Medical Terminology Prefixes

Question 1

ana?

Answer 1

up, back again

Question 2

ante?

Answer 2

before, in front of, forward

Question 3

cata?

Answer 3

down, through

Question 4

meta?

Answer 4

beyond, over, between, change, after

Question 5

noct?

Answer 5

night

Question 6

post?

Answer 6

after, behind

Question 7

pre?

Answer 7

before, in front of

Question 8

prim?

Answer 8

first

Question 9

sym?, syn?

Answer 9

together, union, with

Question 10

anti?

Answer 10

against, opposing

Question 11

apo?

Answer 11

separation from or derivation from

Question 12

circum?

Answer 12

around

Question 13

contra?

Answer 13

opposite, against, opposed

Question 14

dorso?

Answer 14

pertaining to the back

Question 15

ecto?

Answer 15

outside, misplaced

Question 16

endo?

Answer 16

within, inner

Question 17

epi?

Answer 17

on, over, upon

Question 18

extra?

Answer 18

outside of, in addition to

Question 19

hyper?

Answer 19

above, excessive, beyond

Question 20

hypo?

Answer 20

under, deficient, beneath

Question 21

infra?

Answer 21

below

Question 22

inter?

Answer 22

between parts

Question 23

intra?

Answer 23

within parts

Question 24

medi?

Answer 24

middle

Question 25

para?

Answer 25

beside, beyond

Question 26

peri?

Answer 26

around

Question 27

pro?

Answer 27

for, in front of, before

Question 28

pseudo?

Answer 28

FALSE

Question 29

sub?

Answer 29

beneath, under

Question 30

super?, supra?

Answer 30

excessive, above, superior

Question 31

trans?

Answer 31

across, through, over, beyond

Question 32

ultra?

Answer 32

excessive, extreme, beyond

Question 33

a?, an?

Answer 33

without, absent, lack of

Question 34

auto?

Answer 34

self

Question 35

bi?

Answer 35

two, double, twice

Question 36

brady?

Answer 36

slow

Question 37

co?, com?, con?

Answer 37

with, together

Question 38

cry?

Answer 38

cold

Question 39

crypto?

Answer 39

hidden

Question 40

dys?

Answer 40

difficult, bad, painful, abnormal

Question 41

eu?

Answer 41

good, normal

Question 42

glyco?, gluco?

Answer 42

sugar, sweet

Question 43

gyn?, gyneco?

Answer 43

female

Question 44

hydra?, hydro?

Answer 44

water

Question 45

mal?

Answer 45

bad

Question 46

ab?

Answer 46

away from

Question 47

ad?

Answer 47

to, toward

Question 48

de?

Answer 48

opposite, reverse, remove

Question 49

dia?

Answer 49

apart, separate, between

Question 50

e?, ex?

Answer 50

out of, away from

Question 51

in?

Answer 51

in, inside, within, not

Question 52

re?

Answer 52

back, again

Question 53

retro?

Answer 53

behind, backward

Question 54

ambi?, amphi?

Answer 54

both

Question 55

bi?

Answer 55

two

Question 56

di?

Answer 56

two, twice

Question 57

hemi?

Answer 57

half

Question 58

mono?

Answer 58

one

Question 59

multi?

Answer 59

many

Question 60

pan?

Answer 60

all, entire

Question 61

poly?

Answer 61

many, excessive

Question 62

quadri?

Answer 62

four

Question 63

quint?

Answer 63

five

Question 64

semi?

Answer 64

half, partial

Question 65

tri?

Answer 65

three

Question 66

a?, an?

Answer 66

none

Question 67

cyano?

Answer 67

blue

Question 68

erythro?

Answer 68

red

Question 69

leuko?

Answer 69

white

Question 70

macro?

Answer 70

large

Question 71

mega?

Answer 71

big

Question 72

micro?

Answer 72

small

Question 73

mio?

Answer 73

less, smaller

Question 74

olig?

Answer 74

little, small

Question 75

per?

Answer 75

excessive, through, by means of