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What are some important scientific prefixes?


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Scientific prefixes:

  1. Scientific prefixes are words added to the beginning of other words.
  2. Some examples of the most common prefixes used in science are mentioned in the table below:

Prefix

Meaning

New word

Aden-

Gland

Adenocarcinoma

Bacter-

Bacteria

Bacteriophage

Carcin-

Cancer

Carcinogen

Desm-

To bind

Desmosome

Entom-

Insect

Entomology

Home-

Same

Homozygote

Intra-

Within

Intramuscular

Macro-

Large

Macrophage

Omni-

All

Omnivorous

Tox-

Poison

Toxicity


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