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Specialized EnglishEnvironmental Health

Mahdi Jahangir-BlourchianMahdi Jahangir-Blourchian

The School of HealthThe School of HealthGuilan University of Medical SciencesGuilan University of Medical Sciences

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Prefix and SuffixesRoot Meaning example

Circum- Around Circumference

- Cision Cut Incision

Cline- (-Clinal) Sloping Syncline

Clino- Sloping Clinograph, Clinometer

Co- (Con-) Together Coordination


-Coccus Spherical cell Streptococcus

Contra- Against, Opposite Contraceptive

Counter- Against Counteraction

Creta- Chalk Cretaceous

Cryo- Icy, Cold Cryogenic, Crytherpy


Crypto- Hidden, Secret Cryptogram

Cycle- Circle Cyclic

-Cyte Cell Leucocyte

De- Down, to undo Decant, Dehydrate

Deca- Ten Decagon, Decalitre


Demi- Half Demilunar

Dendro- (Dendre-) Tree Dendreform

Denti- Tooth Dental

-derm Skin Ectoderm

Deutero- Secound Deuterium


Dextra- Right Dextral

Di- Two Dichromatism

Dia- Through, AcrossDiagnose, Diathermic

Dis- Apart, the opposite Discriminate

Dodeca- Twelve Dodecagon


Duct- Tube Oviduct

Dura-, Duro, Dur- Lasting, Hard Durable

Dyna- Power, ForceDynamic, Dynamite

Ec- Out Eccentric

Eco- HouseEconomics,

Ecology


Ecto- Outside Ectoderm

Endo- Within Endogenous

Eo- Dawn Eocene

Epi- On, Upon Epicarp

Equi- Equal Equilateral


-escent Becoming Obsolescent

Eu- Well, Good, Easy Eugenics

Ex- (Exo-) Out of, Away from Exogenous

Extra- Beyond Extraordinary

-fact Done, Made Artifact


-fer (-ferous) Producing Aquifer

Ferri-(Ferre) Iron Ferricyanide

Flue-(Flux) Flow Affluent

Fluvi- Of a river Fluvial

For- From, Away Forbear


Fore- Before Foretell

-fract To break Refraction

Gam- Marriage Gametocyte

Gastro- Stomach Gastric

Ge- (Geo-) The earth Geography


Gel- Frost, Congeal Regelation

-gen Producer Hydrogen, Pathogen

Glac- Ice Glacial, Glacier

Glob- Ball Global, Globular

Glomer- Collect Glomerulus


-gon Angle Polygon

Gonia- Angle Goniometer

Grad- Step Gradient

-gram Written Diagram

Gran Seed Granular


-graph Recorded, Drawn Barograph, Seismograph

Grav- Heavy Gravimeter, Gravity

Gyro- Turn Gyroscope

Haema- (Haemato) Blood, Iron Haemagolobin

Hal- (Halo-) Salt Halogen

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