Prefixes and Suffixes

Question 1

a-, an-

Answer 1

without, away from, not

Question 2

ab-, abs-

Answer 2

from, away from, absent

Question 3

abdomin-, abdomino-

Answer 3

abdomen

Question 4

abort-, aborto-

Answer 4

to miscarry

Question 5

acanth-, acantho-

Answer 5

thorn, spine

Question 6

acous-, acoust-, acousto-

Answer 6

hearing

Question 7

acro

Answer 7

extremity, top, extreme point

Question 8

actin-, actino-

Answer 8

ray; some form of radiation

Question 9

ad-

Answer 9

adherence, increase, toward

Question 10

-ad

Answer 10

toward, in the direction of

Question 11

aden-, adeno-

Answer 11

gland

Question 12

adip-, adipo-

Answer 12

fat

Question 13

adren-, adreno-

Answer 13

adrenal glands

Question 14

-aemia

Answer 14

blood

Question 15

aer-, aero-

Answer 15

air or gas

Question 16

af-

Answer 16

toward

Question 17

-agogue

Answer 17

an agent that promotes the expulsion of a specific substance

Question 18

-agra

Answer 18

sudden severe pain

Question 19

-al

Answer 19

1. relating to
2. in chem, an aldehyde

Question 20

-algesia, -algia

Answer 20

suffering, pain

Question 21

algi-

Answer 21

pain

Question 22

allo-, all-

Answer 22

other

Question 23

amb-, ambi-

Answer 23

both, on both sides, around, about

Question 24

amph-, amphi-, ampho-

Answer 24

both, on both sides, on all sides, double, around, about

Question 25

ana-, an-

Answer 25

up, against, back

Question 26

andro-

Answer 26

man, male, masculine

Question 27

angi, angio-

Answer 27

blood or lymph vessels

Question 28

aniso-

Answer 28

unequal. asymmetrical, dissimilar

Question 29

ankyl-, ankylo-

Answer 29

crooked, bent, fusion or growing together of parts

Question 30

ante-

Answer 30

before

Question 31

antero-

Answer 31

anterior, front, before

Question 32

anthropo-

Answer 32

human beings; human life

Question 33

ant-, anti-

Answer 33

against

Question 34

antr-, antro-

Answer 34

antrum

Question 35

apo-

Answer 35

from, derived from, separated from, opposed

Question 36

arch-, arche-, archi-

Answer 36

first, principal, beginning, original

Question 37

arteri-, arterio-

Answer 37

artery

Question 38

arthr-, arthro-

Answer 38

joint

Question 39

ase

Answer 39

enzyme