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Bio Prefixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Bactr | stick; club |
| barb | beard |
| baro | weight |
| bath | depth; height |
| bene | well; good |
| bi | two, twice, double |
| bio | life living |
| -blast | sprout germ |
| brachi- | having arms |
| brady- | slow |
| branchi | having fins |
| brev | short |
| bronch | windpipe |
| calor | heat |
| carb | coal; carbon |
| cardi | heart |
| carn | meat |
| carp | fruit |
| carpal | wrist |
| caud | tail |
| cell | room; chamber |
| -cene | new; recent |
| centi | hundredth |
| centr | center |
| cephal | head |
| cera | horn |
| cerca | tail |
| cerebro | brain |
| cervic | neck |
| chem | chemistry |
| chlor | green |
| chromo | color |
| chym | juice |
| cide | killing |
| circum | around; about |
| cirro | hairlike curls |
| co | with; together |
| cocc | seed |
| coel | hollow |
| coll | glue |
| com | with; together |
| con | with; together |
| coni | cone |
| contra | against |
| corp; corpus | body |
| cosmo | world; universe |
| cost | rib |
| cotyl | cup |
| counter | against |
| crypt | hidden;covered |
| cule; culus | added to nouns to form diminutive |
| cumul | heaped |
| cuti | skin |
| cyan | dark blue |
| cycle cyci | ring; circle |
| cyst | bladder; pouch |
| cyt; cyte | cell; receptacle |