Prefix and Suffix

• Biology Prefix/Suffix List


  • aan
  • ab
  • ad
  • afferent
  • amphi
  • anterior
  • anthro
  • apical
  • arthro
  • asc/asco
  • aster
  • auto
  • bi/di
  • bio
  • blast
  • cardio
  • caudal
  • cephalo
  • cervical
  • chloro
  • chondro
  • chord
  • chrome
  • clad
  • cocci
  • coel
  • cranio
  • cyano
  • cyst
  • cyte/cyto
  • dactyl
  • dent/don't
  • derm/dermis
  • diplo
  • distal
  • dorsal
  • echino
  • eco
  • ecto
  • ectomy
  • efferent
  • endo
  • erythro
  • eu
  • ex exo
  • go
  • gm
  • gluco/glycol
  • gymno
  • haplo
  • belminth
  • hem/hemohemato
  • hemi/semi
  • hetero
  • hex/hexa
  • holo
  • homo/homeo
  • hydro
  • hyper
  • hypo
  • ichthyo
  • intra
  • inter
  • iso
  • itis
  • leuco
  • lip lipo
  • logy
  • lysis/lytis/lyte
  • macro
  • mastigo
  • mega
  • meso
  • meta
  • micro
  • mono
  • morph/morpho
  • myc/myco
  • myo
  • myx/myxo
  • neuro
  • noto
  • octo
  • omni
  • post
  • prop
  • proct
  • prote
  • prom
  • pie
  • thi
  • thy
  • ST
  • ST
  • peri
  • phago
  • phago
  • pheno
  • photic/photo
  • phragm
  • phyco
  • phyte
  • poly
  • poli/pe
  • pent
• ab

  away, off
• ad


  towards, to
• afferent


  to carry
• amphi

  on both sides
• anterior


  before, in front of
• anthro


  man, human
• bi/di

  twice, double, two
• chord

  cord, string
• clad

  branch, sprout
• coel

  hollow, cavity
• cyano

  blue and green
• cyst

  bladder, pouch, sac
• cyte/cyto

  vessel, container, cell
• dactyl

  finger, toe
• distal


  situated away from
• echino


  spiny, bristly
• eco


  house, home
• ectomy


  to cut out of
• efferent


  to carry out
• eu


  good, well, proper, true
• hetero

  other, different
• hyper


  above, over
• hypo

  under, less
• logy

  study of
• lysis/lytis/lyte

  a loosening
• meta

  after, behind
• noto

  the back
• A/an

  Not