Prefixes

Question 1

a-/an-/ar-

Answer 1

without (arrhythmia)

Question 2

ab-

Answer 2

away from (abducted)

Question 3

ana-

Answer 3

again/upward/back (anabolism)

Question 4

aniso-

Answer 4

unequal (anisocytosis)

Question 5

ante-

Answer 5

before / in front of (antecubital)

Question 6

anti-

Answer 6

against (antiseptic)

Question 7

auto-

Answer 7

self (autologous)

Question 8

bi-

Answer 8

two (bicuspid)

Question 9

bio-

Answer 9

life (biology)

Question 10

brady-

Answer 10

slow (bradycardia)

Question 11

cata-

Answer 11

down (catabolism)

Question 12

centi-

Answer 12

one-hundredth (centimeter)

Question 13

cyan-

Answer 13

blue (cyanotic)

Question 14

dia-

Answer 14

across/through (diapedesis)

Question 15

dorso-

Answer 15

back (dorsal)

Question 16

dys-

Answer 16

difficult (dyspnea)

Question 17

endo-

Answer 17

in/within (endothelium)

Question 18

epi-

Answer 18

on/over/upon (epidermis)

Question 19

ex-/exo-

Answer 19

outside (exocrine)

Question 20

extra-

Answer 20

outside (extravascular)

Question 21

hetero-

Answer 21

different (heterosexual)

Question 22

homo-

Answer 22

same (homogenous)

Question 23

homeo-

Answer 23

same (homeostasis)

Question 24

hyper-

Answer 24

above normal / high (hypertension)

Question 25

hypo-

Answer 25

below normal / low (hypoglycemia)

Question 26

intra-

Answer 26

within (intramuscular)

Question 27

inter-

Answer 27

between (intercellular)

Question 28

iso-

Answer 28

equal/same (isothermal)

Question 29

kilo-

Answer 29

thousand (kilogram)

Question 30

later-

Answer 30

side (lateral)

Question 31

macro-

Answer 31

large/long (macrocyte)

Question 32

mal-

Answer 32

poor (malnutrition)

Question 33

medi-

Answer 33

middle (medial)

Question 34

micro-

Answer 34

small (microcyte)

Question 35

micro-

Answer 35

one-millionth (micrometer)

Question 36

mid-

Answer 36

middle (midline)

Question 37

milli-

Answer 37

one-thousandth (milliliter)

Question 38

mono-

Answer 38

one (mononuclear)

Question 39

neo-

Answer 39

new (neonatal)

Question 40

per-

Answer 40

through / by means of (percutaneous)

Question 41

peri-

Answer 41

around (pericardium)

Question 42

poly-

Answer 42

many/much (polyuria)

Question 43

post-

Answer 43

after (postprandial)

Question 44

pre-

Answer 44

before (prenatal)

Question 45

semi-

Answer 45

half (semilunar)

Question 46

sub-

Answer 46

below/under (subcutaneous)

Question 47

supra-

Answer 47

above (suprapubic)

Question 48

tachy-

Answer 48

rapid/fast (tachycardia)

Question 49

tri-

Answer 49

three (tricuspid)