Terminology for Zoological Latin and Greek

These lists are intended to be printed out and the words cut and pasted onto home-made flash cards. Because they are interdisciplinary, many of these can be applied to other scientific fields.

PREFIXES

1. A, an- without, lack of
2. Ab- away from
3. Ad- toward, to, near
4. Ambi, amphi, ampho- both
5. Ana- up, toward, apart
6. Ante- before, in front of backward
7. Apo- separation from, derived from
8. Anti- against, opposing
9. Auto- self
10. Bi- two, double, twice
11. Cata- down, under, lower, against
12. Circum- around
13. Co, com, con- with, together
14. Contra- opposed, against
15. De- reverse, remove
16. Di- two, twice
17. Dia- between, through, apare, acress, completely
18. Dis- apart from, free from
19. Dys- difficult, painful, abnormal
20. E, ec, ex- out of, from away from
21. Ecto, exo- outer, outside, situated on
22. Em, en- in
23. Endo- within, inner
24. Ep, epi- upon, on over above
25. Eu- normal, good, well, healthy
26. Extra- outside of, beyond
27. Hemi- half
28. Hyper- excessive, above
29. Hypo- under, deficient, beneath
30. Im, in- in, into within, not
31. Infra- below, beneath
32. Inter- between
33. Intra- within
34. Intro- into, within
35. Mes, meso- middle
36. Meta- change, beyond after
37. Micro- small
38. Multi- many
39. Neo- new, recent
40. Pan- all, entire
41. Para- beside, beyond
42. Per- through, excessive
43. Peri- around
44. Poly- many, much, excessive
45. Post- after, behind
46. Pre, po- before, in front of
47. Pseudo- false
48. Re- again, backward
49. Retro- backward, behind
50. Semi- half, partial
51. Sub- under, beneath, super, supra
52. Sym, syn- together, with
53. Trans- across, through
54. Ultra- beyond, excess
55. Xantho- yellow

SUFFIXES

1. -itis- inflammation
2. -ent, er, ist, or- person or agent
3. -emesis- vomit
4. -plasia, plastic, plasty- forming, growing, changing
5. -form, oid- resembling, shaped like
6. -gram, graphy- recording, written record
7. -tome- instrument for cutting
8. -ize- use, subject to
9. -emia- blood condition
10. -penia- deficiency, lack of
11. -genesis- development, origin
12. -oma- tumor
13. -logy- science, study of
14. -stomy- surgical opening
15. -scopy- act of examining
16. -rrhea- flow or discharge
17. -centesis- surgical puncture to remove fluid
18. -scope- instrument for examining
19. -tomy- cutting, incision
20. -phage, phagy- eating
21. -ible, ile- capable, able
22. -pexy, pexis- fixation
23. -rrhaphy- suturing in place
24. -pnea- breathing
25. -cyte- cell
26. -ate- having, resembling, acting upon
27. -Esis, is, iasis, ism, ity, osis, sis, tion, y- state or condition
28. -grapth- instrument that records
29. -Ac, al, ic, ous, tic- pertaining to, relating to
30. -rrhexis- rupture
31. -cele- protrusion (hernia)
32. -phobia- abnormal fear or intolerance
33. -algia- pain
34. -cle, cule, ole, ola, ule, ulum, ulus- small, diminutive
35. -ectomy- cutting out