Biology Word Roots - prefixes and suffixes
You need to learn 10 words a week for a weekly quiz on Fridays.
You can earn extra credit, if you correctly use one of the words in a sentence that describes the meaning of the word.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
Prefix/Suffix
a, an
amph
amyl
an
andr, anth
ante
anti
arium
arth
aud
auto
bio
brachi
cep, cap
cardi
chlor
cide, cis
cili
coel
crani
cyan
cyst
cyt
de
derm
e,ex,ef
echino
eco
ecto
ectomy
endo,en
epi
eu
fer
gam
gastr
gen
gest
glyc
gram
gyn
hal
hem
hemi
hepat
herb
hetero
histo
Meaning
not, without
double, both
starch
upward, apart
male, man
before, front
against, opposite
place
joint
sound
self
life
arm
head
heart
green
to kill, to cut
a small hair
hollow
skull
dark blue
bladder, sac
cell
without
skin
out, without,from
spiny
house, environment
outside, external
cut out
within
upon
good, true
to carry, to bear
marriage, sex cell
stomach
origins
carry, bear
sugar
writing, picture
woman
breathe
blood
half
liver
plants
other, different
tissue
Example
anemia, asexual, anaerobic
amphibian,
amylase,
anaphase,anode
anther,
antenna, anterior
antiseptic, antibiotic
aquarium, planetarium
arthritis, arthropod
auditory
autotrophic,
biology, biome
brachial artery
cephalopod,
tachycardia,
chlorophyll,
pesticide, herbicide
cilia
coelenterata
cranium
cyanosis
nematocyst
cytology
decomposition, denature
dermatology
exoskeleton,exocytosis
echinoderm
ecology, ecosystem
ectoparasite, ectopic
appendectomy, hysterectomy
endoskeleton, endosperm
epidermis, epithelial
eukaryote, eubacteria
porifera,conifer
gametes, monogamy
gastritis, gastropod
genetics,gene
gestation
hypoglycemia
mammogram
gynecologist
inhalation, exhale
hematology
hemisphere
hepatitis
herbivore
heterotroph
histology
Biology Word Roots - prefixes and suffixes
You need to learn 10 words a week for a weekly quiz on Fridays.
You can earn extra credit, if you correctly use one of the words in a sentence that describes the meaning of the word.
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
Prefix/Suffix
hom
hyper
hypo
im,in
inter
intra
ion
ist
itis
junct
kilo
loc
lys
macro
mal
man
medi
mes
meta
migra
mis
mono
morph
neur
nom
nuc
oid
ology
ortho
osis
ov
para
path
ped, pod
phag
photo
phyll
phys
phyt
pneum
poly
pop
port
post
pre
pseudo
pter
pulmo
Meaning
same, alike
over, above
below, beneath
not
between
within, into
process
one who studies
inflammation
join
thousand
place, position
loose, break
large
bad, badly
hand
middle, between
middle, between
change, between
wander
bad, wrong
single
form
nerve
name, order
center
resemble, like
study of
straight, correct
process, condition
egg
alongside
disease
foot
eat
light
leaf
body, nature
plant
lung
many
people
carry
after
before
not true, false
wing
lung
Example
homeostasis
hypertensive, hyperventilate
hypodermic, hypoglycemia
invalid, independent variable
intercostals, intercellular
intracellular, intravenous
respiration, reproduction
biologist, geneticist
tendonitis, hepatisis
conjunctiva
kilogram
dislocate, locomotion
lysosome
macromolecule
malignant, malfunction
manipulate, manual
medial, mediate
mesoderm, mesophyll
metamorphosis, metabolism
migrate, emigrate
misidentify, miscarriage
monocot, monogamy
metamorphosis, morphology
neuritis, neurologist
taxonomy
nucleus, nucleotide
steroid, thyroid, haploid
biology, pathology
orthopedic, orthodontist
neurosis, mitosis, halitosis
ovum, ovary
paramedic, parallel
pathologist
arthropod, cephalopod
bacteriophage,esophagus
photosynthesis
mesophyll, chlorophyll
physiology, physician
epiphyte, phytoplankton
pneumococcus, pneumonia
polysaccharide, polymer
population
transport, import
posterior, postpartum
prefix, precede
pseudopodia, pseudoscience
pterodactyl
pulmonary,
Biology Word Roots - prefixes and suffixes
You need to learn 10 words a week for a weekly quiz on Fridays.
You can earn extra credit, if you correctly use one of the words in a sentence that describes the meaning of the word.
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
Prefix/Suffix
re
rhiz
sacchar
saur
sci
sect
sed, sess
sperm
spir
stom
sub
super
syn
taxis
tele, telo
therm
tox
trans
troph
ultra
vas
vid,vis
viv, vita
zoo, zoa
Meaning
back, again
root
sugar
lizard
know
cut
seated, fixed
seed
breathe
mouth, pore
under, below
above, over
together, with
movement response
far, end
heat
poison
across
nutrition, food
beyond
vein
see
alive, life
animal
Example
retract, return, reforest
rhizome, mycorrhizae
monosaccharide
dinosaur
science,conscious
section, dissect
sedentary, sessile
angiosperm, sperm
spiracles, inspire
stomata, stomach
subarctic, subcutaneous
superior vena cava
synapse, photosynthesis
phototaxis
telophase, teloscope
thermometer, ectotherm
toxic, intoxicate
transfusion, transpiration
autotroph, trophic level
ultrasound, ultraviolet
vascular
visible, video,evidence
vitamin, vital, survive
zoology, protozoan