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Sci Prefixes
Scientific Prefix
| Prefix | Meaning |
|---|---|
| a | not |
| a | without |
| ab | away from |
| ac | toward |
| acanth | spiny |
| acanth | thorny |
| acid | low PH |
| acoust | sound |
| acro | height |
| acro | tip |
| actino | having rays |
| acu | severe |
| acu | sharp |
| acu | sudden |
| acut | severe |
| acut | sharp |
| acut | sudden |
| ad | toward |
| aero | air |
| af | toward |
| ag | toward |
| agro | field |
| agro | soil |
| ala | wing |
| albi | white |
| algi | algae |
| alkal | high PH |
| allelo | relating to another |
| aller | other action |
| allo | different |
| allo | other |
| ambi | both |
| ambly | dull |
| ambly | lazy |
| amphi | both |
| amphi | double |
| amyl | starch |
| an | not |
| an | without |
| ana | heightened |
| ana | up |
| andro | male |
| anklyo | crooked |
| ankylo | bent |
| ante | before |
| antho | flower |
| anthro | human |
| anti | against |
| ap | toward |
| apo | derive from |
| apo | separate from |
| aqua | water |
| arachn | spider |
| arche | first |
| arche | primitive |
| arthro | joint |
| as | toward |
| asco | bag |
| asco | sac |
| aster | star |
| astro | star |
| at | toward |
| atmo | steam |
| atmo | vapor |
| auri | gold |
| auto | self |
| aux | growth |
| aux | increase |
| avi | bird |
| avi | flight |
| azo | nitrogen |
| azot | nitrogen |
| bacteri | small rod |
| bar | pressure |
| bar | weight |
| bary | heavy |
| basi | base |
| basidio | club |
| basidio | pedestal |
| baso | high PH |
| bath | deep |
| bath | depth |
| bi | two |
| bin | two |
| bio | life |
| blast | embryo |
| blast | precursor |
| blast | sprout |
| botani | of herbs |
| botani | plants |
| brachi | arm |
| brady | slow |
| bromo | bromine |
| cac | bad |
| cac | ill |
| calci | calcium |
| carb | carbon |
| carp | fruit |
| cata | down |
| cata | lower |
| cata | under |
| cath | lower |
| cath | under |
| caud | tail |
| cell | cell |
| cellul | cell |
| centro | in the center |
| cephal | head |
| cero | wax |
| chemo | chemical |
| chiro | hand |
| chloro | chlorine |
| chloro | chlorine |
| chloro | green |
| chromato | color |
| chromo | color |
| chron | time |
| chryso | gold |
| chyma | juice |
| circ | about |
| circ | around |
| circ | circle |
| circ | circular |
| circul | circle |
| circul | circular |
| circum | about |
| circum | around |
| cirrho | yellow |
| clast | break |
| clast | fragment |
| cleisto | closed |
| clino | bed |
| clino | incline |
| co | together |
| co | with |
| cocco | spherical |
| coelo | cavity |
| coelo | hollow |
| coeno | common |
| coeno | new |
| conidi | dust |
| conidi | spore |
| contra | against |
| cryo | cold |
| cupri | copper |
| cyano | dark blue |
| cyclo | circular |
| cyte | cell |
| cyte | small vessell |
| de | away from |
| de | removal |
| deca | ten |
| dendro | branching |
| dendro | tree like |
| deuter | second |
| dextra | right |
| dextra | to the right |
| di | two |
| dia | complete |
| dia | through |
| diplo | two-fold |
| dipso | thirsty |
| dis | not |
| dorsa | back |
| dorsa | posterior |
| dura | hard |
| dyna | force |
| dyna | power |
| dynam | force |
| dynam | power |
| dys | bad |
| dys | difficult |
| echo | sound |
| eco | home |
| eco | house |
| ecto | outside of |
| ef | out |
| ef | out from |
| electro | electric |
| em | inside |
| em | within |
| en | within |
| en | inside |
| endo | inside |
| endo | within |
| entom | insect |
| eosine | red-orange |
| epi | upon |
| equi | equal |
| erg | work |
| erythro | red |
