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A&P Biolexicon
Vocabulary for BHS A&P - prefixes, roots and suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a- , an- | not, without |
| ab- | away |
| acro- | topmost |
| ad-, af- | toward |
| ambi- | both |
| ana- | up |
| ante- | before, in front |
| anti- | against |
| arthr- | joint |
| bi- | two |
| bio- | life |
| brachi- | arm |
| cardio- | heart |
| carni- | flesh |
| cep(h)- | head |
| chondr- | cartilage |
| chrom(o)- | color |
| contra- | opposite |
| cort- | tree bark |
| cut- | skin |
| cyt(o)- | cell |
| derm- | skin |
| di- | two |
| dia- | across |
| dys- | ill, bad |
| ecto- | outside |
| en(do)- | inside |
| epi- | upon |
| ex-, ef- | out, away |
| gastr- | stomach |
| hemo- | blood |
| hepa- | liver |
| hom(e)o- | same |
| hyper- | above |
| hypo- | below |
| infra- | below |
| inter- | between |
| ipsi- | self |
| iso- | equal |
| lat- | side |
| lymph(o)- | clear fluid |
| man- | hand |
| medi- | middle |
| mela- | black |
| mes(o)- | middle |
| morph(o)- | shape |
| myo- | muscle |
| nephr- | kidney |
| neur(o)- | nerve |
| oste(o)- | bone |
| para- | beside |
| peri- | around |
| poly- | many |
| prot(o)- | first |
| pulmo- | lung |
| rhin(o)- | nose |
| soma- | body |
| sub- | below |
| syn-, sym- | together, with |
| trans- | across |
| tri- | three |
| -bio- | life |
| -brachi- | arm |
| -cauda- | back |
| -cep(h)- | head |
| -cephal- | head |
| -cer- | horn |
| -chondra- | cartilage |
| -cut- | skin |
| -cyt- | cell |
| -cyst- | bladder |
| -derm- | skin |
| -duct- | to lead |
| -fer- | to carry |
| -gastr- | stomach |
| -gen- | to make |
| -morph- | shape |
| -myo- | muscle |
| -neph- | kidney |
| -oste(o)- | bone |
| -path- | suffering |
| -plas(t)- | to mold |
| -pulmo- | lung |
| -algia | pain |
| -cep | head |
| -cyst | bladder |
| -lyse | to break |
| -lysis | breaking |
| -mer | part |
| -oid | like |
| -(o)logy | study |
| -oid | like |
| -scope | to see |
| -septic | rot, bacteria |
| -some | body |
| -tom | to cut |
| -tomy | cutting |
| -vore | eating |
| -zoa | animal |