Understanding scientific terms

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Understanding Scientific Terminology Greek and Latin Roots of Scientific Terms.

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Understanding Scientific Terms, Greek and Latin word roots for scientists

About this book

Contents

1. Lesson 0 - Why bother learning Greek and Latin words?
2. Lesson 1 - Roots, prefixes, and suffixes
3. Lesson 2 - Common roots in science
4. Lesson 3 - Common prefixes
5. Lesson 4 - Numbers
6. Lesson 5 - Colors
7. Lesson 6 - The Body - part 1
8. Lesson 7 - The Body - part 2
9. Lesson 8 - Special suffixes

Courses

This book is used as a textbook in this Wikiversity course.

References

1. Latin
2. Greek, Ancient
3. Greek, Modern
4. Brunner, Theodore F. and Luci Berkowitz. 1967. The elements of Scientific and Specialized Terminology. Burgess Publishing Company. Minneapolis, MI. SBN 8087-0235- 1
5. Simpson, D. P., M.A. 1968 . Cassell's Latin Dictionary. Macmillan Publishing Company. New York NY. ISBN 0-02-522570-7
6. Various Authors. 2000. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company. Boston. ISBN 0-618-08230-1