medical prefixes

Question 1

what does the prefix indicate?

Answer 1

1. location of organ
2. the number of parts
3. time (frequency)

Question 2

a-

common

Answer 2

without, away from

aphasia - without speech

Question 3

an-

common

Answer 3

without

anoxia - without oxygen

Question 4

ante-

common

Answer 4

before, in front of

antepartum - before birth

Question 5

anti-

common

Answer 5

against

antibiotic - against life

Question 6

auto-

Answer 6

self

autograft - a graft from one’s own body

Question 7

brady-

common

Answer 7

slow

bradycardia - slow heartbeat

Question 8

contra-

common

Answer 8

against

contraception - against contraception

Question 9

de-

common

Answer 9

without

depigmentation - without pigment

Question 10

dys-

common

Answer 10

painful, difficult, abnormal

dyspnea - difficulty breathing

Question 11

endo-

common

Answer 11

within, inner

endoscope - instrument to view within

Question 12

epi-

common

Answer 12

upon, over

epigastric - upon or over the stomach

Question 13

eso-

common

Answer 13

inward

esotropia - inward turning

Question 14

eu-

common

Answer 14

normal, good

eupnea - normal breathing

Question 15

ex

common

Answer 15

external, outward

exostosis - condition of external bone

Question 16

exo-

common

Answer 16

outward

exotropia - outward turning

Question 17

extra-

common

Answer 17

outside of

extracorporeal - outside of the body

Question 18

hetero-

common

Answer 18

different

heterograft - graft [like a skin graft] from a different species

Question 19

homo-

common

Answer 19

same

homograft - graft [like skin graft] from the same species

Question 20

hyrdo-

common

Answer 20

water

hydrotheraphy - water theraphy

Question 21

hyper-

common

Answer 21

over, above

hypertrophy - overdevelopment

Question 22

hypo-

common

Answer 22

under, below

hypodermic - under the skin

Question 23

in

common

Answer 23

not; inward

infertility - not fertile; inhalation - to breathe in

Question 24

inter-

common

Answer 24

among, between

intervertebral - between the vertabrae

Question 25

intra-

common

Answer 25

within

intravenous - within a vein

Question 26

marco-

common

Answer 26

large

macrotia - having large ears

Question 27

micro-

common

Answer 27

small

microtia - having small ears

Question 28

neo-

common

Answer 28

new

neonatology - study of new born

Question 29

para-

common

Answer 29

beside; abnormal; “two like parts of a pair”

paranasal (beside); paresthesia (abnormal); paraplegia (two like parts)

Question 30

per-

common

Answer 30

through

percutaneous - through the skin

Question 31

peri-

common

Answer 31

around

pericardial - around the heart

Question 32

post-

common

Answer 32

after

postpartum - after birth

Question 33

pre-

common

Answer 33

before

preoperative - before a surgical operation

Question 34

pro-

common

Answer 34

before

prolactin - before milk

Question 35

pseudo-

common

Answer 35

false

pseudocyesis - false pregnancy

Question 36

re-

common

Answer 36

again

reinfection - to infect again

Question 37

retro-

common

Answer 37

backward; behind

retrograde - to move backward; retroperitoneal behind the peritoneum

Question 38

sub-

common

Answer 38

under

subcutaneous - under the skin

Question 39

tachy-

common

Answer 39

fast-

tachycardia - fast heart

Question 40

trans-

common

Answer 40

across

transurethral - across the uretha

Question 41

ultra-

common

Answer 41

beyond

ultrasound - beyond sound [high frequency sound waves]

Question 42

un-

common

Answer 42

not

unconscious - not conscious