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Prefix flashcards
flashcards of all types of prefixes for learning Science terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| A or An | not or non |
| Aero | needing oxegen 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 chemicles |
| chloro | green |
| chromo | color |
| cide | killing, kill, killer |
| cyto | cell |
| derm | skin |
| di | two double |
| eco | enviorment |
| ecto (exo)n | outer, external |
| endo | internal inside |
| entom | insects |
| epi | above |
| gastro | stomach |
| genisis | original, begining |
| 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 |
| itchthy | fith |
| instra | inside within |
| itis | disease inflamation |
| Lateral | side |
| lys | break down |
| macro | large |
| micro | small |
| meso | middle |
| meter | measurment |
| mono | one, single |
| morph | shape, form |
| multi | many |
| myc | fungus |
| neur | nerve |
| ology | the study of |
| ologist | a person who studies |
| 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) | arrangment |
| therm | heat, tempature |
| toxico | poison |
| tri | three |
| troph | eat ,consume |
| zoo | animal |
| agronomist | studies field and crop pruduction |
| biochemist | chemicle makeup and prcess happening in living things |
| biologist | living things and how they interact |
| botanist | studies plants |
| cytologist | studies cells for cancer or infection |
| ecologist | studies the relationship of orginisms and thier enviorment |
| entomologist | studies insects |
| epidemiologist | studies health in large populations |
| geneticist | studies Genes |
| geochemist | studies the chemicle makeup and changes in the earth |
| geograher | studies the earths land features and inhabitants |
| geologist | studies history and life especially in rocks |
| histologist | studies human body tissue and cells found in the human body under microscopes |
| hydrologist | studies water on the earths surface and under ground |
| paleeontologist | studies fossils from past periods of earths history of all living things |
| physisist | studies energy and matter and how they wprk |
| pathologist | studies disease and changes in the body from these diseases |
| siesmologist | studies earthquakes |
| volcanologist | studies volcanoes |
| zoologist | studies animals |