Chapter 4 - Prefixes

Question 1

A-

An-

Answer 1

No, not, without

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

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

Question 14

Dia-

Answer 14

Through, complete

Question 15

Dys-

Answer 15

Bad, painful, difficult, abnormal

Question 16

Ec-

Answer 16

Out, outside

Question 17

Endo-

Answer 17

In, within

Question 18

Epi-

Answer 18

Upon, on, above

Question 19

Eu-

Answer 19

Good, normal

Question 20

Ex-

Answer 20

Out, outside

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

Not

Ex. Insomniac

Question 25

In-

Answer 25

Into, within

Ex. Incision

Question 26

Infra-

Answer 26

Beneath, under

Question 27

Inter-

Answer 27

Between

Question 28

Intra-

Answer 28

In, within, into

Question 29

Macro-

Answer 29

Large

Question 30

Mal-

Answer 30

Bad

Question 31

Meta-

Answer 31

Beyond, change

Question 32

Micro-

Answer 32

Small

Question 33

Neo-

Answer 33

New

Question 34

Pan-

Answer 34

All

Question 35

Para-

Answer 35

Abnormal, beside, near

Question 36

Per-

Answer 36

Through

Question 37

Peri-

Answer 37

Surrounding

Question 38

Poly-

Answer 38

Many, much

Question 39

Post-

Answer 39

After, behind

Question 40

Pre-

Answer 40

Before, in front of

Question 41

Pro-

Answer 41

Before, forward

Question 42

Pros-

Answer 42

Before, forward

Question 43

Re-

Answer 43

Back, again

Question 44

Retro-

Answer 44

Begins, backward

Question 45

Sub-

Answer 45

Under

Question 46

Supra-

Answer 46

Above, upper

Question 47

Syn-, sym-

Answer 47

Together, with

Question 48

Tachy-

Answer 48

Fast

Question 49

Trans-

Answer 49

Across, through

Question 50

Ultra-

Answer 50

Beyond, excess

Question 51

Uni-

Mono-

Answer 51

One

Question 52

Semi-

Hemi-

Answer 52

Half

Question 53

Multi-

Poly-

Answer 53

Many

Question 54

Prim-

Answer 54

First

Question 55

Diplo-

Answer 55

Double

Question 56

Micro-

Answer 56

Small

Question 57

Medi-

Answer 57

Middle

Question 58

Post-

Answer 58

After, behind

Question 59

Exo-
Ecto-
Extra-

Answer 59

Outside

Question 60

Circum-

Answer 60

Surrounding

Question 61

Pseudo-

Answer 61

False

Question 62

Homo-

Answer 62

Same

Question 63

Herero-

Answer 63

Different

Question 64

Pan-

Answer 64

All

Question 65

Ism-

Answer 65

Condition, state

Question 66

Ic-

Ical-

Answer 66

Pertaining to

Question 67

What is an antigen?

Answer 67

Usually foreign substance, stimulates production of antibodies

Question 68

What are antibodies?

Answer 68

Protein substance made by white blood cell due to presence of foreign antigens

Question 69

What is immune response?

Answer 69

Reaction between antigen and antibody

Question 70

What is Rh condition?

Answer 70

Someone that’s Rh+ has antigen on red blood cells. Born with it, and normal.
People who are Rh- have normal red blood cells, but their red cells lack Rh factor antigen

Question 71

What is congenital anomaly?

Answer 71

Anomaly is an irregularity in structure or organ

Some are hereditary or produced during pregnancy

Question 72

What is recombination DNA technology?

Answer 72

Process of taking a gene from one organism as insert into DNA of different organism

Question 73

What is polymerase chain reaction (PCR)?

Answer 73

Producing multiple copies of a single gene, very important

Question 74

What is a syndrome?

Answer 74

Group of signs/symptoms that appear together to produce typical clinical picture of ideas or inherited abnormality

Question 75

What is transurethral resection of prostate gland (TURP)?

Answer 75

Portion of prostate gland is removed with an instrument and passed through the urethra

Question 76

What is ultrasonography?

Answer 76

Diagnostic technique using ultrasound waves produce image of organ or tissue