Session 3: Prefixes

Question 1

Arteri

arteri/al, arteri/ectasis

Answer 1

Artery

Question 2

Card, Cardi

brady/card/ia, cardi/o/pathy

Answer 2

Heart

Question 3

Eti

eti/o/logy

Answer 3

Cause

Question 4

Febr

febr/ile, a/febr/ile

Answer 4

Fever

Question 5

Gastr

gastr/ic, peri/gastr/ic

Answer 5

Stomach

Question 6

Hemat

hemat/uria

Answer 6

Blood

Question 7

Hepat

hepat/ic, hepat/itis

Answer 7

Liver

Question 8

Idi

idi/o/path/ic

Answer 8

Unknown

Question 9

Kine, Kines, Kinesi

hyper/kine/tic, kinesi/o/logy

Answer 9

Movement

Question 10

My

my/algia, my/o/dynia

Answer 10

Muscle

Question 11

Myos

myos/itis

Answer 11

Muscle

Question 12

Nephr

nephr/ic, a/nephr/ic

Answer 12

Kidney

Question 13

Pariet

pariet/al

Answer 13

Wall (of a body cavity)

Question 14

Somn

in/somn/ia, dys/somn/ia

Answer 14

Sleep

Question 15

Splen

splen/ic, splen/ectomy

Answer 15

Spleen

Question 16

Therm

therm/o/meter, hypo/therm/ia

Answer 16

Heat

Question 17

Ven

ven/ous, intra/ven/ous

Answer 17

Vein

Question 18

Viscer

viscer/al, viscer/o/megaly

Answer 18

Internal organs

Question 19

-ac

Answer 19

Pertaining to

Question 20

-al

Answer 20

Pertaining to

Question 21

-algia

Answer 21

Pain

Question 22

-cision

in/cision, ex/cision

Answer 22

Cuttin

Question 23

-dynia

Answer 23

Pain

Question 24

-ectasis

Answer 24

Dilation or expansion

Question 25

-ectomy

Answer 25

Removal or excision

Question 26

-gnosis

dia/gnosis, pro/gnosis

Answer 26

To know, knowledge

Question 27

-gram

Answer 27

A record

Question 28

-graphy

Answer 28

Process of recording

Question 29

-ia

Answer 29

Condition of

Question 30

-ic

Answer 30

Pertaining to

Question 31

-ile

Answer 31

Pertaining to

Question 32

-itis

Answer 32

Inflammation

Question 33

-lent

Answer 33

Full of

Question 34

-logist

Answer 34

Specialist in the study of

Question 35

-logy

Answer 35

Study of

Question 36

-megaly

Answer 36

Enlargement

Question 37

-meter

Answer 37

Instrument to measure

Question 38

-ole

Answer 38

Small

Question 39

-oma

Answer 39

Tumor

Question 40

-ous

Answer 40

Pertaining to

Question 41

-pathy

Answer 41

Disease

Question 42

-pnea

eu/pnea, a/pnea

Answer 42

Breathing

Question 43

-rrhea

dia/rrhea

Answer 43

Flow or discharge

Question 44

-rrhagia

Answer 44

Bleeding

Question 45

-rrhaphy

Answer 45

To suture

Question 46

-section

Answer 46

Cutting

Question 47

-sthenia

a/sthenia

Answer 47

Strength

Question 48

-tic

Answer 48

Pertaining to

Question 49

-tomy

Answer 49

Incision

Question 50

-trophy

a/trophy, dys/trophy

Answer 50

Development, nourishment

Question 51

-ule

Answer 51

Small

Question 52

-uria

an/uria, dys/uria

Answer 52

urine

Question 53

a-, an-

Answer 53

Without, not

Question 54

ante-

Answer 54

Before

Question 55

brady-

Answer 55

Slow

Question 56

circum-

Answer 56

Around

Question 57

dia-

Answer 57

Through, complete

Question 58

dys-

Answer 58

Bad, dificult, painful

Question 59

endo-

Answer 59

Inside

Question 60

eu-

Answer 60

Good, normal

Question 61

ex-

Answer 61

out

Question 62

hyper-

Answer 62

Excessive, above normal

Question 63

hypo-

Answer 63

Below, deficinet

Question 64

in-

Answer 64

In, into

Question 65

in-

Answer 65

Not

Question 66

Intra-

intra/arteri/al, intra/gastr/ic

Answer 66

Within

Question 67

peri-

Answer 67

Around

Question 68

poly-

Answer 68

Much, many

Question 69

post-

Answer 69

After

Question 70

pro-

Answer 70

Before

Question 71

semi-

semi/conscious

Answer 71

Half

Question 72

tachy-

Answer 72

Fast

Question 73

Path

Answer 73

Disease