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prefix flashcards
flashcards for learning science prefixs 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, doulble |
| boi | living, life |
| cardi | heart |
| cephal | head |
| chem | dealing with chemicals |
| chloro | green |
| chromo | color |
| cide | killer, kill, killing |
| cyto | cell |
| derm | skin |
| di | two, doulble |
| eco | enviorment |
| ecto | outer, external |
| endo | internal, inside |
| entom | insects |
| epi | above |
| gastro | stomach |
| genesis | origin, beginning |
| geo | earth, soil, global |
| graph | record, writing |
| hemo | blood |
| herba | plants |
| hetero | different |
| hist | tissue |
| homo | alike, simaliar |
| hydro | water |
| hyper | above |
| hypo | below |
| ichthy | fish |
| intra | within, inside |
| itis | disease, inflamation |
| lateral | side |
| lys | break down |
| macro | large |
| meso | middle |
| meter | measurment |
| micro | smaall |
| mono | one, single |
| morph | shape, form |
| multi | many |
| myc | fungus |
| ology | the study of |
| ologist | a person who studies |
| onc | mass, tumor |
| ornith | bird |
| pale | anceint |
| path, pathy | disease, suffering |
| philia | like |
| phobia | dislike, fear |
| photo | light |
| plasm | form |
| pod | foot |
| poly | many |
| proto | first |
| sub | lesser, below |
| synsithis | to make |
| tax | arrangment |
| therm | heat/temareture |
| toxico | poison |
| tri | three |
| troph | eat, comsume |
| zoo | amimal |
| agronomist | studies soil and crop production |
| biochemist | studies the chemical makeup and process happining in living things |
| biologist | studies living things and how they interact |
| botanist | studies plants |
| cytologist | studies cells for cancer or infection |
| ecologist | studies the relationship of oranisims and their inviorment |
| entomologist | studies insects |
| epidemeologist | studies health in large populations |
| geneticts | studies genes your DNA or genetic makeup |
| geochemist | studies the chemical makeup and chemical changes |
| geographer | studies earths land feturs and athabitance |
| geologist | studies the material history and life, especaily in rocks |
| histologist | studies human tissue under a microscope |
| paleontologist | studies fossils from past peroids of time on earth from all life |
| pathologist | studies disse andchanges in the human body from these dissesis |
| physicist | studies energy and matter and how they work togather |
| seismologist | studies earthquakes |
| volcanologist | studie volcanos |
| zoologist | studies animals |