| ethno | culture |
| ethno | society |
| eu | easy |
| eu | good |
| eu | healthy |
| eu | true |
| ex | out |
| ex | out from |
| extra | beyond |
| extra | outside |
| fer | carry |
| fer | to bear |
| ferro | iron |
| flag | whip |
| flav | yellow |
| flori | flower |
| fluor | fluorine |
| fore | before |
| fore | in front of |
| fract | break |
| fuco | seaweed |
| galact | milk |
| gam | marriage |
| gam | wife |
| gamet | marriage |
| gamet | wife |
| gastro | stomach |
| gelat | colloid |
| gelat | congeal |
| gen | beginning |
| gen | cause |
| gen | original |
| gen | produce |
| gen | to originate |
| geo | earth |
| glauc | gray |
| gluc | sugar |
| glyc | sugar |
| gono | procreation |
| graph | writing |
| gravi | gravity |
| gymno | naked |
| gymno | uncovered |
| gyne | female |
| gynec | female |
| gyr | round |
| gyr | spiral |
| halo | halogen |
| halo | salt |
| haplo | simple |
| haplo | single |
| heli | spiral |
| heli | sun |
| hemi | half |
| hepta | seven |
| herb | plants |
| hetero | different |
| hexa | six |
| histo | tissue |
| holo | complete |
| holo | whole |
| homeo | similar |
| homeo | unchanged |
| homo | alike |
| homo | same |
| hyal | glassy |
| hydro | fluid |
| hydro | water |
| hygro | wet |
| hyper | above |
| hyper | over |
| hypo | below |
| hypo | lower |
| hypo | under |
| hypso | high |
| hypso | tall |
| ichthy | fish |
| ideo | peculiar |
| ideo | personal |
| in | not |
| in | into |
| infra | beneath |
| inter | between |
| intra | within |
| iso | alike |
| iso | equal |
| juxta | adjoining |
| juxta | near to |
| kali | potassium |
| karyo | nucleus |
| kine | motion |
| kinet | mothin |
| lact | milk |
| lam | plate |
| later | to the side |
| lepto | slender |
| lepto | slight |
| lepto | thin |
| leuco | white |
| leuko | white |
| levo | left |
| limn | fresh water |
| lip | fat |
| loc | place |
| loph | ridge |
| loph | tuft |
| macro | large |
| magneto | magnetic |
| magni | great |
| magni | large |
| mal | bad |
| mal | poor |
| mano | pressure |
| max | great size |
| medi | middle |
| mega | abnormally large |
| mega | enlarged |
| megalo | abnormally large |
| megalo | enlarged |
| meio | to make smaller |
| melano | black |
| mero | part |
| meso | middle |
| meta | beyond |
| meta | change |
| meta | metamorphic rock |
| micro | small |
| mini | smaller than useal |
| mis | hatred of |
| mito | thread |
| mono | one |
| morpho | shape |
| muco | mucus |
| multi | many |
| mycete | fungus |
| myco | fungus |
| myxo | mucus |
| myxo | slime |
| natr | sodium |
| neo | new |
| neo | recent |
| nigro | black |
| nitro | nitrogen |
| noct | night |
| nod | knot |
| non | not |
| nona | nine |
| nuc | nucleus |
| nucle | nucleus |
| nulli | never |
| nulli | none |
| nyct | night |
| ob | inverse |
| ob | opposite of normal |
| oc | inverse |
| octo | eight |
| odont | tooth |
| ole | oil |
| oligo | few |
| oligo | little |
| oligo | small amount |
| omni | all |
| oo | egg |
| ornith | bird |
| ortho | normal |
| ortho | straight |
| ortho | upright |
| ov | egg |
| oxi | oxygen |
| oxy | oxygen |
| oxy | quick |
| oxy | sharp |
| pachy | thick |
| paleo | ancient |
| paleo | old |
| pali | again |
| palin | again |
| pan | all |
| papt | digest |
| para | along side of |
| para | beside |
| para | rock derived from original sediment |
| path | disease |
| ped | soil |
| penta | five |
| peps | digest |
| per | complete |
| per | through |
| peri | around |
| petr | rock |
| petr | stone |
| phaeo | brown |
| phag | eat |
| phag | ingest |
| pharm | drug |
| pharm | medicine |
