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Prefix Flashcards
Scientific prefixes and suffexes
| 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, spaces |
| audio, audi | to hear |
| auto | self |
| bi | two, twice, double |
| bio | life living |
| cardi | heart |
| cephal | head |
| chem | dealing with chemicals |
| chloro | green |
| chromo color | color |
| cide | killer, kill, killing |
| cytro | cell |
| drem | 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 | diffrent |
| hist | 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 | measurment |
| micro | small |
| morph | shape, form |
| multi | many |
| myc (o) | fungas |
| 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 | posin |
| tri | three |
| troph | eat,consume |
| zoo | animal |
| Agronomist | studies field and crop production |
| biochemist | studies chemical and living |
| biologist | studies living and how they interact |
| Botanist | plants |
| cytologist | studies cells and infections |
| ecologist | studies relationship and envirment |
| entomologist | studies insects |
| epidemiologist | studies health |
| Genetics | studies genes your DNA and genetic make up |
| geochemist | Studies chemical makeup and chemical changes |
| geographer | studies land features and in habites of a specific area |
| geologist | studies material and rocks |
| histologist | studies the human body's tissue and there cells under. microscope |
| hydrologist | studies water on the earths surface and underground |
| Paleontologist | studies fossils from past pieriods of time on earth from all life |
| pathologist | studies diseases and changes in the body from these diseases |
| physicist | studies energy and matter and how they work together |
| seismologist | studies earth quakes |
| Volcanologist | studies volcanos |
| zoologist | studies animals |
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