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prefix flash card!
science prefixes and suffixes!!
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a or an | not or non |
| aero | needing oxygen or air |
| agri (argo) | field ,soil |
| amphi, ambi | both, doubly |
| anti | against |
| aqua | water |
| archaeo | primitive; ancient |
| artho | joint |
| astro, aster | star, outer space |
| audi, 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 ,extermal |
| endo | internal |
| entom | insects |
| epi | above |
| gasto | 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 |
| icthy | fish |
| inta | within, inside |
| itis | disease, inflammation |
| lateral | side |
| lys | breakdown |
| marco | large |
| meso | middle |
| meter | measurment |
| micro | small |
| mono | one, single |
| morph | shape , form |
| multi | many |
| myc (o) | many |
| 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) | arraangement |
| therm | heat /temperature |
| toxico | poison |
| tri | three |
| troph | eat , consume |
| zoo | animal |
| agronomist | soil, crop production |
| biologist | studies living things and how they interact |
| biochemist | studies the chemicals makeup and process happening in living |
| botanist | studies plants |
| cytologist | studies cells for cancer or infections |
| ecologist | studies the relationship of organisms and their environment |
| entomologist | studies insects |
| epidemiologist | studies heath in large populations |
| geneticist | studies genes - your dna or genetic makeup |
| geochemist | studies the chemical makeup and chemical changes |
| geographer | studies the earth features and inhabitants |
| geologist | studies the material history and life, especially in rock |
| histologist | studies the human bodys tissue and cells under microscope |
| paleontologist | studies diease and changes in the body from these dieases |
| physicist | studies matter and energy and how they work together |
| seismologist | studies earthquakes |
| volcanologist | studies volcanoes |
| zoologist | studies animals |
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