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PLTW Pre/Suffix-7
Scientific Prefixes & Suffixes Set 7
Term | Definition |
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iso- | equal, same |
-ist | person who deals with |
-itis | inflammation, disease |
-ium | refers to a part of the body |
-kary- | cell nucleus |
kel- | tumor, swelling |
kerat- | horn |
kilo- | thousand |
kine- | move |
lachry- | tear |
lact- | milk |
lat- | side |
leio- | smooth |
-less | without |
leuc-, leuk- | white, bright, light |
lign- | wood |
lin- | line |
lingu- | tongue |
lip- | fat |
lith-, -lite | stone, petrifying |
loc- | place |
-log- | word,speech |
-logist | one who studies |
-logy | study of |
lumin- | light |
-lys, -lyt, -lyst | decompose, split, dissolve |
macr- | large |
malac- | soft |
malle- | hammer |
mamm- | breast |
marg- | border, edge |
mast- | breast |
med- | middle |
meg- | million, great |
mela-, melan- | black, dark |
-mer | part |
mes- | middle, half, intermediate |
met-, meta- | between, along, after |
-meter, -metry | measurement |