Biology Latin/Greek Prefixes

thread

mit

Soft

Moll

Single, one

Mono

form

morph

slimy, mucus

muco

many

multi

mouse

mus

fungus

myce (myco)

muscle

myo

moustache

myst

dwarf

nao

drugged, drug-like

narc

death

necto

thread

nema

kidney

nephr

nerve

neur

nest

nidus

law

nom

thickened area

node

back

noto

naked

nudi

like

-oid

eye

ocel

teeth

odont

gullet

oesoph

smelling

olfact

few

oligo

fatty skin

oment

egg

oo

snake

ophi

eye

opthalm

little cover

opercul

eye, vision

opt

circle

orb

mouth

oral

bird

ornith

straight

ortho

mouth

os

a sugar

-ose

increase of

-osis

bone

oss (ost)

mouth

osti

shell

ostrac

ear

oti (oto)

egg

ovum

thick

pachy

ancient

palae

webbed

-palmate

nipple

papil

birth

par

beside, near

para

wall

pariet

small

parv

breast

pect

foot

ped

little foot

pedunci

hatchet

pelecy

tail, penis

penis

five

pente

around

peri

odd

perisso

permanent

perenni

rock

petr

brown

phaeo

eat

phago

loving, liking

phil

carry

phor

light

photo

fence, partition

phragm

tribe, group

phyl

leaf

phyl

bladder

physa