Introduction to Veterinary Medical Terminology : Prefixes continued

Question 1

Ab (ahb)

Answer 1

Away from

Abduction

Question 2

Dys (dihs)

Answer 2

Difficult, painful, or bad

dysphagia

Question 3

Endo

Answer 3

Within or inside

endocrine

Question 4

Hyper (hi-per)

Answer 4

Increased or more than normal

hyperglycemia

Question 5

Inter (ihn-ter)

Answer 5

Between

intercostal

Question 6

Poly (pohl-ee)

Answer 6

Many

polyuria

Question 7

Pre (pree)

Answer 7

Before

preanesthetic

Question 8

Sub (suhb)

Answer 8

Below,under, or less

sublingual

Question 9

A (ah or au)

Answer 9

Without or no

atraumatic

Question 10

An (ahn)

Answer 10

Without or no

anuria

Question 11

Ad (ahd)

Answer 11

Towards

adduction

Question 12

Anti (ahn-tee or ahn-tih)

Answer 12

Against

antiemetics

Question 13

Eu (yoo)

Answer 13

Good, easy, or normal

euthyroid

Question 14

Ex (ehcks) or Exo (ehcks-oh)

Answer 14

Without, out of, outside, or away from

exocrine

Question 15

Ecto (ehck-toh)

Answer 15

outside

ectoparasite

Question 16

Hypo (hi-poh)

Answer 16

Decreased or less than normal

hypoglycemia

Question 17

Intra (ihn-trah)

Answer 17

Within

intramuscular

Question 18

Oligo (ohl-ih-goh)

Answer 18

Scant or little

oliguria

Question 19

Post (poh-st)

Answer 19

After

postanesthetic

Question 20

Super (soo-per) or Supra (soo-prah)

Answer 20

Above, beyond, or exessive

supernumerary, suprascapular