Science has its own language. If you know some of the parts of words, you can
decode larger words - even if you've never seen them
before. This is only a partial list of prefixes, suffixes and root words that you may come across in Science this year. a-, ab- means no or not amphi- means both ante- means before anti- means against arche- means ancient arthro- means joint auto- means self or same  bi- means two bio means
life chloro- means green chromo- means color -cide means kill circ- means around co-, con- means with, together cyto- means cell de- means remove derm means skin di- means two eco means nature or environment ecto- means outer, outside -ectomy means removal endo- means inner, inside epi- means upon, over ex-, exo- means outside of geo- means Earth hemi- means half hetero- means different homeo- means the same hydro- means water hyper- means above, over hypo- means below, under inter- means between, among intra- means within iso- means equal -itis means inflammation (swelling) lith means rock lyse means to break macro- means large mal- means bad mega- means large micro- means small mono- means one morph- means form, shape multi- means many neo- means new nephr- means kidney neur- means nerve -ology means the study of omni means all -ose means sugar para- means near, on peri- means around -philic, -phile means loving -phobic means fearing or hating photo means light phyto-, -phyte means plant pod means foot poly- means many post- means after pre- means before semi- means partially sub- means under super-, supra- means above trans- means across uni- means one -vore means one who eats A pdf file of these word parts has been attached below. |
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