PREFIXES & SUFFIXES
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PREFIXES & SUFFIXES1st Six Weeks
Aqua
• MEANING: water• EXAMPLE: aquarium, aquatic
Auto
• MEANING: self• EXAMPLE: autograph, autotroph
Bi
• MEANING: two, twice, double• EXAMPLE: bicycle, bipedal
Bio
• MEANING: living, life• EXAMPLE: biography, antibiotic
Con
• MEANING: together• EXAMPLE: conversation, convergent
Cyte/Cyto
• MEANING: cell• EXAMPLE: cytoplasm, erythrocyte
Ella/Elle
• MEANING: small• EXAMPLE: flagella, organelle
Hyper
• MEANING: over, above• EXAMPLE: hyperextension, hypertonic
Hypo
• MEANING: below• EXAMPLE: hypothermia, hypothesis
Iso
• MEANING: equal• EXAMPLE: isosceles, isotope
Logy
• MEANING: the study of• EXAMPLE: psychology, archeology
Meter
• MEANING: measurement• EXAMPLE: barometer, micrometer
Mono/Mon
• MEANING: single, one• EXAMPLE: monarch, carbon monoxide
Micro
• MEANING: small• EXAMPLE: microscope, microbiology
Macro
• MEANING: large• EXAMPLE: macroeconomics, macromolecule
Multi
• MEANING: many• EXAMPLE: multitude, multicellular
Poly
• MEANING: many• EXAMPLE: polymer, polygenic
inheritance
Pro
• MEANING: before• EXAMPLE: prophesy, prokaryote
Scope
• MEANING: look• EXAMPLE: stethoscope, telescope
Sub
• MEANING: below, lesser• EXAMPLE: submarine, subcutaneous
Trans
• MEANING: across• EXAMPLE: translate, transpiration
Tri
• MEANING: three• EXAMPLE: tripod, trisomy
Uni
• MEANING: one• EXAMPLE: unite, unicellular