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PLTW Pre/Suffix-10
Scientific Prefixes & Suffixes Set 10
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| pinni- | feather |
| plan- | roaming, wandering |
| plasm-, -plast- | form, formed into |
| platy- | flat |
| pleur- | lung, rib, side |
| pneumo- | lungs, air |
| -pod | foot |
| ply- | many, several |
| por- | opening |
| port- | carry |
| post- | after, behind |
| pom | fruit |
| pre- | before, ahead of time |
| prim- | first |
| pro- | forward, favoring, before |
| proto- | first, primary |
| pseudo- | false, deceptive |
| psych- | mind |
| pter- | having wings or fins |
| pulmo- | lung |
| puls- | drive, push |
| pyr- | heat, fire |
| quadr- | four |
| quin- | five |
| radi- | ray |
| re- | again, back |
| rect- | right, correct |
| ren- | kidney |
| ret- | net, made like a net |
| rhag-, -rrhage | burst forth |
| rhe-, rrhea | flow |
| rhin- | nose |
| rhiz- | root |
| rhodo- | rose |
| roto- | wheel |
| rubr- | red |
| sacchar- | sugar |
| sapr- | rotten |
| sarc- | flesh |