medical terminology (prefix)

Question 1

1.) a

Answer 1

not, without

Question 2

2.) an

Answer 2

not, without

Question 3

3.) ab

Answer 3

from, away from

Question 4

4.) ad

Answer 4

toward, in the direction of

Question 5

5.) alb

Answer 5

a white or pale color

Question 6

6.) ambi

Answer 6

something positioned on both sides of

Question 7

7.) anti

Answer 7

against, opposite of

Question 8

8.) ante

Answer 8

something positioned in front of another thing

Question 9

9.) auto

Answer 9

self

Question 10

10.) bi

Answer 10

two, double

Question 11

11.) tri

Answer 11

three

Question 12

12.) brady

Answer 12

slow

Question 13

13.) tachy

Answer 13

fast, rapid

Question 14

14.) bio

Answer 14

life

Question 15

15.) contra

Answer 15

against

Question 16

16.) cyan

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having a blue color

Question 17

17.) dia

Answer 17

through, during, across

Question 18

18.) dys

Answer 18

abnormal, difficult, painful

Question 19

19.) endo

Answer 19

within, inner

Question 20

20.) ecto

Answer 20

outer, outside

Question 21

21.) eosin

Answer 21

having a red color

Question 22

22.) erthr

Answer 22

having a red color

Question 23

23.) epi

Answer 23

upon, over, above

Question 24

24.) hemi

Answer 24

one-half

Question 25

25.) semi

Answer 25

one-half, partly

Question 26

26.) uni

Answer 26

one

Question 27

27.) sub

Answer 27

under, below

Question 28

28.) supra

Answer 28

above, excessive

Question 29

29.) trans

Answer 29

across, through

Question 30

30.) leuk

Answer 30

having a white color

Question 31

31.) inter

Answer 31

between, among

Question 32

32.) infra

Answer 32

below

Question 33

33.) hypo

Answer 33

below normal, deficient

Question 34

34.) hyper

Answer 34

excessive, above normal

Question 35

35.) pan

Answer 35

denoting something as complete or contain everything, all

Question 36

36.) para

Answer 36

alongside of

Question 37

37.) retro

Answer 37

backward, behind

Question 38

38.) quadri

Answer 38

four

Question 39

39.) peri

Answer 39

something with a position ‘surrounding’ or ‘around’ another

Question 40

40.) post

Answer 40

after, behind

Question 41

41.) poly

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many, much

Question 42

42.) jaund

Answer 42

yellow discoloration of the skin

Question 43

43.) cirrh

Answer 43

orange-yellow

Question 44

44.) pseud

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something false or fake

Question 45

45.) pre

Answer 45

before, in front of

Question 46

46.) chlor

Answer 46

a green color

Question 47

47.) meso

Answer 47

middle

Question 48

48.) primi

Answer 48

first

Question 49

49.) sym

Answer 49

similarity, likeness, or being together

Question 50

50.) mono

Answer 50

one, single

Question 51

51.) juxta

Answer 51

near to, alongside, or next to

Question 52

52.) word root

Answer 52

basic foundation of a word

Question 53

53.) combining form

Answer 53

word root + vowel = combining form

Question 54

54.) prefix

Answer 54

attaches to the beginning of a word

Question 55

55.) suffix

Answer 55

attaches to the end of the word root
-makes the word a (n) or an (adj)

Question 56

56.) combining vowel

Answer 56

when using more than one word root- as in a compound word