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. Use this list to

guess the meaning of each of the

terms.
Word
Meaning
a or
not or non
an
mes
Middle
o
endo Inner, inside
needing oxygen or
aero
air
anti Against

amp
hi
aqua
arthr
o
auto
bi
bio
carn
e
ceph
al
chlor
o
Chro
mo
cide
cyto
der
m
di
ecto

both, doubly
Water
Joint
Self
two, twice, double
life, living
Flesh
Head
Green
Color
Killer, kill, killing
Cell
Skin
two, double
Outer, external

(exo)
endo
epi
gastr
o
gene
sis
herb
a
hete
ro
hom
o
hydr
o
hem
o
hype
r
hypo
intra

Internal
Above
Stomach
Origin, beginning
Plants
Different
alike, similar
Water
Blood
Above
Below
Within, inside

itis
later
al
logy
lys
mete
r
mon
o
mor
ph
micr
o
macr
o
multi
pod
phag
e
phob
ia

disease,
inflammation
Side
study of
break down
Measurement
one, single
Form
Small
Large
Many
Foot
to eat
dislike, fear

phili
a
plas
m
prot
o
phot
o
poly
synt
hesis
sub
trop
h
ther
m
vore
zoo,
zoa

Like
Form
First
Light
Many
to make
Lesser, below
eat, consume
Heat
swallow, devour
Animal

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. Polymorph
________________________________________________
__21. Photosynthesis
________________________________________________
__22. Amphibios (amphibian)
________________________________________________
__23. Heterotroph
________________________________________________
__24. Encephalitis
________________________________________________
__25. Monochrome
________________________________________________
__26. Autolysis
________________________________________________
__27. Herbivore
________________________________________________
_28. Homology
________________________________________________
__29. Macrophage
________________________________________________

__30. Carnivore
________________________________________________
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