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flash card for learning new science words
| 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 | environment |
| ecto (exo) | outer, external |
| endo | internal, inside |
| 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, similer |
| 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 |
| 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) | arrangement |
| therm | heat/temperature |
| toxico | poison |
| tri | three |
| troph | eat,Consume |
| zoo | animal |
| Agronomist | soil and crop production |
| biochemist | chemical living bio-Life |
| biologist | living interact bio-life |
| botanist | plants botan- Greek for plants |
| cytologist | cells for cancer of infection cyto- cell |
| Ecologist | relationship enviranment eco- environment |
| Entomologist | insects entom |
| Epidemiologist | Health in large populations Epi-above ( bird's view) |
| Geneticist | genes DNA or genetic make-up genesis |
| Geochemist | chemical makeup and chemical changes in the earth geo-earth |
| Geographer | Earth land features and inhabitants Geo- earth |
| Geologist | material rocks Geo- earth |
| histologist | human body's tissue hist-tissue |
| Hydrologist | water on earth's surface and underground hydro-water |
| Paleontologist | fossils past all life pales-ancient |
| pathologist | disease body disease path-disease suffering |
| physicist | energy matter Phys.-Greek for natural order |
| seismologist | earthquakes seismo - Greek for earthquake |
| volcanoes | vulcan-Latin-fire or volcanoes |
| Zoologist | animals Greek- Zoo means animals |
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