Important Science Root Prefixes, Suffixes, and Words

Prefix/Suffix/WordMeaning
a-, an-not, lacking
adip-fat
aero-air, oxygen
ambi-both
ante-before, ahead of time
anti-against, opposite
-asesuffix forming names of enzymes
auto-self
bi-two, twice
bi-, bio-life, living
carcin-cancer
cardi-heart
carn-meat, flesh
carp-fruit
carpal-wrist
caud-tail
cephal-head
cerebr-brain
chlor-green
coel-hollow
Prefix/Suffix/WordMeaning
corp-body
cort-, cortic-outer layer
crani-skull
-cystsac, pouch, bladder
cyt-, -cytecell
dendr-tree
derm-skin
di-two
eco-house
ecto-outside
epi-over, above
erthyro-red
eu-good, true
gast-stomach
gluc-, glyc-sugar
gnath-jaw
gymno-naked, bare
gyn-female
halo-salt
hem-blood
Prefix/Suffix/WordMeaning
hemi-, semi-half
herb-plants
hetero-different, other
hist-tissue
holo-entire, whole
homo-same
hydr-water
hypo-below, under
inter-inside, within
intra-between
iso-equal
-kary-nucleus, kerne
leuc-, leuk-white
-logystudy of
-lys, -lystsplit
macro-large
mono-one, single
morph-shape, form
multi-many
nephro-kidney
Prefix/Suffix/WordMeaning
neur-nerve
oligo-few, little
omni-all
oo-, ov-egg
path-, -pathydisease
phag-eat
-phil-loving
photo-light
pino-drink
pleur-lung, rib
pneumo-lungs, air
-podfoot
pseudo-false
pter-having wings or fins
sacchar-sugar
*semi-half
-sperm, -spor-seed
stom-, -stomemouth
sub-under, below
super-over, above
Prefix/Suffix/WordMeaning
telo-end
terr-land
therm-heat
trans-across
-trop-turn, change
-trophnourishment
-voreeat
xanth-yellow
xero-dry