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Chemistry Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes
Learning the individual parts of chemistry vocabulary.
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Chemistry
Undergraduate 1
08/25/2023
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Term
glyc
 Definition
sweet, sugar
Term
a, an
 Definition
not, without
Term
acid, acri
 Definition
sour, sharp
Term
carb
 Definition
coal, carbon
Term
de
 Definition
down, lack, from
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e, ex, ef
 Definition
out, without, from
Term
en
 Definition
in, into
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fiss
 Definition
cleft, split
Term
halo
 Definition
salt
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here, hes
 Definition
stick to
Term
iso
 Definition
equal, same
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oxid, oxy
 Definition
oxygen
Term
ag, act
 Definition
move, proceed
Term
amph
 Definition
double, both
Term
chem
 Definition
chemical
Term
chrom
 Definition
color
Term
elem
 Definition
basic
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-ene
 Definition
double covalent bond
Term
ex, exo
 Definition
out, outside
Term
hydr
 Definition
water
Term
-ile
 Definition
describing
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photo
 Definition
light
Term
polar
 Definition
end of axis
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poly
 Definition
many
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al, allo
 Definition
other, different
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alpha
 Definition
first
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amin
 Definition
amine
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an
 Definition
apart
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-ane
 Definition
single covalent bond
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-ate
 Definition
negatively charged ion
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anti
 Definition
against, opposite, inhibit
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aqu
 Definition
water
Term
baro
 Definition
pressure
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beta
 Definition
second
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bi
 Definition
two
Term
bio
 Definition
life, living
Term
calor
 Definition
heat
Term
cat
 Definition
down, negative
Term
cau, caus
 Definition
burn, heat
Term
co, com
 Definition
with, together
Term
cry
 Definition
cold
Term
dens
 Definition
thick
Term
di
 Definition
double
Term
dis, diff
 Definition
separate, apart
Term
duc, -t
 Definition
led, pulled
Term
electr
 Definition
electricity
Term
equ
 Definition
equal
Term
erg
 Definition
work
Term
ferr, ferro
 Definition
iron
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fix
 Definition
fix, fasten
Term
flu
 Definition
flow
Term
fract
 Definition
break, broken
Term
graph
 Definition
writing, printing
Term
hybrid
 Definition
combination
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hyper
 Definition
over, above
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hypo
 Definition
under, beneath
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-ic
 Definition
higher valence
Term
-ide
 Definition
derived from
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ign
 Definition
fire
Term
-ite
 Definition
negatively charged ion
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-ion
 Definition
process
Term
-ist
 Definition
one who studies
Term
kilo
 Definition
thousand
Term
liqu
 Definition
fluid, liquid
Term
lys, lyz
 Definition
loosening, breaking
Term
malle
 Definition
hammer
Term
mer
 Definition
a part
Term
meter
 Definition
measure
Term
mill
 Definition
one thousand
Term
misc, mix
 Definition
mix
Term
mon
 Definition
single
Term
morph
 Definition
form, shape
Term
neg
 Definition
no
Term
neutr
 Definition
neither
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nitro
 Definition
nitrogen
Term
non
 Definition
not
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oct
 Definition
eight
Term
-on
 Definition
unit
Term
-ous
 Definition
lower valence
Term
pent
 Definition
five
Term
phil
 Definition
attracted
Term
pre
 Definition
before
Term
pyr
 Definition
fire, heat
Term
quant
 Definition
amount
Term
radi, ray
 Definition
ray, radius
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re
 Definition
back, again
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