Medical Prefixes and Suffixes

Question 1

a-/an-

Answer 1

without or none

Question 2

ab-

Answer 2

away from

Question 3

ad-

Answer 3

toward

Question 4

brady-

Answer 4

slow

Question 5

de-

Answer 5

remove

Question 6

dys-

Answer 6

difficult/abnormal

Question 7

epi-

Answer 7

above/on

Question 8

hemi-

Answer 8

half/partly

Question 9

hyper-

Answer 9

excessive

Question 10

hypo-

Answer 10

below normal

Question 11

in-

Answer 11

not

Question 12

infra-

Answer 12

beneath

Question 13

inter-

Answer 13

between

Question 14

intra-

Answer 14

within

Question 15

macro-

Answer 15

large

Question 16

mal-

Answer 16

bad

Question 17

micro-

Answer 17

small

Question 18

mono-

Answer 18

one

Question 19

multi-/poly-

Answer 19

many/excessive

Question 20

para-

Answer 20

near/resembling

Question 21

per-

Answer 21

through

Question 22

peri-

Answer 22

around

Question 23

post-

Answer 23

after

Question 24

pre-/pro-

Answer 24

before

Question 25

retro-

Answer 25

backward/behind

Question 26

supra-

Answer 26

above/over

Question 27

tachy-

Answer 27

fast

Question 28

uni-

Answer 28

one

Question 29

-algia

Answer 29

pain

Question 30

-centesis

Answer 30

to aspirate fluid

Question 31

-ectomy

Answer 31

to cut out, remove, or excise

Question 32

-edema

Answer 32

swelling

Question 33

-emesis

Answer 33

vomit

Question 34

-emia

Answer 34

blood

Question 35

-gram/-graphy/-graph

Answer 35

recording or image

Question 36

-itis

Answer 36

inflammation, inflammated

Question 37

-megaly

Answer 37

enlarged

Question 38

-meter

Answer 38

instrument to measure

Question 39

-osis

Answer 39

abnormal condition

Question 40

-sclerosis

Answer 40

hardening

Question 41

-scopy/-scopic

Answer 41

to look, observe

Question 42

-spasm

Answer 42

twitch

Question 43

-stomy

Answer 43

to make an opening

Question 44

-tomy

Answer 44

to cut into