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