Chapter 4- prefixes and terminology

Question 1

ab-

Answer 1

away from

ie: abnormal, abductor

Question 2

ad-

Answer 2

towards

ie: adductor, adrenal glands (lie ontop of each kidney)

Question 3

ante-

Answer 3

before, forward

ie: antecibum

Question 4

anti-

Answer 4

against

ie: antibiotic

Question 5

auto-

Answer 5

self, own

ie: autoimmune disease

Question 6

bi-

Answer 6

two

ie: bifurcation (trachea to form two bronchi)

Question 7

brady-

Answer 7

slow

ie: bradycardia (slow heart rate)

Question 8

con-

Answer 8

with, together

ie: congenital anomaly

Question 9

contra-

Answer 9

against, opposite

ie: contraindication, contralateral

Question 10

de-

Answer 10

down, lack of

ie: dehydration

Question 11

dys-

Answer 11

bad, painful, difficult, abnormal

ie: dyspnea

Question 12

eu-

Answer 12

normal, good

ie: euphoria

Question 13

ex-

Answer 13

out, outside, away from

ie: exophthalmos ( protrusion of the eyeball associated with enlargement and over activity of the thyroid gland

Question 14

hemi-

Answer 14

half

ie: hemiglossectomy

Question 15

in-

Answer 15

not

• can also mean into or within like in incision
  ie: insomniac

Question 16

infra-

Answer 16

beneath, under

ie: infracostal

Question 17

inter-

Answer 17

between

ie: intercostal (intercostal muscles lie between adjacent ribs)

Question 18

intra

Answer 18

in, within. into

ie: intravenous

Question 19

macro-

Answer 19

large

ie: macrocephaly

Question 20

mal-

Answer 20

bad

ie: malaise (French word meaning discomfort)

Question 21

micro-

Answer 21

small

ie: microscope

Question 22

neo-

Answer 22

new

ie: neonatal (period between birth and 28 days)

Question 23

pan-

Answer 23

all

ie: pancytopenia (deficiency of erythrocytes, leukocytes, and thrombocytes)

Question 24

para-

Answer 24

abnormal, beside, near

ie: paralysis (abnormal disruption of the connection between nerve and muscle); parathyroid glands

Question 25

per-

Answer 25

through

ie: percutaneous

Question 26

poly-

Answer 26

many

ie: polymorphonuclear

Question 27

post-

Answer 27

after, behind

ie: postmortem, postpartum

Question 28

pre-

Answer 28

before, in front of

ie: precancerous, prenatal

Question 29

pros-

Answer 29

before, forward

ie: prosthesis (an artificial limb)

Question 30

supra-

Answer 30

above, upper

ie: suprapubic

Question 31

syn-, sym-

Answer 31

together, with
ie: syndactyly, synthesis, syndrome, symbiosis, symmetry, symphysis (a join in which the bony surfaces are firmly united by a layer of fibrocartilage)

Question 32

tachy-

Answer 32

fast

ie: tachypnea

Question 33

trans-

Answer 33

across, through

ie: transfusion (transfer of blood or body parts from one person to another)

Question 34

utra-

Answer 34

beyond, excess

ie: ultrasonography

Question 35

uni-

Answer 35

one

ie: unilateral