Chapter 4 Prefixes

Question 1

a-, an-

Answer 1

no, not, without

a/pnea- not breathing
an/oxia- no, without oxygen

Question 2

ab-

Answer 2

away from

Question 3

ad-

Answer 3

toward

Question 4

ana-

Answer 4

up, apart

Question 5

ante-

Answer 5

before, forward

ante/cib/um - before meal
ante/parteum - before birth/labor

ante/orbit/al -pertaining to the front or forward eye

Question 6

anti-

Answer 6

against

Question 7

auto-

Answer 7

self, own

Question 8

bi-

Answer 8

two

Question 9

brady-

Answer 9

slow

Question 10

cata-

Answer 10

down

Question 11

con-

Answer 11

with, together

Question 12

contra-

Answer 12

against, opposite

Question 13

de-

Answer 13

down, lack of

de/hydra/tion - process or action of lacking water
deescalate- calm down

Question 14

dia-

Answer 14

through, complete

Question 15

dys-

Answer 15

bad, painful, difficult, abnormal

dys/lexia - difficulty reading
dys/function -bad or abnormal function
dys/meno/rrhea -painful menstruation
dys/enter/y - condition of bad diarrhea

Question 16

ec-

Answer 16

out, outside

Question 17

en-, endo-

Answer 17

in, within

en/capsulate
endo/cardi/tis

Question 18

epi-

Answer 18

upon, on, above

Question 19

eu-

Answer 19

good, normal

eu/pnea - normal breathing
eu/phoria - good feelings

Question 20

ex-

Answer 20

out, outside, away from

ex/cis/ion - process to cut out
ex/cis/e- cut away from or cut out entirely
exo/crine glands - glands that secrete outside the body

Question 21

hemi-

Answer 21

half

Question 22

hyper-

Answer 22

excessive, above

Question 23

hypo-

Answer 23

deficient, under

Question 24

in-

Answer 24

in, into, within, not
in/cis/ion - cut in/into
intravenous- within vein
insomnia - not sleeping

Question 25

infra-

Answer 25

beneath, under

infra/cost/al - pertaining to under or beneath the ribs
infra/umbilic/al - pertaining to beneath or under the belly button

Question 26

inter-

Answer 26

between

inter/vertebr/al -pertaining to between the vertebrae
inter/cost/al muscles -muscles between the ribs

Question 27

intra-

Answer 27

in, within, into

Question 28

macro-

Answer 28

large

Question 29

mal-

Answer 29

bad

Question 30

meta-

Answer 30

beyond, change

Question 31

micro-

Answer 31

small

Question 32

neo-

Answer 32

new

Question 33

pan-

Answer 33

all

pansexual - all sexes and genders

Question 34

para-

Answer 34

abnormal, beside, near

paravaginal -beside or near the vagina
parathyroid -beside, near (adjacent) to the thyroid
paralysis-abnormal loosening of muscles

Question 35

per-

Answer 35

through

per/cutane/ous -pertaining to through the skin

Question 36

peri-

Answer 36

surrounding

Question 37

poly-

Answer 37

many, much

Question 38

post-

Answer 38

after, behind

Question 39

pre-

Answer 39

before, in front of

preanesthetic -before the administration of anesthesia

preanal - situated infront of the anus

precancerous cells are infront of the cervix before they turn into cancer

Question 40

pro-

Answer 40

before, forward

Question 41

pro- / pros-

Answer 41

before, forward

pro/drome - symptoms before disease
prostate gland is infront of the bladder or before it

Question 42

re-

Answer 42

back, again

re/laps -fall back
resect -cut again, cut back
recombinant DNA- backward engineering DNA

Question 43

retro-

Answer 43

behind, backward

Question 44

sub-

Answer 44

under

Question 45

supra-

Answer 45

above, upper

Question 46

syn-, sym-

Answer 46

together, with

Question 47

tachy-

Answer 47

fast

Question 48

trans-

Answer 48

across, through

Question 49

ultra-

Answer 49

beyond, excess

ultra/son/o/grahy- processes of recording using excessive sound waves

ultrasonic beyond human hearing

unltrafiltration -excesive filtration or filtration beyond normal measures

Question 50

uni-

Answer 50

one