Skills USA-prefixes

Question 1

The prefix brady- means:

Answer 1

slow

Question 2

Which prefix means false?

Answer 2

pseudo

Question 3

Mega- is a prefix that modifies a term to add____ to the definition.

Answer 3

large

Question 4

What does the prefix ab- mean?

Answer 4

away from

Question 5

What does the prefix ante- mean?

Answer 5

before

Question 6

The prefix milli- means:

Answer 6

one-thousandth

Question 7

The prefix extra-means, as in the term extracurricular, means:

Answer 7

outside

Question 8

In the term pericardial, the prefix peri- means

Answer 8

around

Question 9

What does the prefix re-mean, as in the term react?

Answer 9

again

Question 10

In the term superinfection, what does the prefix super- mean

Answer 10

beyond

Question 11

Patients often need intravenous fluids administered. what does the prefix intra- mean?

Answer 11

within

Question 12

When one measures the diameter of a circle, what does the prefix dia- indicate one should measure?

Answer 12

through

Question 13

There is concern that the avian flu will become pandemic. The prefix pan- means:

Answer 13

all

Question 14

The United States is in the Western hemisphere. The prefix hemi- means:

Answer 14

half

Question 15

Many people suffer from hypertension, or blood pressure that is ____ normal

Answer 15

above

Question 16

The prefix hidro means:

Answer 16

sweat

Question 17

In the term afebrile, the prefix a means:

Answer 17

without

Question 18

Many women suffer from premenstrual syndrome. The prefix pre- means:

Answer 18

before

Question 19

An illness or disease can be described as subacute. what does the prefix sub- mean?

Answer 19

below

Question 20

Some teeth are described as multirooted, meaning they have ____roots.

Answer 20

many

Question 21

A/An_____ is skin taken from one part of the patient’s body and transferred to another part.

Answer 21

autograft

Question 22

________is difficulty in digestion. it also is referred to as eructation.

Answer 22

belching, burping

Question 23

______ is difficulty in breathing.

Answer 23

dyspnea

Question 24

Impairment of hearing in old age is known as:

Answer 24

presbycusis

Question 25

______ is a congenital defect in which the urethra opens on the anterior surface of the penis.

Answer 25

epispadias