Scientific Root Words, Prefixes, and Suffixes
Terms
undefined, object
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- a-; an-
- not; without;lacking;deficient (ex. asocial)
- ab-
- away from; out from (ex. absent)
- -able
- capable of (ex. approvable)
- ac-
- to; toward
- -aceous
- of or pertaining to
- acou-; acous-
- hear (ex. acoustics)
- acou-; acous;
- hear
- ad-
- to; toward
- aden-
- gland
- adip-
- fat
- aero-
- air
- agri-
- field; soil
- -al
- having character of
- alb-
- white
- alg-; -algia
- pain
- alto-
- high
- ambi-
- both
- ameb-
- change; alternation
- amni-
- fetal membrane
- amphi-
- both
- amyl-
- starch
- ana-
-
up;back;again
- andro-
- man;masculine
- anemo-
- wind
- ang-
- choke;feel pain
- angi-
- blood vessel;duct
- ante-
- before; ahead of time
- anter-
- front
- antho-
- flower
- anti-
- against; opposite
- anthropo-
- man; human
- -ap-;-aph-
- touch
- apo-;ap-
- away from
- aqu-
- water
- archaeo-
- primitive; ancient
- -ary;-arium
- place for something
- ateri-
- artery
- arthr-
- joint;articulation
- -ase
- forms names of enzymes
- aster-;astr
- star
- -ate
- act of
- ather-
- fatty deposit
- -ation
- act of
- atmo-
- vapor
- audi-
- hear
- aur-
- ear
- auto-
- self
- bacter-;bactr-
- bacterium;stick;club
- barb;
- beard
- baro-
- weight
- bath-
- depth;height
- bene-
- well;good
- bi-(latin)
- two;twice
- bi-;bio- (greek)
- life;living
- -blast-
- sprout;germ;bud
- brachi-
- arm
- brachy-
- short
- brady-
- slow
- branchi-
- fin
- brev-
- short
- bronch-
- windpipe
- cac-
- bad
- calor-
- heat
- capill-
- hair
- capit-
- head
- carcin-
- cancer
- cardi-
- heart
- carn-
- meat;flesh
- carp-
- fruit
- carpal-
- wrist
- cata-
- breakdown
- caud-
- tail
- -cell-
- chamber
- cen-;-cene
- now;recent