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prefixes

biology prefixes

TermDefinition
Carcin Cancer
Cardi heart
Carn meat, flesh
Carp fruit
Carpal wrist
Cata breakdown, downward
Caud tail
Centr center
cephal head
cerebr brain
cervic neck
chel claw
chem chemicals
chlor green
chondr cartilage
chrom color
a,an not,without,lacking
ab away from
-able capable of
-aceous of or pertaining to
acous hear
ad to,foward
aden gland
adip fat
aero air
amyl starch
angi blood,vessel,duct
ante before,ahead of time
anter front
anti against,opposite
anthropo man,human
aqu water
Arthr joint,articulation
-ase forms of human enzymes
amphi both
bi two
bio life,living
-blast sprout,bud,germ
brachy short
bronch windpipe
Coel hollow
Cotyl cup
Crani skull
Cuti skin
Cyan blue
-cycle ring,circle
-cyst sac,pouch, bladder
-cyte cell,hollow container
Dactyl finger
De away from,down
Dendr tree
Dent tooth
Derm skin
Dis apart,out
Dors back
Dys bad,abnormal,difficult
Echin spiny,prickly
Ecto outside of
-emia blood
Endo in,into,within
Epi upon,above,over
Eu well,good,true,normal
Ex out of, away from
fer bear,carry,produce -fertile
Fibr fiber,thread-fibrosis
Flor flower-florist
Foli leaf-bifoliate
fract break-fracture
gastro stomach
gene orgin,birth
gest carry,produce,bear
gram,graph record,writing
Gymno naked,bare
gluc,glyc sugar,sweet
homo(latin) man,human
homo(greek) same,alike
Hydr water
Hyper above,beyond over
hypo below,under,less
iasis disease,abnormal condition
chthy fish
ism a state or condition
iso equal, same
it is inflamation,disease
kary cell nucleus
kerat horn
nemat thread
noct night
nom ordered knowledge,law
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