Stems are small words of Greek or Latin origin. When combined with
other words or stems, you will get one word. Here are some stems you will use in science.
other words or stems, you will get one word. Here are some stems you will use in science.
| Stems | Definition | Example |
aqua
|
water
|
aquatic
|
bio
|
life
|
biology
|
hydro
|
water
|
hydropower
|
bi
|
two
|
bisect
|
logy
|
science
|
oceanology
|
pale
|
early
|
paleontology
|
archaeo
|
ancient
|
archaebacterium
|
techno
|
technical
|
technology
|
neuro
|
nerve
|
neuroscience
|
uni
|
one
|
unicellular
|
herpeto
|
reptile/amphibian
|
herpetology
|
amphi
|
both
|
amphibious
|
arachn
|
spider, arachnid
|
arachnophobia
|
arthr
|
joint
|
arthropathy
|
micro
|
small
|
microscope
|
nano
|
one billionth of …
|
nanosecond
|
ichthy
|
fish
|
ichthyology
|
ornith
|
bird
|
ornithischian
|
homo
|
same
|
homogeneous
|
mar
|
sea
|
marine
|
pyro
|
fire
|
pyrotechnics
|
meso
|
middle
|
Mesozoic
|
electr
|
electric
|
electrocytes
|
a
|
not
|
abacterial
|
gen
|
kind
|
genus
|
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