* ology (study) * vascular (tube, vessel) *ase (denotes enzyme) -suffix *coel (cavity) *genesis (beginning) *lase (enzyme) *lyse (to split) *ose (sugar) *ped, *pod (foot, leg) *phyll (leaf) *phyta (plant) *synthesis (to make or organize) *ule, *ole (small counterpart) Alba- (white) An-, A- (none or without) Anti- (opposed or opposite) Aqua- (water) Arthr- (joint) Asco- (sac or lining) Auto- (self) Bi- (double) Bio- (life) Cephalo- (head) Chlor- (green) Chrom- (color) Cyt- (cell) De- (take out, omit) Derm- (skin) Di- (two) Ecto- (outside) En- (in or within) Endo- (inner) Epi- (upon) Ex- (external) Female symbol Gastro- (stomach, intestine) Hemo- (blood) Herb- (plant) Hetero- (others or different) Hex- (six) Homo- (same) Hydr- (water) Hyper- (above) Hypo- (under) In- (non, without) Inter- (between) Iso- (same, similar) Leuco- or Leuko- (white) Lip- (fatty) Macro- (large) Male symbol Mega- (large) Meso- (middle) Meta- (after) Micro- (small) Milli- (thousand) Mono- (one) Morph- (form) Ost- (bone) Ovi-, Ova-, Ovum (egg) Para- (besides) Path- (disease) Peri- (around) Photo- (light) Plasm- (formed) Plast- (living) Poly- (many) Post- (after) Pro- (before) Proto- (first or essential) Pseudo- (false) Rhizo- (root) Semi- (half) Sept- (wall) Stoma- (opening) Super- (over and above) Sym- (together) Teleo- (complete or end) Thermo- (heat) Toxic- (poison) Tri- (three) Trop- (react) Ultra- (beyond) Uni- (one) Zoo- (life or animal) Zyg- (to unite) Note: * = suffix B I O L O G Y P R E F I X E S & S U F F I X E S