Lesson 3: More Greek Prefixes

Question 1

hyper-

Answer 1

over, excessive, more than normal (e.g. hypertension)

Question 2

hypo- (hyp- before vowels or h)

Answer 2

below, deficient, less than normal, somewhat (e.g. hypothesis)

Question 3

meta- (met- before vowels or h)

Answer 3

after, change, transfer (e.g. metabolism, method)

Question 4

para- (par- before vowels or h)

Answer 4

beside, resembling, disordered, associated (e.g. parasite, parody)

Question 5

peri-

Answer 5

around, near (e.g. periscope)

Question 6

pro-

Answer 6

before, in front of, forward (e.g. program)

Question 7

pros-

Answer 7

toward, in addition to, fronting (e.g. prosthetic)

Question 8

syn- (sym-, syl-, sy-, sys-)

Answer 8

with, together (e.g. synonym, syllable)

Question 9

ACOU- (ACU-)

Answer 9

to hear (e.g. anacusia)

Question 10

AMBLY-

Answer 10

dull (e.g. amblychromasia)

Question 11

ANTH-

Answer 11

flower (e.g. anther)

Question 12

CHROM-, CHROMAT-, CHRO-

Answer 12

color (e.g. dichromatism)

Question 13

DACTYL-

Answer 13

finger, toe (e.g. dactylolysis)

Question 14

DE-

Answer 14

to bind (e.g. adesmy)

Question 15

DESM-

Answer 15

ligament (e.g.syndesmology)

Question 16

ENTER-

Answer 16

intestine (e.g. myentric)

Question 17

ERG-

Answer 17

work (e.g. energy, adrenergic)

Question 18

ESTHE- (AESTHE-)

Answer 18

to feel, to percieve (e.g. aesthacyte)

Question 19

GER-, GERONT-

Answer 19

old person, old age (e.g. acrogeria)

Question 20

GNATH-

Answer 20

jaw (e.g. dysgnathic)

Question 21

GNO-

Answer 21

to know (e.g. acroagnosis)

Question 22

GRAPH-

Answer 22

to write (e.g. dromograph)

Question 23

-GRAM

Answer 23

thing written (e.g. engram)

Question 24

HEPAT-, HEPAR-

Answer 24

liver (e.g. heparin)

Question 25

KINE- (CINE-)

Answer 25

to move (e.g. akinesthesia)

Question 26

LEX-

Answer 26

to read (e.g. dyslexia)

Question 27

MY-, MYS-, MYOS-

Answer 27

muscle (e.g. myosin)

Question 28

NEPHR-

Answer 28

kidney (e.g. nephrocyte)

Question 29

OSM-

Answer 29

smell (e.g. anosmia)

Question 30

THE-

Answer 30

to put, to place (e.g. thesis)