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scientific prefixs and sufficses
| 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 space |
| audi, audio | to hear |
| auto | self |
| bi | two, twice, double |
| bio | life, living |
| cardi | heart |
| cephal | head |
| chem | dealing with chemicals |
| chloro | green |
| chromo | color |
| cide | killer, kill killing |
| cyto | cell |
| derm | 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 | different |
| hist | tissue |
| homo | alike, similar |
| hydro | water |
| hyper | above |
| hypo | below |
| ichthy | fish |
| intra | within, inside |
| itis | disease, inflammation |
| lateral | side |
| lys | break down uujuiyyi |
| macro | large |
| meso | middle |
| meter | measurement |
| micro | small |
| mono | one single |
| morph | shape, form |
| multi | many |
| myc(o) | funges |
| neur(o) | nerve |
| ology | the study of |
| ologist | a person who studies |
| onc | mass; tumr |
| ornith | bird |
| pale(o) | ancient |
| path, pathy | disease, suffering |
| philia | like |
| phobia | dislik, fear |
| photo | light |
| plasm | form |
| pod | foot |
| polly | many |
| proto | fist |
| sub | lesser, below |
| synthesis | to make |
| tax(o) | arrangement |
| therm | heat/temperature |
| toxico | poison |
| tri | three |
| troph | eat, consume |
| zoo | animal |
| Agronomist | soil and crop production |
| biochemist | chemical or liveing |
| botanist | plant |
| biologist | liveing things |
| cytologist | cells for cancer |
| ecologist | relation |
| entomologist | insects |
| epidemiologist | health |
| geneticist | someone who studies genes |
| geochemist | chemical |
| geographer | Land features |
| geologist | studies material in rock |
| histologist | Studies tissue and cells under microscopes |
| hydrologist | Studies water |
| paleontologist | studies fossils |
| pathologist | studies disease |
| physicist | Studies energy |
| siesmologist | studies earthquakes |
| volcanologist | studies volcanos |
| zoologist | studies animals |
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