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Scientific prefixes and suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| A or an | Not or non |
| Aero | Needing oxygen or air |
| Agri (agro) | Field, soil |
| Amphi, ambi | Both, doubly |
| Anti | Against |
| Aqua | Water |
| Archaeo | Primitive; ancient |
| Arthro | joint |
| Astro, aster | Star, outer space |
| Auti, audio | To hear |
| Auto | self |
| Bi | Two, twice, double |
| Bio | Life, living |
| Cardi | Heart |
| Cephal | Head |
| Chem | Dealing with chemicals |
| Chloro | Green |
| Chromo | Color |
| Cide | Killer, kill, killing |
| Cyto | Cell |
| Derm | Skin |
| Di | Two, Double |
| Eco | Environment |
| Ecto (exo) | Outer, external |
| Endo | Internal, inside |
| Entom | insects |
| Epi | Above |
| Gastro | Somach |
| Genesis | Origin, beginning |
| Geo | Earth, soil, global |
| Graph | Record, writing |
| Hemo(hema) | Blood |
| Herba | Plants |
| Hetero | Different |
| Hist | Tissue |
| Homo | Alike, similar |
| Hydro | Water |
| Hyper | above |
| Hypo | Below |
| Ichthy | Fish |
| Intra | Within, inside |
| Itis | Disease, inflammation |
| Lateral | Side |
| Lys | Break down |
| Macro | Large |
| Meso | Middle |
| Meter | Measurement |
| Micro | Small |
| Mono | One, single |
| Morph | Shape, form |
| Multi | Many |
| Myc(o) | Fungus |
| Neur(o) | Nerve |
| Ology | The study of |
| Ologist | A person who studies |
| Onc | Mas; tumor |
| Ornith | Bird |
| Pale(o) | Ancient |
| Path, pathy | Disease, suffering |
| Philia | Like |
| Phobia | Dislike, fear |
| Photo | Light |
| Plasm | Form |
| Pod | Foot |
| Poly | Many |
| Proto | First |
| Sub | Lesser, below |
| Synthesis | To make |
| Tax(o) | Arrangement |
| Therm | Heat/temperature |
| Toxico | poison |
| Tri | Three |
| Troph | Eat, consume |
| Zoo | Animal |
| Agronomist | Studies soil and crop production |
| Biochemist | Studies chemicals in living things |
| Biologist | Studies living thing and how they react |
| Botanist | Studies plants |
| Cytologist | Studies cells for cancer or infection |
| Ecologist | Studies the relationships of organisms and their environment |
| Entomologist | Studies insects |
| Epidemologist | Studies health in large population |
| Geneticist | Studies genes, your DNA or genetic makeup |
| Geochemist | Studies the chemical makeup and changes in the Earth. |
| Geographer | Studies earths features and inhabitants |
| Geologist | Studies the material, history and life especially in rock |
| Histologist | Studies the human body's tissue and cells under microscopes |
| Hydrologist | Studies water on the earth's surface and underground |
| Paleontologist | Studies fossils from past periods of time on earth from all life |
| Pathologist | Studies disease and changes in the body from these diseases |
| Physicist | Studies the matter and energy and how they work together |
| Seismologist | Studies earthquakes |
| Volcanologist | Studies volcanos |
| Zoologist | Studies animals |
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