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Preflx Flashcards
Flashcards for science Preflxs
| 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 |
| audi, audio | to hear |
| auto | self |
| bi | two, twice, double |
| bio | life, living |
| cardi | heart |
| cephal | head |
| chem | dealing with chemicals |
| choro | 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 | stomach |
| genesis | origin, beginning |
| geo | earth, soil, global |
| graph | recored, writing |
| hemo (hema) | blood |
| herba | plants |
| hetero | different |
| hisy | 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 |
| ologsit | a person |
| 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 | fied soil |
| biochemist | life |
| biologist | life |
| botanist | greek for plants |
| cytolgist | cell |
| ecologist | evnironment |
| entomologist | insect |
| epidemologist | above ( birds eye view) |
| geneticist | genes |
| geochemist | chemical make up and chemial chanes in the earth |
| geographer | earth land featcures and inhabitamts |
| geologist | material hisory and life espcially in rocks |
| histoigist | tissue |
| hydrologist | water on the earth suface and underground |
| paleontologist | possils from past periods of time on earth all life |
| pathologist | disease and changes in the body from these disease |
| physicist | energy and matter and how they work together |
| seismologist | earthquakes |
| volcanologist | volcanolgist |
| zoologist | animals |