Prefixes

Question 1

A Prefix is the _______

Answer 1

Word part that comes before the word root.

Question 2

a-, an-

Answer 2

Without, not

Question 3

dys-

Answer 3

Painful, difficult, abnormal

Question 4

inter-

Answer 4

Between, among

Question 5

intra-

Answer 5

Inside, within

Question 6

peri-

Answer 6

Around, surrounding

Question 7

poly-

Answer 7

Many, much

Question 8

post-

Answer 8

After, behind

Question 9

pre-

Answer 9

Before

Question 10

sub-, infra-

Answer 10

Below, beneath

Question 11

supra-, super-

Answer 11

Above

Question 12

uni-

Answer 12

One

Question 13

mono-

Answer 13

One

Question 14

bi-

Answer 14

Two

Question 15

di-

Answer 15

Two

Question 16

tri-

Answer 16

Three

Question 17

quad-, quadri-

Answer 17

Four

Question 18

hemi-

Answer 18

Half

Question 19

semi-

Answer 19

Half, partly

Question 20

multi-

Answer 20

Many

Question 21

poly-

Answer 21

Many, much

Question 22

anti-, contra-

Answer 22

Against

Question 23

de-

Answer 23

Away from, cessation, without

Question 24

dis-

Answer 24

Seperate

Question 25

im-, in-, non-

Answer 25

Not

Question 26

brady-

Answer 26

Slow (ex. bradycardia: a slow heartbeat)

Question 27

neo-

Answer 27

New (ex. neonate: a newborn infant)

Question 28

pseudo-

Answer 28

False (ex. pseudomalignancy: benign, noncancerous tumor that appears to be malignant cancer)

Question 29

re-

Answer 29

Again, backward (ex. reactivate: to activate again)

Question 30

tachy-

Answer 30

Rapid, fast (ex. tachycardia: a rapid heartbeat)