Prefixes

Question 1

uni-

Answer 1

one, single (unilateral)

Question 2

mono-

Answer 2

one, (mononucleosis)

Question 3

bi-

Answer 3

two, both (bilateral)

Question 4

di-

Answer 4

two ( diplegia)

Question 5

ambi-

Answer 5

both (ambivalent)

Question 6

Tri-

Answer 6

Three ( trivalent)

Question 7

quadra-

Answer 7

four ( quadraplegic)

Question 8

tetra-

Answer 8

four ( tetralogy)

Question 9

pan-

Answer 9

all (pandemic)

Question 10

poly-

Answer 10

many ( polycythemia)

Question 11

multi-

Answer 11

many, several ( multiphasic)

Question 12

mega-

Answer 12

large, excessive ( megaloblasts)

Question 13

olig-

Answer 13

few, scant (oliguria)

Question 14

micro-

Answer 14

very small ( microtension)

Question 15

hemi-

Answer 15

half (hemisphere)

Question 16

semi-

Answer 16

part of a whole ( semifluent )

Question 17

a-

Answer 17

without (anemia)

Question 18

an-

Answer 18

without (anerobic)

Question 19

tachy-

Answer 19

fast (tachicardial)

Question 20

brady-

Answer 20

slow( bradicardial)

Question 21

ad-

Answer 21

toward, near (adhere)

Question 22

ab-

Answer 22

away from ( absolve)

Question 23

anti-

Answer 23

against (anticoagulant)

Question 24

contra-

Answer 24

against ( contraindicated)

Question 25

circum-

Answer 25

around ( circumcision)

Question 26

peri-

Answer 26

around ( peritectomy)

Question 27

de-

Answer 27

not, from, down (descending)

Question 28

dia-

Answer 28

across, through ( diagonal)

Question 29

trans-

Answer 29

across, through (transverse)

Question 30

dis-

Answer 30

separate, apart ( distal)

Question 31

epi-

Answer 31

upon, above ( epiglottis)

Question 32

para-

Answer 32

along, beside ( parathyroid)