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Latin and Greek Roots Pg. 1

Useful Biological Prefixes and Suffixes

Prefix or suffix aabacantho-adalbi-algia amylananaancyloangioanteantiapoaqua-ase autobibiobrachyMeaning not, without from, away spine to, toward white pain starch not, without up, upon bent vessel before, in front of against, opposed to off, from, away from water designating an enzyme self two, twice life short Examples atypical abnormal Acanthocephala dorsad, adhere albicans neuralgia amylopsin anhydrous anabolism ancylostoma angiocarditis anterior antitoxin, antibody apoplexy aquatic amylase autosuggestion biceps, bifocal biology brachycardia

Latin and Greek Roots Pg. 2 Prefix or suffix bradycalor-cara cardia-cephal-cera -cerca cerebro-chezia chrom-cidal corpus-cyst -cyte, cyto-dermic didiadys-ectomy em-, en-, endo-emia enteroepierythro-fer-fract-gastroMeaning slow heat head heart head horn tail brain defecate color killing body bladder cell skin two, twice through, between bad, difficult cut out in, into blood intestine on, above, upon red to carry, to transport to break stomach Examples bradycardia calorimeter Toxocara bradycardia Acanthocephala, cephalic brachycera Onchocerca cerebrospinal hematochezia chromosome bacteriocidal corpuscle oocyst cytoplasm hypodermic dichromic diaphragm dyspepsia appendectomy embolism, endoskeleton anemia enterokinase epiglottis erythrocyte afferent, efferent fracture, refraction pneumogastric

Latin and Greek Roots Pg. 3 Prefix or suffix -gen-glossoglyc-gnath-gnosis -graph -helminth hemoheterohomohydrohyperhypo-iasis interintrair-itis kata-, catakin-lacleuco-, leuko-ology lymph-, lympho-lysin, -lysis, -lytic macromelan-, melenMeaning to produce, to begin tongue glucose, sugar jaw, cheek knowledge, to know to write worm blood different, other alike, same water over, more than under, less than infestation between, together within not inflammation down to move or activate milk white science, knowledge lymph dissolve, destroy large black Examples genetics, glycogen hypoglossal glycosuria gnathostoma diagnosis cardiograph anthelminthic hemorrhage heterozygous homozygous hydrolytic hypersecretion hyposecretion onchocerciasis intercostal intrathoracic irregular appendicitis catabolism kinetic lactase, prolactin leucocyte physiology lymphocyte hemolysis macrophage melanoma, melena

Latin and Greek Roots Pg. 4 Prefix or suffix -meter micro-monas monomyonemaneurnephr-oid -ole -oma onchooncooo-opia -osis os-, oste-, osteooviparapathoperiphago-philpiro-plasmplaty-pnea Meaning measure small a unit one muscle thread relating to nerves kidneys like small swelling, tumor hook mass, bulk egg sight condition or process bone egg near, by, beside disease, suffering around, near to eat loving pear substance broad breathing Examples manometer microorganism Trichomonas monocyte, monosaccharide myosin, myoglobin nematode neurilemma nephritis lymphoid, ameboid bronchiole sarcoma Onchocerca oncosphere oocyst myopia, hyperopia cyanosis, phagocytosis osteology, osteocyte oviducy, ovipositor parathyroid pathology pericardium phagocyte basophil, eosinophil piroplasm cytoplasm, plasmolysis Platyhelminthes dyspnea

Latin and Greek Roots Pg. 5 Prefix or suffix pneumo-ped polypostpropropriopseudopsychopulmopyri-renal -rrhea sarcoschizoseta, setae soma-some -stadial steato- , steastercorstoma-strongyle -taxis Meaning air, lungs foot many after, behind before, giving rise to one's own false mind lung pear kidney flow flesh, muscle to divide bristle body body stage, period fat feces mouth cylinder arrangement, directional movement in response to a stimulus clot, coagulation like to cut Examples pneumonia pseudoped polysaccharide postganglionic proenzyme proprioceptors pseudoped psychology pulmonary pyriform adrenal diarrhea sarcoplasm schizont trailing setae somatic cell chromosome transstadial steatorrhea stercorolith, stercoralis Ancylostoma Trichostrongylus phototaxis

-thrombo-tode -tome, -tomy

thrombosis nematode tonsillectomy

Latin and Greek Roots Pg. 6 Prefix or suffix toxi-, toxotranstritricho-trophic, tropho-tropic, tropism -ule -uria -uris vaso-zoite (-zoon) Meaning poison across, over, through three hair-like feeding turning small pertains to urine tail pertains to blood vessel animal Examples toxin transstadial triploid Trichostrongylus autotrophic phototropic saccule glycosuria Trichuris vasodilation trophozoite