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Science Vocabulary
Science Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes
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Science
8th Grade
12/16/2010
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Term
ab-
 Definition
From, without
Term
-aceous
 Definition
Pretending to...
Term
ad-
 Definition
to, toward
Term
amyl-
 Definition
starch
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an-
 Definition
Without
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ana-
 Definition
upward, again
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ante-
 Definition
before, in front of
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-ase
 Definition
enzyme
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aur-
 Definition
ear
Term
basi-
 Definition
at the bottom
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bi-
 Definition
two
Term
cata-
 Definition
down, lower, under
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cava-
 Definition
hollow
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calor-
 Definition
heat
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centi-
 Definition
hundred
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chrom-
 Definition
color
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circum-
 Definition
around
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com-, con-
 Definition
with, together
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cryo-
 Definition
cold
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cyano-
 Definition
blue
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cyclo-
 Definition
circle
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de-
 Definition
down, away from
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di-
 Definition
two
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dia-
 Definition
between, throughtout
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dis-
 Definition
apart from, negative
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dura-
 Definition
hard
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dys-
 Definition
painful, difficult
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e-, ex-
 Definition
out, away
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ecto-
 Definition
outside
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endo-
 Definition
inside
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erythro-
 Definition
red
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exo-
 Definition
outside
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ferro-
 Definition
iron
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fiss-
 Definition
split
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gen-
 Definition
producing
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-grad-
 Definition
step, level
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gavid-
 Definition
pregnancy
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halo-
 Definition
salt
Term
hex-
 Definition
six
Term
holo-
 Definition
whole
Term
hydr-
 Definition
water
Term
hyper-
 Definition
above, over, beyond
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hypo-
 Definition
below, under
Term
ign-
 Definition
fire
Term
infra-
 Definition
below
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inter-
 Definition
between, among
Term
intra-
 Definition
inside, within
Term
iso-
 Definition
equal
Term
kilo-
 Definition
thousand
Term
lacri-
 Definition
tears
Term
lamella-
 Definition
leaf, layer
Term
lat-
 Definition
side, broad
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lumen-
 Definition
cavity
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macro-
 Definition
large, long
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mal-
 Definition
bad, abnormal
Term
meta-
 Definition
between, change
Term
milli-
 Definition
thousandth
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minor-
 Definition
lesser
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mono-
 Definition
one
Term
morpho-
 Definition
body shape, form
Term
nema-
 Definition
thread
Term
oct-
 Definition
eight
Term
oligo-
 Definition
few
Term
-oid
 Definition
resembling, like
Term
-ous
 Definition
full of
Term
para-
 Definition
beside, near
Term
ped-
 Definition
children
Term
pent-
 Definition
five
Term
photo-
 Definition
light
Term
pneum-
 Definition
air
Term
poly-
 Definition
many
Term
post-
 Definition
after, behind
Term
pre-
 Definition
first, before
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proto-
 Definition
first
Term
psuedo-
 Definition
false
Term
sacch-
 Definition
sugar
Term
semi-
 Definition
half
Term
sept-
 Definition
seven
Term
sinus-
 Definition
cavity
Term
sol-
 Definition
sun
Term
solv-
 Definition
loosen, free
Term
stell-
 Definition
star
Term
-statis
 Definition
slowing, standing still
Term
sub-
 Definition
below
Term
super-, supra-
 Definition
above
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tact-
 Definition
touch
Term
tele-
 Definition
distance
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therm-
 Definition
heat
Term
tetra-
 Definition
four
Term
tox-
 Definition
poison
Term
trans-
 Definition
across, through
Term
tri-
 Definition
three
Term
ultra-
 Definition
beyond
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uni-
 Definition
one, single
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xanth-
 Definition
yellow
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