Prefix-Suffix Flashcards
a-,an-
Not, without, less
anti-
against
arche-
ancient, primitive, baginning
arth-
joint, jointed
auto-
self
bi-
two, twice, double
bio-
related to life
carn-
Flesh
Cephla-
Head
Chloro-
Green, containing chloride
Chrom-
Colored
Cyto-
Cell
Di-
Double
Diplo-
Twofold, double
End-, endo-
In
Ecto-
Outside
Epi-
Upon, above
Erythro-
Red
Ex-,exo-
Out
Extra-
Outside of, beyond
Gastro-
Stomach
Geo-
Earth
Haplo-
Single
Herb-
Pertaining to plants
Hetero-
Different, other
Homo-, homeo-
Same
Hydro-
Pertaining to water
Hyper-
Above, more than normal
Hypo-
Below, less than normal
Intra-
Within, inside
Iso-
Equal
Lysis-
Burst
Macro-
Large
Micro-
Small
Mono-
One
Morph-
Form
Multi-
Consisting of many units
Neuro-
Nerve
Oo-, osteo-, ovul-, ova-
Egg
Path-
Disease
Photo-
Pertaining to light
Poly-
Many
Post-
After
Pre-
Before
Pro-, proto-
First
Pseudo-
False
Tetra-
Four
Therm-
Heat
Tri-
Three
Troph-
To feed or eat
Uni-
Consisting of one
-cide
Killer, a killing
-derm, -dermis
Skin, layer
-itis
Inflammation or infected
-logy
Discourse, study
-lysis
Loosening, seperation
-meter
A measurement
-morph
Form
-osis
A condition, disease
-phyll
Leaf
-pod
Foot
-stasis, -stat
Stationary, still
-therm
Heat
-vor
Feeding