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Prefixes/Sufixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a/an | not/non |
| areo | needing oxygen/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 |
| marco | large |
| meso | middle |
| meter | measurement |
| micro | small |
| mono | one/single |
| morph | shape/form |
| multi | many |
| myc(o) | fungus |
| neur(o) | 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) | arrangement |
| therm | heat/tempature |
| toxico | poison |
| tri | three |
| troph | eat/consume |
| zoo | animal |