Download Word Part Meaning Example:

You often can figure out the meanings of new words by studying the word parts. The prefixes and suffixes listed below will help you figure out the meaning of many new words.
Word Part
Meaning
Example:
a­/an­/anti­/non­
not
asexual
­ase
enzyme
lactase
self
autotrophic
two
bipedal
life
biology
green
chloroplast
killer
pesticide
chemical/chemistry
chemotrophic
co­
with (together)
coexist
cyto­
cell
cytoplasm
eco­
environment
ecology
embryo­
early development
embryology
eu­
true/good
eukaryotic
ex­/exo­
outer/outside
exothermic
hemo­
blood
hemoglobin
herbi­
plant
herbivore
hetero­
different
heterozygous
homo­/homeo­
the same
homozygous
inter­
between/among
intercellular
kary­/ karyo­
nucleus of a cell
karyotype
­logy/­ology
study of biology
micro­
small
microorganism
mono­/uni­
one
unicellular
morph­
change in form/structure
metamorphosis
multi­
more than one
multicellular
­ose
sugar
lactose
­osis
action/process
osmosis
patho­
disease
pathogen
photo­
light
photosynthesis
poly­
many
polypeptide
pro­
before
prokaryotic
re­
again
reabsorb
semi­
partially/half
semipermeable
­stasis
state of being
homeostasis
syn­/sym­
together
symbiosis
­troph/trophic­
nourishment/feeding
heterotophic
­vore
to eat
carnivore
zyg­/ zygo­
pair union
zygote
auto­
bi­/di­
bio­
chloro­
­cide
chem­
1
Cytoplasm
Cell
2
Coexist
together
3
Chemotrophic
Chemical
4
Pesticide
Killer
5
Asexual
Antibody
Not or Without
Anaerobic
Nonstop 6
Lactase
Enzyme
7
Autotrophic Self
Feeding
8
Bipedal
Two
9
Biology
Life
Study of
10
Chloroplast
Green
11