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Prefix Flashcards
Scientific prefix and suffices
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a or an | not or non |
| areo | 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 space |
| audi, audio | to hear |
| auto | self |
| bi | two, twice, doble |
| bio | life, living |
| cardi | heart |
| cephal | head |
| chem | dealing with chemical |
| chloro | green |
| chromo | color |
| cide | killer, kill, killing |
| cyto | cell |
| derm | skin |
| di | two, double |
| eco | enviormment |
| ecto [exo] | outer, external |
| endo | internal, inside |
| entom | insectes |
| epi | above |
| gasstro | stomach |
| genesis | origon, 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 |
| ichthy | fish |
| intra | within, inside |
| itis | disease, inflammation |
| lateras | side |
| lys | break down |
| macro | large |
| meso | middle |
| meter | measurement |
| micro | small |
| mono | one, single |
| morph | shape, form |
| multi | many |
| myc[o] | fungas |
| neur[o] | nerves |
| ology | the study of |
| ologist | a person who studies |
| onc | mas; tumor |
| ornith | bird |
| pale[o] | anicient |
| path, pathy | disease, suffering |
| phillia | 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/ temperature |
| toxic | poision |
| tri | three |
| troph | eat, consume |
| zoo | animals |
| agronomist | studies soil and crop production |
| biochemist | studies the chemicals makeup and process happening in living things |
| biologist | studies living things and how they interact |
| botanist | studies plants |
| cytologist | studies cells for cancer or infecions |
| ecologist | studies the relationship of the organisms and their environment |
| entomologist | studies insects |
| geneticist | studies genes - DNA or genetic make - up |
| geochemist | studies chemicals makeup and chemicals in the earth |
| geographer | studies land features and inhabitants |
| geologist | studies the material history and life, especially in rocks |
| histologist | studies the human body tissues and cells under microscope |
| hydrologist | studies water on the earth's surface and under groud |
| paleontologist | studies fossils from past periods of time on earth from all life |
| pathologist | studies disease and changes in the body from these disease |
| volcanologist | studies volcanos |
| zoologist | studies animals |
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