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