IMORTANT BIOLOGICAL TERM (LATIN AND GREEK WORDS) IN BIOLOGY

 Biological Terms

Most of the biological terms are derived from Greek and Latin languages.

Prefixes

Prefixes are placed before the word to add or to change its meaning.

Prefix	Meaning	Examples
a-	without	Acellular, asexual
An-	without	Anaerobic, anaesthetic
Amphi-	On both sides	Amphibian
Anti-	against	Antiseptic
Ante-	before	Antenatal
Ad-	near	Adrenal
Archae-	ancient	archaeology
Arbor-	tree	Arboreal
Auto-	self	Automatic
bi	two	Bisexual
Cephalo-	head	Cephalothorax
de	Opposite of	Dehydration, degeneration
Deca-	ten	Decade
di-	two	Disaccharides, dimorphism
Epi-	on	Epidermis
Ecto-	outer	Ectoderm
Eu-	well	Eukaryote
Fore-	before	Fore brain, foregut
Haemo-	blood	Haemorrhage, haemoglobin
Hemi-	half	Hemisphere, hemiparasite
Hetero-	different	Heteropolysaccharide, heterocercal tail
Homo-	same	Homoplysaccharides, homocercal tail
hyper	above	Hypertension, hyperparasite
Hydro-	water	Hydration
Hypo-	under	Hypotension
Holo-	complete	Holozoic, holophytic
Inter-	between	Intercellular
intra	inside	Intracellular, intravenous
Later-	side	Lateral
Leu-	white	Leucocytes
Litho-	stone	Lithosphere
Macro-	larger	macromolecules