| pharmac | drug |
| pharmac | medicine |
| phen | display |
| phen | show |
| phon | sound |
| phospho | phosphorus |
| phot | light |
| phychro | cold |
| phyco | seaweed |
| phyllo | leaf |
| phylo | race |
| phylo | tribe |
| physio | nature |
| phyto | plant |
| piezo | pressure |
| pino | to drink |
| plagio | oblique |
| plan | flat |
| plan | motile |
| plan | planar |
| plan | wandering |
| plasm | to form |
| plast | to form |
| platy | broad |
| platy | flat |
| pleio | more than one |
| pleo | more than one |
| pod | foot |
| pod | leg |
| poikilo | irregular |
| poikilo | variegated |
| poli | gray |
| poly | many |
| post | after |
| pre | before |
| pre | in front of |
| prim | first |
| pro | before |
| pro | before |
| pro | first |
| pro | in front of |
| proto | before |
| proto | earliest |
| proto | first |
| proto | in front of |
| pseudo | false |
| psych | mind |
| pter | fin |
| pter | wing |
| pyro | fire |
| pyro | heat |
| quadri | four |
| quasi | almost |
| quasi | seemingly |
| quint | five |
| radio | energy |
| radio | radiant |
| re | again |
| rect | right |
| rect | straight |
| retro | backward |
| rheo | flow |
| rhiz | root |
| rhodo | red |
| rube | red |
| sacchar | sugar |
| sapro | rotten |
| schisto | divided |
| schisto | split |
| schizo | divided |
| schizo | split |
| scler | hard |
| scoto | darkness |
| seleno | moon |
| semi | half |
| sept | fence |
| sept | barrier |
| septi | infected |
| septi | rotten |
| ser | clear fluid |
| set | bristle |
| sext | six |
| sidero | iron |
| sidero | star |
| sinistro | left |
| sinistro | to the left |
| sipho | pipe |
| sipho | tube |
| soma | body |
| somat | body |
| son | sound |
| sperm | plant |
| sperm | to sow |
| spermat | plant |
| spermat | to sow |
| spher | round |
| spor | seed |
| sta | standing still |
| sta | steady |
| stann | tin |
| stat | standing still |
| stat | steady |
| steno | constricted |
| steno | narrow |
| stere | 3-dimensional |
| stere | solid |
| stoma | mouth |
| stomat | mouth |
| strato | layer |
| stylo | column |
| stylo | pole |
| sub | below |
| suf | below |
| sulf | sulfur |
| sup | below |
| super | above |
| super | excess |
| supra | above |
| sym | together |
| sym | with |
| syn | together |
| syn | with |
| synchron | at same time |
| tachy | fast |
| tauto | same |
| taxo | arrange |
| taxo | order |
| taxo | ordered arrangement |
| tect | covering |
| tect | roof |
| tect | thet which is bulit |
| tele | complete |
| tele | distant |
| tele | end |
| tele | far |
| telo | complete |
| telo | complete |
| telo | distant |
| telo | end |
| telo | end |
| telo | far |
| telo | final |
| terra | land |
| tetra | four |
| thallaso | ocean |
| thallaso | seaweed |
| thallo | branch |
| thallo | shoot |
| thallo | sprout |
| theca | capsule |
| theca | sheath |
| thermo | heat |
| thermo | hot |
| thio | sulfur |
| topo | place |
| topo | position |
| toxic | poison |
| trans | across |
| trans | through |
| tri | three |
| tropho | growth |
| tropho | nutrition |
| tropo | turn toward |
| ultra | beyond |
| ultra | extreme |
| un | not |
| uni | one |
| ur | urine |
| ur | nitrogen |
| uro | tail |
| ventra | front |
| vitr | glassy |
| vivi | alive |
| vivi | life |
| vivo | alive |
| vivo | life |
| wort | plant |
| xanthro | yellow |
| xeno | foreign |
| xeno | strange |
| xero | dry |
| xylo | wood |
| zoo | animal |
| zygo | connected |
| zygo | joined |
| zygo | paired |
| zygo | yoked |
| zymo | enzyme |
| zymo | fermentation |
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