Prefixes & Suffixes

The following list is by no means complete, but it may help in understanding some difficult terminology. The following abbreviations are used ; Gr., for the Greek ; L., for the Latin.

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Term Definition
sept-

(L., wall), septum , partition.
scler-

(Or., hard), sclerotic , hard.
schizo-

(Or., to divide), Schizomycophyta , phylum of fission fungi (bacteria).
roti-

(I.., wheel), rotifer , animal with a wheel-like structure on its head.
rhodo-

(Or., red), Rhodophyta , phylum of red algae.
rhizo-

(Or., root), Rhizopoda , subclass of animals with root-like appendages.
rhabdo

(Or., rhabdos-rod), e.g. rhab, possessing straight rod-like intestine.
retro-

(I. ., backward), retrolingual , backward from the tongue.
rept-

(I. ., creeping), reptile , creeping animal.
ren-

(I.., kidney), renal , pertaining to the kidney.
re-

(I. ., again or back), regenerate , to form again.
pseudo-

(Or., false), pseudopodia , false feet.
prox-

(L., nearest), proximal , nearest.
proto-

(Or., first of essential), protoplasm , essential material of all plant and animal cells.
pro-

(Or., before), prostomium , portion ofthe head situated before the mouth of certain worms and molluscs.