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Latin BiologyTerms
A set of latin prefixes and suffixes for my Biology 1 Honors class
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a/an | without |
| Aer | air |
| Amin | contains Nitrogen |
| Ana | apart |
| -ase | enzyme |
| Auto | self |
| Bio | life |
| Carcin | cancer |
| Carni | meat, flesh |
| Chlor | green |
| Chrom | color |
| com/con | with |
| Cyto | of the cell |
| Diplo | double |
| Eu | true |
| Geno | gene |
| Glyco | sweet, glucose |
| Hapl | half |
| Herb | plant |
| Hetero | different |
| Homo | man, same |
| Inter | between |
| Kary | nucleus |
| Lip | fat |
| Macr | large |
| Meta | middle |
| Micr | small |
| Mono | one |
| -oid | like |
| omni | all |
| -ose | sugar |
| Pep | contains Protein |
| Phag | eat |
| Photo | light |
| Phyto | plant |
| Pro | first, before |
| Pseud | false |
| Sacchar | sugar |
| Sali, sal | salt |
| some | body |
| Sperm | seed |
| stasis | standing still |
| sym/sys | with |
| Symbio | living together |
| Syn | together |
| Telo | end |
| Therm | heat |
| Trans | across |
| Troph | feed |
| Vore | eat |