Biological Prefixes And Suffixes Study List #1-5

Front 1

a-

Back 1

not, without

Front 2

acro-

Back 2

the top

Front 3

aero-

Back 3

air, atmosphere

Front 4

albi-

Back 4

white

Front 5

alga-

Back 5

seaweed

Front 6

alti-

Back 6

high, tall

Front 7

alve-

Back 7

cavity, pit

Front 8

annel-

Back 8

ring

Front 9

annu-

Back 9

year

Front 10

apex-

Back 10

tip

Front 11

aqua-

Back 11

water

Front 12

arena-

Back 12

sand

Front 13

arthro-

Back 13

joint

Front 14

astro-

Back 14

star

Front 15

auto-

Back 15

self

Front 16

avi-

Back 16

bird

Front 17

batho-

Back 17

deep

Front 18

bio-

Back 18

living

Front 19

brachio-

Back 19

arm

Front 20

broncho-

Back 20

windpipe

Front 21

calci-

Back 21

limestone (calcium carbonate)

Front 22

calori-

Back 22

heat

Front 23

capill-

Back 23

hair

Front 24

carno-

Back 24

flesh

Front 25

cen-, ceno-

Back 25

recent

Front 26

cephalo-

Back 26

head

Front 27

chlor-

Back 27

green,

Front 28

chondri-

Back 28

cartilage,
Chondrichthyes, chondrocyte

Front 29

chrom-

Back 29

color,
chromosome

Front 30

chron-

Back 30

concerning time,
chronology, chronometer

Front 31

circ- or cycl-

Back 31

a circle,
moving in a circle, enclosing

Front 32

circa-

Back 32

about, near to

Front 33

-cyte

Back 33

cell,
osteocyte, erythrocyte, leucocyte

Front 34

ecto-

Back 34

"outside, outer,

Front 35

contra-

Back 35

against, opposite, contraceptive

Front 36

coron-

Back 36

crown or wreath, coronation

Front 37

corp-

Back 37

"a body,

Front 38

cosm-

Back 38

"a well-ordered system, order, of form,

Front 39

cruc-

Back 39

"a cross,

Front 40

cumul-

Back 40

"to heap,

Front 41

#NAME?

Back 41

noun suffix denoting a state or condition

Front 42

deca-

Back 42

"ten,

Front 43

echino-

Back 43

"spiny,

Front 44

dors-

Back 44

"back,

Front 45

dactyl-

Back 45

"a finger or toe, finger-shaped,

Front 46

de-

Back 46

"down from, or an undoing of action,

Front 47

dent-

Back 47

"concerning teeth,

Front 48

dex-

Back 48

"pertaining to the right hand, or to the right,

Front 49

dom-

Back 49

"a house,

Front 50

eco-

Back 50

"a house or abode,

Front 51

en-

Back 51

in, into, entrance

Front 52

endo-

Back 52

inner, within, endoderm

Front 53

epi-

Back 53

upon, above, epiphyte

Front 54

derm-

Back 54

pertaining to skin, dermatologist, dermititis

Front 55

eu-

Back 55

good, well, Eucalyptus

Front 56

exo-

Back 56

outside, exoskeleton, exterior

Front 57

facet- or faci

Back 57

pertaining to the face, multifaceted

Front 58

faun-

Back 58

animal life of a particular period or region, avifauna

Front 59

geno-

Back 59

birth, race, or kind

Front 60

#NAME?

Back 60

meaning to make, electrify, terrify

Front 61

geo-

Back 61

the earth, geology, geologist

Front 62

gam-

Back 62

a marraige, polygamous, gamete

Front 63

giga-

Back 63

"very large,

Front 64

gymno-

Back 64

"naked,

Front 65

fore-

Back 65

"before in position or time,

Front 66

halo-

Back 66

salt

Front 67

helio-

Back 67

the sun

Front 68

hemi-

Back 68

half, hemisphere

Front 69

herbi-

Back 69

"plant,

Front 70

herpeto-

Back 70

"creeping, crawling,

Front 71

hetero-

Back 71

"different,

Front 72

homo-

Back 72

"alike,

Front 73

hydro-

Back 73

"water,

Front 74

hyper-

Back 74

"over, above, excess,

Front 75

hypo-

Back 75

under, beneath, hypodermic needle

Front 76

#NAME?

Back 76

"one who works as,

Front 77

#NAME?

Back 77

"making,

Front 78

#NAME?

Back 78

"inflammation of a part,

Front 79

kilo-

Back 79

"one thousand,

Front 80

lacto-

Back 80

"milk,

Front 81

lamina-

Back 81

"layers,

Front 82

lateral

Back 82

"at a side,

Front 83

lipo-

Back 83

"fat,

Front 84

#NAME?

Back 84

"suffix forming enzyme names,

Front 85

luna

Back 85

"the moon,

Front 86

macro-

Back 86

"large,

Front 87

milli-

Back 87

"thousandth,

Front 88

medi- or meso-

Back 88

"middle,

Front 89

meta-

Back 89

after

Front 90

#NAME?

Back 90

"measure

Front 91

morph-

Back 91

"form,

Front 92

neo-

Back 92

"new,

Front 93

#NAME?

Back 93

"the science or study of,

Front 94

mari-

Back 94

"the sea,

Front 95

octa-

Back 95

"eight,

Front 96

omni-

Back 96

"all,

Front 97

#NAME?

Back 97

"a condition,

Front 98

psycho-

Back 98

"of the mind,

Front 99

penta-

Back 99

"five,

Front 100

iso-

Back 100

"equal,

Front 101

pan-

Back 101

all, Panamerican games

Front 102

-pod or pedi-

Back 102

foot, Arthropod, decapod, cephalopod, gastropod

Front 103

photo-

Back 103

light, photograph

Front 104

phyto-

Back 104

plant, phytoplankton

Front 105

plankto-

Back 105

wandering, drifting

Front 106

pleisto-

Back 106

most, pleistocene

Front 107

pneuma-

Back 107

air, breath, pneumonia, pneumatic drill

Front 108

poly-

Back 108

many, polygon, polyglot, polymath

Front 109

post-

Back 109

behind, after, posterior

Front 110

pre- or pro-

Back 110

before, forward

Front 111

proto-

Back 111

first, Protozoan, prototype

Front 112

pseudo-

Back 112

false, pseudonym

Front 113

pulmo-

Back 113

lung, cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Front 114

quadra-

Back 114

four, quadrangle

Front 115

rhizo-

Back 115

root, rhizomes

Front 116

strati-

Back 116

layers, stratified

Front 117

symbio-

Back 117

living together, symbiosis

Front 118

zoo-

Back 118

animal, zooplankton

Front 119

ventro-

Back 119

underside, ventral

Front 120

un-

Back 120

not, undecided, uneducated

Front 121

taxo-

Back 121

an arrangement, animal taxonomy

Front 122

terra-

Back 122

earth

Front 123

terti-

Back 123

third

Front 124

rostral-

Back 124

concerning the beak or snout

Front 125

incis-

Back 125

to cut into, or cut open, incisors (front teeth), incisive question