Human Anatomy & Physiology:Latin&Greek Word-Part List (prefixes, suffixes, roots) Students of any biology course should learn to recognize the meaning of word parts as they often give clues to the meaning of a scientific term, function, or process. Science terminology is predominately based in the Latin and Greek languages. This resource includes list of prefixes, suffixes, and roots will be used in this and most Biology (bio = life, logy = study of) courses. To help with pronunciation