BSBMED301 Prefixes

Question 1

Prefixes are generally used to convey the following meanings?

Answer 1

• Quantity
• Negatives
• Degree size and comparison
• Time position and direction

Question 2

Ab-

Answer 2

Away from

Question 3

Ad-

Answer 3

Towards

Question 4

Ante-

Answer 4

Before, forward

Question 5

Anti-

Answer 5

Against

Question 6

Brady-

Answer 6

Slow

Question 7

Circum-

Answer 7

Surrounding

Question 8

Contra-

Answer 8

Against

Question 9

Cry-

Answer 9

Cold

Question 10

Di-

Answer 10

Double, two (2)

Question 11

Dys-

Answer 11

Difficult, defective

Question 12

Ect-

Answer 12

Outside

Question 13

End-

Answer 13

Inside

Question 14

Epi-

Answer 14

On

Question 15

Glyc-

Answer 15

Sugar

Question 16

Fore-

Answer 16

Before or ahead

Question 17

Hemi-

Answer 17

One half

Question 18

Hyper-

Answer 18

Over, excessive

Question 19

Hypo-

Answer 19

Under, deficient

Question 20

Hydro-

Answer 20

Water

Question 21

Homeo-

Answer 21

Stability, same

Question 22

Inter-

Answer 22

Between, among

Question 23

Intra-

Answer 23

Within, on the side

Question 24

Macro-

Answer 24

Large

Question 25

Neo-

Answer 25

New

Question 26

Para-

Answer 26

Beside

Question 27

Peri-

Answer 27

Around

Question 28

Post-

Answer 28

After

Question 29

Pre-

Answer 29

Before, in front of

Question 30

Semi-

Answer 30

Half

Question 31

Stom, Stomat-

Answer 31

Opening created

Question 32

Sub-

Answer 32

Under, beneath

Question 33

Super-

Answer 33

Above, over

Question 34

Supra-

Answer 34

Above, on the upper side

Question 35

Syn-

Answer 35

With, together

Question 36

Therm-

Answer 36

Heat

Question 37

Tox-

Answer 37

Toxic, poisonous

Question 38

Trans-

Answer 38

Across, beyond

Question 39

Ultra-

Answer 39

Excessive