gamete(o)- egg, sperm
55. gastr- stomach
56. gen- producing
57. gene- origin, birth
58. geo- land, earth
59. gluc, glyc- sweet sugar
60. gnath- jaw
61. grav- heavy
62. gymno- naked
63. hapl- simple
64. helminth- worm
65. hemo- blood
66. herb- non-woody plant
67. hetero- other
68. homeo- same
69. homo- same
70. hydro- water
71. hyper- above,
excessive
72. hypo- below, not
enough
73. ia- disease
74. iac- pertaining to
75. ic- pertaining to
76. ichthy- fish
77. inter- between
78. intra- within
79. iso- same
80. itis- inflammation of
81. karyo-nucleus of cell
82. kin- motion
83. lac- milk
84. lat- side
85. lip- fat
86. logy- study of
87. lysis- dissolving
88. macro- large
89. mal- bad
90. med- middle
91. mega- very large
92. mer- part
93. meso- middle
94. meta- beyond, after
95. meter- measure
96. micro- small
97. mito- thread
98. mono- one
99. morpho- shape, form
100. multi- many
101. mut- change
102. myo- muscle
103. nema- thread
104. neuro- nerve
105. nom, nomy- ordered
knowledge, law
106. non- not
107. nucleus- center
108. oligo- few; little
109. oma- tumor
110. omni- all
111. osis- act, condition
112. oo- egg
113. ous- full of
114. ovi- egg
115. oxy- oxygen
116. para- beside
117. patho- disease
118. ped- foot
119. peri- around
120. permea- pass, go
121. phage(o)- eating
122. pheno- to show
123. phil-affinity;
preference; loving
124. phob- fear, panic
125. photo- light
126. phyll- leaf
127. phyto(e)- plant
128. pino- to drink
129. plasma- form
130. plast- particle
131. platy- flat
132. pod- foot
133. poly- many
134. por- opening
135. post- after, behind
136. pro- before
137. proto- first, earliest
138. pseudo- false
139. pulmo- lung
140. radi- ray
141. ren- kidney
142. sacchar- sugar
143. sal- salt
144. sclero- hard
145. scope- tube
146. script- write
147. seb- oil
148. sect- to cut
149. solv- loosen; free
150. soma(e)- body
151. sperm- seed
152. spore- seed
153. stasis- standing,
staying
154. stom- mouth
155. sub- under, below
156. sym- binding
together
157. syn- binding together
158. tax- arrange, put in
order
159. telo- end
160. terr- earth, land
161. tetra- four
162. therm- heat
163. thesis- placing or
putting
164. trans- across
165. tri- three
166. toxi- poison
167. trop- turn
168. troph- nourishment
169. uni- one
170. ur- urine
171. viv- living
172. vore- to devour
173. zoo- animal
174. zyg- united