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Prefixes & Suffixes
Science Prefixes and Suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a or an | not or non |
| aero | needing oxygen or air |
| agri (agro) | field soil |
| amphi ambi | both doubly |
| agua | water |
| archaeo | primitive ancient |
| arthro | joint |
| astro aster | star outer space |
| audi audio | to hear |
| auto | self |
| bi | life |
| bio | life live |
| cardi | heart |
| cephal | head |
| chem | dealing with chemicals |
| chloro | green |
| chromo | color |
| cide | killer kill killing |
| cyto | cell |
| derm | skin |
| di | two double |
| eco | envirmont |
| ecto (exo) | outer external |
| endo | internal |
| entom | insects |
| epi | above |
| gastro | stomach |
| 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 studys |
| onc | mass 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 | soil and crop production |
| biochemist | chemicals that are living |
| biologist | living things and how they interact |
| botanist | plants |
| cytologist | cells for cancer or infection |
| ecologist | the relationship of the organisms in the enviroment |
| entomologists | insects |
| epidemiologists | health in large population |
| geneticists | beginning |
| geochemists | chemicals |
| geographer | earths features |
| geolosgists | material rock |
| histologists | tissue |
| hydrologists | water |
| paleontologists | fossils past |
| pathologist | disease |
| physicist | matter |
| seismologists | earthquakes |
| volcanologists | volcanos |
| zoologists | animals |
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