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ZoologyPrefixesSuffixes-Abridged

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  1. ab-
    off, from, away
  2. acanth
    thorn
  3. acti
    ray
  4. ad-
    to, toward
  5. aer-
    air
  6. allo-
    different, other
  7. ameb-
    change
  8. amyl-
    starch
  9. ana-
    up
  10. andr-
    male
  11. ant-
    opposed, against, preventing
  12. anti-
    opposed, against, preventing
  13. archae-
    ancient, old
  14. asco-
    sac
  15. astr
    aster star
  16. aut-
    self
  17. auto-
    self
  18. bacillo-
    a little stick
  19. basid-
    base, pedestal
  20. bio-
    life
  21. blast-
    sprout
  22. bovi-
    cattle
  23. branch
    gill
  24. -caryo
    a nut
  25. caud
    tail
  26. karyo-
    a nut
  27. centr
    center
  28. chaet
    bristle, hair
  29. chloro-
    green
  30. chord
    string
  31. Chori
    membrane
  32. chrom-
    color
  33. -cide
    killing
  34. cili-
    eyelash, hairlike
  35. clad
    branch
  36. cocci-
    a berry
  37. coel
    hollow
  38. col-
    colon
  39. colo-
    colon
  40. corn
    horn
  41. cyst-
    bladder
  42. cyt-
    cell
  43. dactyl
    finger or toe
  44. de-
    from, down, out
  45. dia-
    across, through
  46. diplo-
    twice, double
  47. dist
    distant
  48. dys-
    difficult, faulty, painful
  49. ec-
    out, outside, away from
  50. echin
    hedgehog
  51. ex-
    out, outside, away from
  52. ect-
    outside
  53. ecto-
    out, outside, away from
  54. en-
    in, inside
  55. end-
    inside
  56. ent-
    inside
  57. em-
    in, inside
  58. entomo
    insect
  59. epi-
    upon, over
  60. eury
    wide
  61. ex-
    out, from
  62. exo-
    outside, outer layer
  63. extra-
    outside, beyond
  64. fer
    bear
  65. flagell-
    a whip
  66. galacto-
    milk
  67. gam
    marriage
  68. gamet-
    to marry
  69. -gen
    an agent that initiates
  70. gene
    origin, birth
  71. -genesis
    formation
  72. gnath
    jaw
  73. gon
    seed, generation, offspring
  74. -gony
    reproduction
  75. gyn
    female
  76. halo-
    salt
  77. haplo-
    one, single
  78. helmin
    worm
  79. herpes-
    creeping
  80. hex
    six
  81. hol
    whole
  82. hyal
    glass
  83. hyper-
    excess
  84. hypo-
    below, deficient
  85. ichthy
    fish
  86. im-
    not, in
  87. iso-
    equal, same
  88. lob
    lobe
  89. -logy
    the study of
  90. loph
    crest, tuft
  91. lys
    loose
  92. lyt
    loose
  93. -lysis
    loosening, to break down
  94. macro-
    large
  95. mer
    part
  96. meso-
    middle
  97. meta-
    beyond, between, transition
  98. micro-
    small
  99. mnesia-
    memory
  100. mono-
    single
  101. morpho-
    form
  102. multi-
    many
  103. mut-
    to change
  104. myco-
    fungus
  105. -mycetoma
    fungus
  106. -myces
    fungus
  107. naut
    ship, sail
  108. nem
    thread
  109. neo
    new
  110. oligo-
    small, few
  111. -oma
    tumor
  112. oo
    egg
  113. ophi
    snake
  114. opisth
    behind
  115. osis-
    condition of
  116. ost
    bone
  117. ov
    egg
  118. sis-
    condition of
  119. pan-
    all, universal
  120. para-
    beside, near
  121. peri-
    around
  122. phago-
    eat
  123. philo-
    liking, preferring
  124. -phil
    liking, preferring
  125. phor
    carry
  126. phot
    light
  127. -phyll
    leaf
  128. phyte-
    plant
  129. pil-
    a hair
  130. placo
    plate, flat
  131. plasm
    something moldable
  132. platy
    flat, wide
  133. pleur
    side
  134. pod-
    foot
  135. por
    pore
  136. post-
    after, behind
  137. pre-
    before, ahead of
  138. pro-
    before, ahead of
  139. proto
    first, original
  140. pseudo-
    false
  141. pter
    wing, feather, fin
  142. radi
    radius, ray
  143. ret
    network
  144. reticul
    network
  145. rhizo-
    root
  146. rhynch
    snout
  147. saccharo-
    sugar
  148. sarc
    flesh
  149. schiz
    split
  150. scler
    hard
  151. soma-
    body
  152. sperm
    seed, semen
  153. spiro-
    coil
  154. spor
    seed
  155. sporo-
    spore
  156. staphylo-
    grapelike cluster
  157. stat
    standing, position
  158. steno
    narrow
  159. stom
    mouth
  160. strepto-
    chain
  161. super-
    above, upon
  162. sym-
    together, with
  163. syn-
    together, with
  164. tars
    ankle
  165. thallo-
    plant body
  166. thec
    case, box, chest, cup
  167. therm-
    heat
  168. -tone
    strength
  169. -tonic
    strength
  170. trans-
    across, through
  171. trich
    hair
  172. trop
    turn, change
  173. -troph
    food, nourishment
  174. uni-
    one
  175. ur
    tail
  176. vaccin-
    cow
  177. vacu-
    empty
  178. vitr-
    glass
  179. -vorous
    eat
  180. xantho-
    yellow
  181. xylo-
    wood
  182. zo
    animal
  183. zygo-
    yoke, joining
  184. -zyme
    ferment
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