Understanding Scientific Terms/Index
INDEX OF WORD ROOTS, PREFIXES, AND SUFFIXES
A
[edit | edit source]a 0
ab 3
acousia 8
ad 3
alb/a 5
algia 8
ap 0
aphia 8
apo 0
archae/o 2
aur/i 6
B
[edit | edit source]bi 4
brachy/o 6
C
[edit | edit source]cardi/o 7
cephal/o 6
chir/o 6
chlor/o 5
chrom/o 5
corpa 6
corpus 6
cyan/o 5
cyst/o 7
cyt/o 2
cyte 7
D
[edit | edit source]dactyl/o 6
deci 4
derm 3
deutero 4
di 4
E
[edit | edit source]ecto 3
edema 8
electr/o 0
emia 8
encephal/o 6
end/o 3
enne 4
eschato 4
ex/o 3
F
[edit | edit source]fix 1
G
[edit | edit source]galuc/o 5
genic 8
geo 2
geustia 8
gram 0
gram 1
gynaec/o 2
gynec/o 2
H
[edit | edit source]hemi 4
hepat/o 7
hept 4
hex 4
hyper 0,3
hypo 0,3
hyster/o 7
I
[edit | edit source]ic 2
ism 8
itis 8
L
[edit | edit source]laryng/o 7
lepsy 8
leuc/o 5
lith/o 2
logist 2
M
[edit | edit source]macro 3
mamm/o 6
mania 8
melan/o 5
meter 0
micro 3
mono 4
multi 4
myc/o 2
N
[edit | edit source]nephr/o 7
neur/o 7
nigr/o 5
non 4
O
[edit | edit source]oct 4
ocul/o 6
oid 8
oma 8
oo 7
opia 8
opsia 8
opthalm/o 6
or/o 6
orexia 8
osis 8
osmia 8
osphrensia 8
ot/o 6
ovo 7
P
[edit | edit source]palae/o 2
patell/o 6
ped/o 6
pent 4
peri 3
phall/o 7
phon/o 1
phone 1
phyt/a 2
pluri 4
pneum/o 7
poly 4
post 0
primo 4
pro 3
proto 3
proto 4
pulmin/o 7
Q
[edit | edit source]quad 4
quart 4
quint 4
R
[edit | edit source]ren/o 7
rhin/o 6
rhodo 5
rub/o 5
S
[edit | edit source]semi 4
sept 4
sex 4
some 5
stomat/o 6
T
[edit | edit source]tel/e 1
tetra 4
tomy 8
tri 4
trito 4
U
[edit | edit source]umbilic/o 6
uni 4
X
[edit | edit source]xanth/o 5
Z
[edit | edit source]zoo 2