Section 4 - Scientific Root Words, Prefixes, and Suffixes

dactyl-

• finger

• skin

• terrible

• outside of

de-

• half

• sleep

• away from, down

• back

deca-

• two, double

• power

• blood

• ten

deci-

• tenth

• sleep

• small

• intestine, gut

deliquesc-

• become fluid

• two

• terrible

• in, into, within

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

demi-

• tree

• day

• through, across, apart

• half

dendr-

• terrible

• tree

• day

• brain

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

dent-

• ten

• lead

• tooth

• house

derm-

• terrible

• skin

• sleep

• spiny, prickly

di-, dipl- (Latin)

• sleep

• two, double

• bad, abnormal, difficult

• made of