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Scientific Root Words, Prefixes, And Suffixes a-, an- not, without, lacking, deficient ab- away from, out from -able capable of ac- to, toward -aceous of or pertaining to acou-, acous- hear ad- to, toward aden- gland adip- fat aero- air agri- field, soil -al having the character of alb- white alg-, -algia pain alto- high ambi- both
Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes in Biology Unit 1: Study of Biology Root/Prefix/Suffix Meaning & Examples a- not, without: abiotic bio- life, living: biodiversity -ology study of: biology de- away from, down: deductive reasoning in- not: independent variable duct lead: inductive reasoning Unit 2: Biochemistry Root/Prefix/Suffix Meaning & Examples
The following list of prefixes, suffixes, and roots will be used in this and most Biology (bio = life, logy = study of) courses. To help with pronunciation, word parts need to be linked together. The linkage for many word parts is “o”. For example, linking the root “cardi” with the suffix “-pathy”
“Biology has a larger vocabulary than any other branch of science, but fortunately nearly all biological terms contain roots, prefixes, and suffixes with predictable meanings,”(Herr, 2008). Many but not all meanings are included in the following table:
These words parts include roots (core part), prefixes (beginning part), and suffixes (end part). But for sake of simplicity, we will refer to all word parts as “roots”.
Latin and Greek Roots Pg. 5 Prefix or suffix Meaning Examples pneumo- air, lungs pneumonia-ped foot pseudoped poly- many polysaccharide post- after, behind postganglionic pro- before, giving rise to proenzyme proprio- one's own proprioceptors pseudo- false pseudoped psycho- mind psychology pulmo- lung pulmonary pyri- pear pyriform-renal kidney ...
The students must match the EXACT meaning of the suffix or prefix as given on the list. The student must also complete the EXACT example with correct spelling.
