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The Language of Science

The main reason students find it difficult to understand science is because of all the hard to write, spell and read words. Actually, scientific vocabulary is a hodge podge of little words that are linked together to have different meanings. If you learn the meanings of the little words, you'll find scientific vocabulary much easier to understand.

|Word |Word |

|Meaning |Meaning |

| | |

|a or an |hemo |

|not or non |blood |

| | |

|meso |hyper |

|middle |above |

| | |

|endo |hypo |

|inner, inside |below |

| | |

|aero |intra |

|needing oxygen or air |within, inside |

| | |

|anti |itis |

|against |disease, inflammation |

| | |

|amphi |lateral |

|both, doubly |side |

| | |

|aqua |logy |

|water |study of |

| | |

|arthro |lys |

|joint |break down |

| | |

|auto |meter |

|self |measurement |

| | |

|bi |mono |

|two, twice, double |one, single |

| | |

|bio |morph |

|life, living |form |

| | |

|cephal |micro |

|head |small |

| | |

|chloro |macro |

|green |large |

| | |

|chromo |multi |

|color |many |

| | |

|cide |pod |

|killer, kill, killing |foot |

| | |

|cyto |phobia |

|cell |dislike, fear |

| | |

|derm |philia |

|skin |like |

| | |

|di |plasm |

|two, double |form |

| | |

|ecto (exo) |proto |

|outer, external |first |

| | |

|endo |photo |

|internal |light |

| | |

|epi |poly |

|above |many |

| | |

|gastro |synthesis |

|stomach |to make |

| | |

|genesis |sub |

|origin, beginning |lesser, below |

| | |

|herba |troph |

|plants |eat, consume |

| | |

|hetero |therm |

|different |heat |

| | |

|homo |tri |

|alike, similar |three |

| | |

|hydro |zoo, zoa |

|water |animal |

| | |

Use the list above to guess the meaning of each of the following terms

1. Hydrology

2. Cytology

3. Protozoa

4. Epidermis

5. Spermatogenesis

6. Cytoskeleton

7. Abiotic

8. Dermatitis

9. Hypodermic

10. Hemophilia

11. Endocytosis

12. Insecticide

13. Anaerobic

14. Bilateral

15. Endotherm

16. Subspecies

17. Arthropod

18. Micrometer

19. Hypothermia

20. Bilateral

 

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