directional prefixes

Question 1

ab -

Answer 1

away from (abduct)

Question 2

ad-

Answer 2

toward (adduct)

Question 3

ante-

Answer 3

before; foreward (antenatal)

Question 4

circum-

Answer 4

around (circumcision)

Question 5

cycl-

Answer 5

circle (cyclic neurtropenia)

Question 6

de-

Answer 6

away from; ending (dehydration)

Question 7

dia-

Answer 7

meaning through or completely, diagnosis (to completely define the nature of a disease), and dialysis (cleansing the blood by passing it through a special machine).

Question 8

ecto, exo

Answer 8

outside (exocrine gland)

Question 9

ando, ent, enter

Answer 9

within, inner (endocrine gland)

Question 10

epi-

Answer 10

upon/outside (epidermis)

Question 11

ex, extra-

Answer 11

beyond (expiration)

Question 12

infra-

Answer 12

beneath, below (intraspinatus)

Question 13

inter-

Answer 13

between (intercostal)

Question 14

intra-

Answer 14

within (intracellular fluid)

Question 15

meso-

Answer 15

middle (mesoderm)

Question 16

meta-

Answer 16

beyond (metabolism)

Question 17

para-

Answer 17

alongside (parathyroid gland)

Question 18

path/o

Answer 18

disease (pathologist)

Question 19

peri-

Answer 19

around (pericardium)

Question 20

post-

Answer 20

behind, after (postpartum)

Question 21

pre-

Answer 21

before (precancerous)

Question 22

retro-

Answer 22

backward, behind (retroperitoneum)

Question 23

sub-

Answer 23

under (subcutaneous layer)

Question 24

super-

Answer 24

above (superior)

Question 25

supra-

Answer 25

above (supraspinatus)

Question 26

syl, sym, syn

Answer 26

together (syndrome)

Question 27

trans

Answer 27

across (transverse plane)