Medical Terminology

Question 1

What does the prefixes A mean?

Answer 1

Without - Apnoea

Question 2

What does the prefixes An mean?

Answer 2

Without - Anaerobic

Question 3

What does the prefixes Anti mean?

Answer 3

Against/Opposed - Antibiotic

Question 4

What does the prefixes Ante mean?

Answer 4

Before - Antenatal

Question 5

What does the prefixes Brady mean?

Answer 5

Slow - Bradycardia

Question 6

What does the prefixes Cardia (c) (o) mean?

Answer 6

Heart - Cardiac arrest/Cardiology

Question 7

What does the prefixes Chole mean?

Answer 7

Bile - Cholangitis

Question 8

What does the prefixes Col mean?

Answer 8

Colon - Colostomy

Question 9

What does the prefixes Cyst mean?

Answer 9

Bladder - Ovarian cyst

Question 10

What does the prefixes Endo mean?

Answer 10

Inside - Endocardium

Question 11

What does the prefixes Enteric mean?

Answer 11

Intestinal - Enteric Fever

Question 12

What does the prefixes Dys mean?

Answer 12

Abnormal/Painful - Dyspnoea

Question 13

What does the prefixes Gastr (o) mean?

Answer 13

Stomach - Gastritis

Question 14

What does the prefixes Gly mean?

Answer 14

Sugar - Glycogen

Question 15

What does the prefixes Haem (hem) mean?

Answer 15

Blood - Haematology

Question 16

What does the prefixes Hemi mean?

Answer 16

Half - Hemisphere

Question 17

What does the prefixes Hepato mean?

Answer 17

Liver - Hepatitis

Question 18

What does the prefixes Hyper mean?

Answer 18

High

Question 19

What does the prefixes Hypo mean?

Answer 19

Low

Question 20

What does the prefixes Laparo mean?

Answer 20

Abdomen - Laparoscopy

Question 21

What does the prefixes Litho mean?

Answer 21

Stone - Lithotripsy

Question 22

What does the prefixes Lipo mean?

Answer 22

Fat - Lipoma

Question 23

What does the prefixes Mal mean?

Answer 23

Abnormal - Malnutrition

Question 24

What does the prefixes Mast mean?

Answer 24

Breast - Mastectomy

Question 25

What does the prefixes Myo mean?

Answer 25

Muscle - Myocardium

Question 26

What does the prefixes Neph (r) (o) mean?

Answer 26

Kidney - Nephrologist

Question 27

What does the prefixes Olig (o) mean?

Answer 27

Few - Oliguria

Question 28

What does the prefixes Peri mean?

Answer 28

About/Around - Pericarditis

Question 29

What does the prefixes Prost mean?

Answer 29

Prostate Gland - Prostatitis

Question 30

What does the prefixes Pyr (o) mean?

Answer 30

Fire - Pyrexia

Question 31

What does the prefixes Tachy mean?

Answer 31

Fast - Tachycardia