Common Prefixes

Question 1

a-, or an-

Answer 1

Absent, without, away from

Question 2

ab-

Answer 2

Away from (movement)

Question 3

ad-

Answer 3

To, toward (movement)

Question 4

anti-

Answer 4

Against

Question 5

ante-

Answer 5

Before, in front of

Question 6

bi-

Answer 6

Two

Question 7

bio-

Answer 7

Life

Question 8

carcin-

Answer 8

Cancer

Question 9

circum-

Answer 9

Around (movement)

Question 10

co-

Answer 10

With, together

Question 11

contra-

Answer 11

Against, counter to

Question 12

dorso-

Answer 12

Back

Question 13

dys-

Answer 13

Abnormal, impaired

Question 14

endo-

Answer 14

Inside, within

Question 15

epi-

Answer 15

Upon, over, in addition

Question 16

eryth-

Answer 16

Red

Question 17

ex-

Answer 17

Out of

Question 18

exten-

Answer 18

To straighten (movement)

Question 19

extra-

Answer 19

Beyond, outside of, in addition

Question 20

flex-

Answer 20

Bend (movement)

Question 21

hydro-

Answer 21

Water

Question 22

hyper-

Answer 22

Increased, above, extreme

Question 23

hypo-

Answer 23

Decreased, below, under

Question 24

infra-

Answer 24

Beneath

Question 25

intra-

Answer 25

Inside

Question 26

leuko-

Answer 26

White

Question 27

medi-

Answer 27

Middle, midline

Question 28

micro-

Answer 28

Small

Question 29

multi-

Answer 29

Many, multiple

Question 30

neo-

Answer 30

New

Question 31

path-

Answer 31

Pertaining to disease

Question 32

peri-

Answer 32

Around (structure)

Question 33

post-

Answer 33

Behind, in back of

Question 34

pre-

Answer 34

Before in time

Question 35

quad-

Answer 35

Four

Question 36

sub-

Answer 36

Under, below

Question 37

super-

Answer 37

Above, in addition

Question 38

supra-

Answer 38

Over, above, upper

Question 39

syn-

Answer 39

Together, along with

Question 40

tri-

Answer 40

Three