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Science Prefixes and suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| A or An | Not or Non |
| Aero | Needing Oxygen or Air |
| Agri | Field, Soil |
| Amphi, Ambi | Both, Doubly |
| Anti | Against |
| Aqua | Water |
| Archaeo | Primitive; Ancient |
| Arthro | 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 | Envirerment |
| Ecto [exo] | Outer, External |
| 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 | Desiese, Inflammation |
| lateral | Side |
| Lys | Break down |
| Macro | Large |
| Meso | Middle |
| Meter | Measurement |
| Micro | Small |
| Mono | One, Singles |
| Morph | Shape, Form |
| Multi | Many |
| Myc[o] | Fungus |
| Nuer[o] | Nerve |
| Ology | The study of |
| Ologist | A person who studies |
| Onc | Mass; Tumor |
| Ornith | Bird |
| Pale(o) | Ancient |
| Path, Pathy | Desiese, Suffering |
| Philia | Like |
| Phobia | Dislike, Fear |
| Photo | Light |
| Plasm | Form |
| Pod | Foot |
| Poly | Many |
| Proto | First |
| Sub | Lesser, Below |
| Synthesis | To Make |
| Tax(o) | arrangment |
| Therm | Heat/ Tempature |
| Toxico | Poision |
| Tri | Three |
| Troph | Eat, Consume |
| Zoo | Animals |
| Agronomist | Agro- field and soil |
| Biochemist | Bio- life |
| Biologist | Bio-Life |
| Botanist | Botan- greek for plant |
| Cytologist | Cyto-cells |
| Ecologist | Eco- enviroment |
| Entomologist | Entom- Insect |
| Epidemiologist | Epi-above |
| Geneticist | Genisis-beginning |
| Geochemist | Geo-Earth |
| Geographer | Geo-Earth |
| Geologist | Geo-Earth |
| Histologist | Hist-tissue |
| Hydrologist | Hydro-Water |
| Paleontologist | Paleo-Ancient |
| Pathologist | Path-disease |
| Physicist | Greek-natural order |
| Seismologist | Seis- Earthquake |
| Volcanologist | Volcan- Fire or volcanos |
| Zoologist | Zoo- Greek for animals |