Chapter Four: Prefixes

Question 1

Carp/o

Answer 1

Wrist bones

Question 2

Cis/o

Answer 2

To cut

Question 3

Cost/o

Answer 3

Rib

Question 4

Cutane/o

Answer 4

Skin

Question 5

Dactyl/o

Answer 5

Fingers, toes

Question 6

Duct/o

Answer 6

To lead, carry

Question 7

Flex/o

Answer 7

To bend

Question 8

Gloss/o

Answer 8

Tongue

Question 9

Glyc/o

Answer 9

Sugar

Question 10

Immun/o

Answer 10

Proctection

Question 11

Morph/o

Answer 11

Shape, form

Question 12

Mort/o

Answer 12

Death

Question 13

Nat/l

Answer 13

Birth

Question 14

Norm/o

Answer 14

Rule, order

Question 15

Ox/o

Answer 15

Oxygen

Question 16

-blast

Answer 16

Embryonic, immature

Question 17

-crine

Answer 17

To secrete

Question 18

• drome

Answer 18

To run

Question 19

-fusion

Answer 19

Coming together; to pour

Question 20

-gen

Answer 20

Substance that produces

Question 21

-lapse

Answer 21

To slide, fall, sag

Question 22

-lysis

Answer 22

Breakdown, destruction, separation

Question 23

-meter

Answer 23

To measure

Question 24

-mission

Answer 24

To send

Question 25

-or

Answer 25

One who

Question 26

-oxia

Answer 26

Oxygen

Question 27

-partum

Answer 27

Birth, labor

Question 28

-phoria

Answer 28

To bear, carry; feeling (mental state)

Question 29

-physis

Answer 29

To grow

Question 30

-plasia

Answer 30

Development, formation, growth

Question 31

-plasm

Answer 31

Structure or formation

Question 32

-pnea

Answer 32

Breathing

Question 33

-ptosis

Answer 33

Falling, drooping, prolapse

Question 34

-rrhea

Answer 34

Flow, discharge

Question 35

-stasis

Answer 35

Stopping, controlling

Question 36

-trophy

Answer 36

Development, nourishment

Question 37

a-, an-

Answer 37

No, not, without

Question 38

ab-

Answer 38

Away from

Question 39

ad-

Answer 39

Toward

Question 40

ana-

Answer 40

Up, apart

Question 41

ante-

Answer 41

Before, forward

Question 42

anti-

Answer 42

Against

Question 43

auto-

Answer 43

Self, own

Question 44

bi-

Answer 44

Two

Question 45

brady-

Answer 45

Slow

Question 46

cata-

Answer 46

Down

Question 47

con-

Answer 47

With, together

Question 48

contra-

Answer 48

Against, opposite

Question 49

de-

Answer 49

Down, lack of

Question 50

dia-

Answer 50

Through, complete

Question 51

dys-

Answer 51

Bad, painful, difficult, abnormal

Question 52

ec-

Answer 52

Out, outside

Question 53

endo-

Answer 53

In, within

Question 54

epi-

Answer 54

Upon, on, above

Question 55

eu-

Answer 55

Good, normal

Question 56

ex-

Answer 56

Out, outside

Question 57

hemi-

Answer 57

Half

Question 58

hyper-

Answer 58

Excessive, above

Question 59

hypo-

Answer 59

Deficient, under

Question 60

in-

Answer 60

Not

Question 61

in-

Answer 61

Into, within

Question 62

infra-

Answer 62

Beneath, under

Question 63

inter-

Answer 63

Between

Question 64

intra-

Answer 64

In, within, into

Question 65

macro-

Answer 65

Large

Question 66

mal-

Answer 66

Bad

Question 67

meta-

Answer 67

Beyond, change

Question 68

micro-

Answer 68

Small

Question 69

neo-

Answer 69

New

Question 70

pan-

Answer 70

All

Question 71

para-

Answer 71

Abnormal, beside, near

Question 72

per-

Answer 72

Through

Question 73

peri-

Answer 73

Surrounding

Question 74

poly-

Answer 74

Many, much

Question 75

post-

Answer 75

After, behind

Question 76

pre-

Answer 76

Before, in front of

Question 77

pro-

Answer 77

Before, forward

Question 78

pros-

Answer 78

Before, forward

Question 79

re-

Answer 79

Back, again

Question 80

retro-

Answer 80

Behind, backward

Question 81

sub-

Answer 81

Under

Question 82

supra-

Answer 82

Above, upper

Question 83

syn-, sym-

Answer 83

Together, with

Question 84

tachy-

Answer 84

Fast

Question 85

trans-

Answer 85

Across, through

Question 86

ultra-

Answer 86

Beyond, excess

Question 87

uni-

Answer 87

One