pertaining to fats and fatty substances 

-lith 

stone 

-logy 

discourse, study 

-logist 

a person who studies 

-lysis, -lytic, -lyte 

pertaining to dissolving 

macro- 

long: opposite of micro- 

mal- 

badly 

marine 

living in the ocean 

mega- 

large, opposite of micro- 

meso- 

middle 

meta- 

after, behind, later 

micro- 

small 

mono- 

single 

-morph, morpho- 

form 

myc-, myco-

pertaining to fungi 

myo- 

muscle 

-neme, nemato- 

thread 

neo- 

new 

nephro- 

kidney 

neuro- 

nerve 

nocturnal 

active at night 

nudi- 

bare, naked 

octo- 

eight 

-oid, -ioda, -odea 

having the form of 

-ologist 

a person who studies 

-ology 

a science, a branch of learning

omni- 

all 

oõ-

egg 

oral 

at, near or toward the mouth 

ortho- 

straight, regular, upright 

-osis 

condition, state 

osmo-

smell, odor 

osteo- 

bone 

ovi-, ovo- 

egg 

paleo- 

old, ancient. 

pectoral 

at, near or toward the chest or shoulder region. 

-ped, -pedia, pedi- 

foot 

pelvic 

at, near or toward the hip region. 

pent-, penta-, 

five. 

phoro-, phore 

bearing, carring 

photo-, photic 

light 

-plankton 

wandering, drifting 

-plasm, plasmo-, -plast 

form, mold 

platy- 

flat, broad. 

-ploid, -fold

number of chromosme sets per cell. 

-pod, -podia 

foot, feet 

poly- 

many 

post-, potero-, posterior 

at, near or toward the hind end or part. 

pre- 

in front of. 

pro- 

in front of. 

proto- 

first 

pseudo- 

false 

ptero-, -ptera 

wing, fin 

quadri- 

four 

rhizo- 

root 

-rhynch, rhyncho- 

snout 

-saccharide 

sugar 

saphro- 

dead or decaying organic matter 

saur-, -saur 

lizard 

schizo- 

to split or part 

sclero- 

hard 

scypho- 

cup 

semi- 

half 

seti-, seta 

bristle 

sipho-, siphono 

a pipe 

-soma, -some, somato- 

body 

-sperm, spermo-, spermato-, 

seed 

spora-, spore- 

seed 

-stome, -stoma, stomato- 

mouth 

sub- 

under, below 

sym-, syn- 

together, with 

taxo-, taxi-, -taxis 

arrangement 

terrestrial 

living on land 

tetra- 

four 

therom- 

heat 

thigmo- 

touch 

throacic 

at, near or toward the chest region, or region between the head and abdomen 

-toxin 

poison 

trans- 

across 

tri- 

three 

-troch, trocho- 

wheel 

-throph, tropho- 

feeder. 

-tropism 

plant movement in response to a stimulus 

uni- 

one 

ventral 

at, near or toward the belly or underside 

-vore 

eater, feeder 

xantho- 

yellow 

xero- 

dry 

-zoic 

refers to life 

zoo-, -zoa, -zoan 

animal 

phyco- 

seaweed, refers to aquatic protists 

 phyllo-, -phyll

 leaf

phyto-, -phyte 

plant