Prefix Word Practice

Question 1

Apnea

Answer 1

No breath

Question 2

Antepartum

Answer 2

Before birth

Question 3

Antiseptic

Answer 3

Substances used to fight against infection

Question 4

Brachydactyly

Answer 4

Condition where fingers and toes are abnormally short

Question 5

Bradycardia

Answer 5

Slow heart rate

Question 6

Connective tissue

Answer 6

Tissue that binds tissues to other parts of body together

Question 7

Contraindication

Answer 7

Goes against the recommended usage

Question 8

Dysfunctional

Answer 8

Abnormal behaviour

Question 9

Ectopic pregnancy

Answer 9

Pregnancy outside of uterus

Question 10

Endotracheal tube

Answer 10

Tube within trachea

Question 11

Epithelium

Answer 11

Tissue covering the body

Question 12

Exophthalmus

Answer 12

Protrusion if eyeball

Question 13

Forebrain

Answer 13

Front of brain

Question 14

Gerontology

Answer 14

Study of all aspects of aging

Question 15

Glycopenia

Answer 15

Deficiency of sugar in blood or tissue

Question 16

Hematoma

Answer 16

Mass or collection of blood in organ, space or tissue

Question 17

Heterogenous

Answer 17

Having dissimilar elements or parts

Question 18

Homoblastic

Answer 18

Developing from a single type of tissue

Question 19

Hyperacidity

Answer 19

Excessive amounts of acid in the stomach

Question 20

Hypodermic

Answer 20

Pertaining to an area below the skin

Question 21

Infraorbital

Answer 21

Pertaining to the area beneath the floor of the bony cavity where the eyeball is located

Question 22

Intercostal

Answer 22

Space between ribs

Question 23

Intravenous

Answer 23

Inside of vein

Question 24

Leukemia

Answer 24

Increased number of wbc in blood or tissue

Question 25

Macrocephaly

Answer 25

Abnormal largeness of head

Question 26

Malabsorption

Answer 26

Abnormal absorption of nutrients from gi tract

Question 27

Metamorphisis

Answer 27

Change in development

Question 28

Microblast

Answer 28

A very small immature RBC

Question 29

Neoplasm

Answer 29

Abnormal growth of new tissue

Question 30

Nonunion

Answer 30

Pertaining to fractured bone that is not healing properly

Question 31

Parathyroid glands

Answer 31

Glands beside thyroid

Question 32

Pseudocyesis

Answer 32

Women believes she is pregnant when she is not

Question 33

Retroflexion

Answer 33

Abnormal position of organ in which it is tipped backwards acutely

Question 34

Suprapatellar

Answer 34

Pertaining to the location above the patella

Question 35

Synarthrosis

Answer 35

Joints that are joined together

Question 36

Tachycardia

Answer 36

Fast heart rate

Question 37

Transhepatic

Answer 37

Through the liver