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Prefix Flashcards
Scientific prefixes and sufixes
| 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 |
| artho | joint |
| astro,aster | star,outer space |
| audi,audo | to hear |
| auto | self |
| bi | two,twice,double |
| bio | life,living |
| cardi | heart |
| celphal | head |
| chem | dealing with chemicals |
| chloro | green |
| chromo | color |
| cide | killer,kill killing |
| cyto | cell |
| derm | skin |
| di | two or double |
| eco | enviroment |
| ecto (exo) | outer external |
| endo | internal inside |
| entom | insects |
| epi | above |
| gastro | stomache |
| genisis | orgin,being |
| geo | earth,soil,global |
| graph | record,write |
| hemo(hema) | blood |
| herba | plants |
| hetero | different |
| hist | tissue |
| homo | alike, simmilar |
| hydro | water |
| hyper | above |
| ichthy | fish |
| hypo | below |
| intra | within,inside |
| itis | deseise,inflamation |
| lateral | side |
| lys | break down |
| macro | large |
| meso | middle |
| meter | measurment |
| micro | small |
| 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 | 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 | arrangement |
| therm | heat,tempature |
| toxico | poison |
| tri | three |
| troph | eat,consume |
| zoo | aminal |
| agronomist | studies crop production and field |
| biochemist | studies chemical makeup and process happining |
| biologist | studies living tning and hoe they interact |
| botansit | studies plants |
| cytologist | studies cell for cancer or infection |
| entomologist | studies insectrs |
| edidemeologist | studies health |
| ecologistt | studies the relationships of organisms and thier environment |
| geneticist | studies genes |
| geochemist | studies the chemical makeup and chemical changes |
| geographer | studies land features and inhabitants |
| histologist | studies the human bodys tissue |
| hydrologist | studies water in hte earths surface |
| palentologist | studies diseases and suffereing from them |
| physysist | studys energy and matter and how they work |
| seismologist | studies earthquakes |
| zoologist | studies animals |