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Prefix Flashcards
Scientific Prefix's And Suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| A or An | Not or non |
| Aero | Needing oxygen or air |
| Agri (agro) | field or soil |
| Amphi ambi | both or 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 |
| chormo | color |
| cide | killer kill killing |
| cyto | cell |
| derm | skin |
| di | two double |
| eco | enviorment |
| 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 or inside |
| itis | dieease inflammation |
| lateral | side |
| lys | break down |
| macro | large |
| meso | middle |
| meter | measurment |
| micro | small |
| mono | one single |
| morph | shape form |
| multi | many |
| myc(o) | fungas |
| nuer(o) | nerve |
| ology | the study of |
| ologist | a person who studies |
| onc | mass; tumar |
| ornith | bird |
| pale(o) | ancient |
| 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) | arrangement |
| therm | heat or temperature |
| toxico | pioson |
| tri | three |
| troph | eat consume |
| zoo | animal |
| agronomist | studies soil and crop production |
| biochemist | studies the chemical makeup and process happening in living things |
| biologist | studies living things and how they interact |
| botanist | studies plants |
| cytologist | studies cells for cancer or infection |
| ecologist | studies the relationship of organisms and their enviorment |
| entomoligist | studies insects |
| epidemiologist | studies health in large populations |
| geneticist | studies genes-your DNA or genetic makeup |
| geochemist | studies the chemical makeup and chemical changes |
| geographer | studies land features and inhabitants |
| geologist | studies the material history and life, especially in rocks |
| hydrologist | studies water on the earths surface and underground |
| paleontologist | studies fossils from past periods of time on earth from all life |
| pathologist | studies disease and changes in the body from these diseases |
| physicist | studies energy and matter and how they work together |
| seismologist | studies earthquakes |
| volcanologist | studies volcanoes |
| zoologist | animals |
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