Biological Prefixes and Suffixes
Study List #5
pan-
all, Panamerican games
-pod or pedi-
foot, Arthropod, decapod, cephalopod, gastropod
photo-
light, photograph
phyto-
plant, phytoplankton
plankto-
wandering, drifting
pleisto-
most, pleistocene
pneuma-
air, breath, pneumonia, pneumatic drill
poly-
many, polygon, polyglot, polymath
post-
behind, after, posterior
pre- or pro-
before, forward
proto-
first, Protozoan, prototype
pseudo-
false, pseudonym
pulmo-
lung, cardiopulmonary resuscitation
quadra-
four, quadrangle
rhizo-
root, rhizomes
strati-
layers, stratified
symbio-
living together, symbiosis
zoo-
animal, zooplankton
ventro-
underside, ventral
un-
not, undecided, uneducated
taxo-
an arrangement, animal taxonomy
terra-
earth
terti-
third
rostral-
concerning the beak or snout
incis-
to cut into, or cut open, incisors (front teeth), incisive question