Prefex/suffix list

Question 1

a, an

Answer 1

Without

Question 2

anemia

Answer 2

not having enough good red blood cells to carry oxygen to the tissues of the body

Question 3

ab

Answer 3

away from

Question 4

abnormal

Answer 4

deviating from what is normal or usual, typically in a way that is undesirable or worrying

Question 5

ad, af

Answer 5

near, toward

Question 6

adrenal

Answer 6

ductless glands that are above the kidneys

Question 7

afferent

Answer 7

leading towards an organ or a part

Question 8

aer

Answer 8

oxygen

Question 9

aerobic

Answer 9

needing free oxygen

Question 10

alb

Answer 10

white

Question 11

albumin

Answer 11

protein made by a liver

Question 12

amphi

Answer 12

both

Question 13

anti

Answer 13

against

Question 13

amphibious

Answer 13

made for both land and water

Question 14

antitoxin

Answer 14

an antibody used to neutralize a toxin

Question 15

aqua

Answer 15

water

Question 16

aquatic

Answer 16

water being

Question 16

Archaeopteryx

Answer 16

oldest known fossil bird.

Question 17

archae

Answer 17

ancient

Question 18

arthr

Answer 18

joint

Question 19

arthritis

Answer 19

stiffness of the joints that is painful

Question 20

ase

Answer 20

enzyme

Question 21

lipase

Answer 21

an enzyme in the body which break down fats in food

Question 22

auto

Answer 22

self

Question 23

autoimmune

Answer 23

A condition in which the body’s immune system mistakes its own healthy tissues as foreign and attacks them

Question 24

bi

Answer 24

two or twice

Question 25

biceps

Answer 25

any of several muscles having two points of attachment at one end

Question 26

bio

Answer 26

life

Question 27

biology

Answer 27

study of living organisms

Question 28

blastula

Answer 28

hollow sphere of cells which are made during the development of an embryo by repeated cleavage of a fertilized egg.

Question 28

blast

Answer 28

that which will germinate

Question 29

brachi

Answer 29

arm

Question 30

brachial

Answer 30

structure resembling the arm

Question 31

card

Answer 31

heart

Question 32

carditis

Answer 32

inflammation of the heart

Question 33

carn

Answer 33

flesh

Question 34

carnivore

Answer 34

feeds on flesh

Question 35

caryo karyo

Answer 35

nucleus of a cell

Question 36

eukaryote

Answer 36

an organism consisting of a cell or cells in which the genetic material is DNA in the form of chromosomes contained within a distinct nucleus

Question 37

caud

Answer 37

tail

Question 38

caudal

Answer 38

a tail