Below are the prefix/suffix lists for the year. You can also download a Brainscape deck for each on the Brainscape page. You can download the lists here: List of Prefix and Suffix Terms
List #1
Mono- |
one |
Uni- |
one |
Semi- |
half |
Hemi- |
half |
Bi- |
two |
Di- |
two |
Tri- |
three |
Tetra- |
four |
Quadri- |
four |
Pent(a)- |
five |
Hex(a) |
six |
Sex |
six |
Hept(a) |
seven |
Sept(a) |
seven |
Oct(a) |
eight |
Non(a) |
nine |
Dec(a) |
ten |
List #2
hydr(o)- |
water |
anti- |
against |
inter- |
between |
intra- |
within |
-ology |
the study of |
bio- |
life, living |
chem- |
chemical, chemistry |
-form |
specific shape |
homeo- |
likeness, sameness, constant |
hetero- |
different |
List #3
cyte- |
cell |
physis- |
nature |
-itis |
inflammation |
aer(o) |
air |
chron(o)- |
time |
dem- |
people |
ezui- |
equal |
-ician |
specialist |
spectr(o)- |
image, spectrum |
-stasis |
standing still, stable |
List #4
chromo- |
color |
chlor(o)- |
green |
albus- |
white |
cyano- |
blue |
erythro- |
red |
leuko- |
white |
melano- |
black |
polio- |
gray |
rhodo- |
red |
xantho- |
yellow |
List #5
-able |
capable of doing something |
-ac, -ic |
like or pertaining to |
-osis |
condition of |
-oid |
resembling of, like |
-ose |
indicates a sugar molecule |
-ase |
indicates an enzyme |
-gnosis |
to know |
-graph |
a written record |
-meter |
an instrument used to measure things |
-philic |
loving |
List #6
cry(o)- |
cold |
psych(o)- |
mind |
myo- |
muscle |
xer(o)- |
dry |
crypt(o)- |
hidden |
photo- |
light |
pseudo- |
false |
neo- |
new |
troph- |
denoting nourishment |
noct(i)- / nyct(o)- |
night |
List #7
centi- |
hundred, 1/100 |
milli- |
1/1000 (one-thousandth) |
kilo- |
thousand |
mega- |
million |
micro- |
small, 1/1,000,000 |
geo- |
earth |
-gen |
to make or produce |
therm |
heat |
paleo- |
dealing with ancient forms, primitive |
seismo- |
vibrations, earthquake |
List #8
ab- |
away from |
ad- |
toward |
de- |
down from |
dyse |
difficult, painful |
retro- |
behind |
pan- |
all |
-fold |
multiplied by |
in- |
inside |
ex- |
outside |
endo- |
inside |
macro- |
large |
List #9
omni- |
all, universal |
hyper- |
above, beyond |
hypo- |
under, beneath |
astr- |
space |
amphil- |
both |
oculo- |
eye |
oto- |
ear |
carcin- |
cancer |
-oma |
tumor |
-plasia |
development |
List #10
lith- |
stone |
a, an- |
without |
per- |
through |
-ectomy |
removal of |
-ation |
process |
pod |
foot |
-type |
classification, picture |
karyo- |
nucleus |
-kinesis |
division |
-phyll |
leaf |
List #11
-polis |
city |
hap/haplo- |
single/having no luck |
-kin |
little |
-lite |
mineral, rock, or fossil |
-merous |
having many parts |
non |
not, absence of, unimportant |
-opsy |
examination |
zoo- |
animal |
co- |
with, together, joint |
post- |
after, beyond |
List #12
con- |
together |
pro- |
before |
equi- |
equal |
meta- |
among, with, after, change |
sub- |
below |
-cide |
something used to destroy |
-verge |
to turn |
-phage |
eater |
hemo- |
blood |
-phase |
stage |
List #13 (The five senses)
acout(t/o)- |
hearing |
audi/o- |
hearing |
gust(at/o) |
taste |
-geusia |
taste |
olfact/o- |
smell |
-osmia |
smell |
-opia |
vision |
opt/o- |
vision |
tact/o- |
touch |
thigm/o- |
touch |
List #14 (Directional Terms)
Ambi- |
around, on both sides, about |
ana- |
up |
circum- |
around |
contra- |
against, opposite |
dis- |
apart, to seperate |
fore- |
before, in front |
juxta- |
near |
later/o- |
side |
dextr/o- |
right |
levo- |
left |
List #15
percuss/o- |
to tap |
lucid/o- |
clear |
-pnea |
breathe |
orth/o- |
straight, normal, correct |
path/o- |
disease |
mort- |
death |
caud/o- |
tail |
-coma |
deep sleep |
-grade |
step |
-lepsy |
seizure |
List #16
duc, duct |
to lead |
dynamo |
power, strength |
fort |
strong |
nomen- |
name |
sci- |
to know |
term- |
end |
soph |
wisdom |
vac- |
empty |
viv, vit |
alive |
urb- |
city |