The prefixes, suffixes, and word roots can be matched with their definitions as follows:
- a-, an-: not, without, lacking
- -able: capable of
- de-: away from, down
- deca-: ten
- deci-: tenth
- dendr-: tree
- derm-: skin
- di-, dipl- (Latin): two, double
- di-, dia- (Greek): through, across, apart
- du-, duo-: two
- echin-: spiny, prickly
- eco-: house
- ecto-: outside of
- -emia: blood
- en-, endo-, ent-: in, into, within
- entom-: insects
- epi-: upon, above, over
- erythro-: red
- eu-: well, good, true, normal
- flor-: flower
- foli-: leaf
- fract-: break
- -gam-: marriage
- gastr-: stomach
- -gene-: origin, birth
- -gest-: carry, produce, bear
- gluc-, glyc-: sweet, sugar
- gnath-: jaw
- grav-: heavy
- gymno-: naked, bare
- gyn-: female
- halo-: salt
- -helminth-: worm
- hem-: blood
- hemi-: half
- herb-: grass, plants
- hetero-: different, other
- hex-: six
- hibern-: winter
- hipp-: horse
- hist-: tissue
- holo-: entire, whole
- homo- (Latin): man, human
- homo- (Greek): same, alike
- hort-: garden
- hydr-: water
- hyper-: above, beyond, over
- hypo-: below, under, less
- -chthy-: fish
- inter-: within, inside
- intra-: between
- iso-: equal, same
- pinni-: feather
- plasm-, -plast-: form, formed into
- platy-: flat
- pleur-: lung, rib, side
- pneumo-: lungs, air
- -pod: foot
- por-: opening
- pre-: before, ahead of time
- pseudo-: false, deceptive
- pter-: having wings or fins
- quadr-: four
- quin-: five
- re-: again, back
- rhag-, -rrhage: burst forth
- rhiz-: root
- sacchar-: sugar
- sapr-: rotten
- sarc-: flesh
- saur-: lizard
- sci-: know
- -scop-: look, device for seeing
- -scribe, -script: write
- semi-: half, partly
- sept-: partition, seven
- sex-: six
- solv-: loosen, free
- som-, -some: body
- -sperm-: seed
- spir-, -spire: breathe
This list combines important prefixes, suffixes, and roots with their meanings commonly used in scientific and general vocabulary. If there are specific prefixes, suffixes, or roots that require matching or more details, please provide them.
