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Prefix Flashcards
Scientific Prefixes and Suffixes
| 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 |
| archeo | primitive,ancient |
| artho | 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 decimals |
| chloro | green |
| chromo | color |
| cide | killer,kill,killing |
| cyto | cell |
| derm | skin |
| di | two double |
| eco | envierment |
| ecto(exo) | outer external |
| endo | internal inside |
| entom | insects |
| epi | above |
| gastro | stomach |
| genesis | orgin beginning |
| geo | earth soil global |
| graph | record writing |
| hemo(hema) | blood |
| herba | plants |
| hestro | different |
| hist | tissiue |
| homo | alike similar |
| hydro | water |
| hyper | above |
| hypo | below |
| icthhy | 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 |
| myco | fungus |
| nuero | nerve |
| ology | the study of |
| ologist | a person who studdies |
| onc | mass;tumor |
| ornith | bird |
| paleo | ancient |
| path pathy | disiese suffering |
| philla | like |
| phobia | dislike fear |
| photo | light |
| plasm | form |
| pod | foot |
| poly | many |
| proto | first |
| sub | lesser below |
| synthesis | to make |
| taxo | arrangement |
| therm | heat tempeture |
| toxico | poison |
| tri | three |
| troph | eat consume |
| zoo | animal |
| Agronomist | cstudies soil and crop production |
| Biochemist | studies tye chemical makeup happening in living rhings |
| Botanist | studies plants |
| cytologist | studies cells for cancer or infections |
| ectologist | studies envierment |
| ectomologist | studies insects |
| epidenmologist | studies height |
| genitsis | studies DNA |
| geochemist | studies chemial and earth |
| geographer | studies land features and habitats |
| geologist | studies history and life |
| histologist | studies the humans body tissue |
| hydrologist | studies water on the earths surface |
| paleontogist | studies fossils from the past |
| pathologist | studies disease in the human body |
| physictsis | studies energy and matter and how they work together |
| siesmologist | studies earthquakes |
| volcanologist | studies volcanos |
| zoologist | studies animals |