Medical Terminology Prefixes

Question 1

a-

Answer 1

no, not, without (quantitative/qualitative)

Question 2

an-

Answer 2

no, not, without (quantitative/qualitative)

Question 3

ana-

Answer 3

up, apart (quantitative/qualitative)

Question 4

anti-

Answer 4

against (quantitative/qualitative)

Question 5

auto-

Answer 5

self (quantitative/qualitative)

Question 6

bi-

Answer 6

two (quantitative/qualitative)

Question 7

brady-

Answer 7

deficient or under (quantitative/qualitative)

Question 8

chloro-

Answer 8

green (quantitative/qualitative)

Question 9

chromo-

Answer 9

color (quantitative/qualitative)

Question 10

co-

Answer 10

with or together (quantitative/qualitative)

Question 11

com-

Answer 11

with or together (quantitative/qualitative)

Question 12

con-

Answer 12

with or together (quantitative/qualitative)

Question 13

cyano-

Answer 13

blue (quantitative/qualitative)

Question 14

de-

Answer 14

down or lack of (quantitative/qualitative)

Question 15

deci-

Answer 15

one tenth (quantitative/qualitative)

Question 16

di-

Answer 16

two (quantitative/qualitative)

Question 17

dia-

Answer 17

through, also between, apart, across, completely (quantitative/qualitative and locational)

Question 18

dys-

Answer 18

bad or painful (quantitative/qualitative)

Question 19

erythro-

Answer 19

red (quantitative/qualitative)

Question 20

hemi-

Answer 20

half (quantitative/qualitative)

Question 21

hexa-

Answer 21

six (quantitative/qualitative)

Question 22

hyper-

Answer 22

excessive or above (quantitative/qualitative)

Question 23

hypo-

Answer 23

below or deficient (quantitative/qualitative)

Question 24

lueko-

Answer 24

white (quantitative/qualitative)

Question 25

macro-

Answer 25

large (quantitative/qualitative)

Question 26

mal-

Answer 26

bad (quantitative/qualitative)

Question 27

melano-

Answer 27

black (quantitative/qualitative)

Question 28

meta-

Answer 28

beyond or change (quantitative/qualitative and locational)

Question 29

micro-

Answer 29

small (quantitative/qualitative)

Question 30

mono-

Answer 30

one (quantitative/qualitative)

Question 31

multi-

Answer 31

many (quantitative/qualitative)

Question 32

neo-

Answer 32

new (quantitative/qualitative)

Question 33

pan-

Answer 33

all (quantitative/qualitative)

Question 34

pent-

Answer 34

five (quantitative/qualitative)

Question 35

poly-

Answer 35

many or much (quantitative/qualitative)

Question 36

pseudo-

Answer 36

false (quantitative/qualitative)

Question 37

quadr-

Answer 37

four (quantitative/qualitative)

Question 38

sub-

Answer 38

less than or beneath (quantitative/qualitative or locational)

Question 39

sym-, syn-

Answer 39

with or together (quantitative/qualitative)

Question 40

tachy-

Answer 40

fast (quantitative/qualitative)

Question 41

tri-

Answer 41

three (quantitative/qualitative)

Question 42

ultra-

Answer 42

beyond (quantitative/qualitative)

Question 43

xanth-

Answer 43

yellow (quantitative/qualitative)

Question 44

ab-

Answer 44

away from (locational)

Question 45

ad-

Answer 45

toward or near (locational)

Question 46

ante-

Answer 46

before or forward (locational)

Question 47

dis-

Answer 47

apart or away from (locational)

Question 48

ec-, ecto-

Answer 48

outside (locational)

Question 49

endo-

Answer 49

within or in or inner (locational)

Question 50

epi-

Answer 50

above or upon (locational)

Question 51

ex-

Answer 51

out (locational)

Question 52

extra-

Answer 52

outside of (locational)

Question 53

in-

Answer 53

in or into (locational)

Question 54

infra-

Answer 54

below or beneath (locational)

Question 55

inter-

Answer 55

between (locational)

Question 56

intra-

Answer 56

within (locational)

Question 57

para-

Answer 57

near or alongside (locational)

Question 58

peri-

Answer 58

surrounding (locational)

Question 59

post-

Answer 59

after or behind (locational)

Question 60

pre-

Answer 60

before (locational)

Question 61

pro-, pros-

Answer 61

before or forward (locational)

Question 62

re-

Answer 62

again or back (locational)

Question 63

retro-

Answer 63

behind or backward (locational)

Question 64

supra-

Answer 64

above or upper (locational)

Question 65

trans-

Answer 65

across or through (locational)