Prefix Suffix Quiz

Front 1

a- or an-

Back 1

absence of

Front 2

ambi-

Back 2

both

Front 3

anti-

Back 3

against

Front 4

ante-

Back 4

before

Front 5

bi-

Back 5

two

Front 6

brady-

Back 6

slow

Front 7

circum-

Back 7

around

Front 8

contra-

Back 8

against

Front 9

dys-

Back 9

pain, difficult, labored

Front 10

endo-

Back 10

within

Front 11

epi-

Back 11

upon

Front 12

extra

Back 12

outside of

Front 13

glycol-

Back 13

sugar

Front 14

meno-

Back 14

monthly, menstrual

Front 15

hemi-

Back 15

half

Front 16

sub-

Back 16

under

Front 17

hyper-

Back 17

above, excess

Front 18

hypo-

Back 18

below, deficient

Front 19

in- ,intra-

Back 19

inside

Front 20

mammo-

Back 20

breast

Front 21

hepa, hepato-

Back 21

liver

Front 22

inter-

Back 22

between

Front 23

tri-

Back 23

three

Front 24

mal-

Back 24

bad, disordered

Front 25

oligo-

Back 25

few, little

Front 26

ortho-

Back 26

straight

Front 27

para-

Back 27

beside

Front 28

poly-

Back 28

many

Front 29

post-

Back 29

after

Front 30

pre-

Back 30

before

Front 31

quadr-

Back 31

four

Front 32

macro-

Back 32

large

Front 33

micro-

Back 33

small

Front 34

retro-

Back 34

behind

Front 35

trans-

Back 35

across

Front 36

super, supra-

Back 36

above

Front 37

tachy-

Back 37

rapid

Front 38

angio-

Back 38

tube, blood vessel

Front 39

artho-

Back 39

joint

Front 40

cardio-

Back 40

heart

Front 41

cephalo-

Back 41

head

Front 42

crebro-

Back 42

brain

Front 43

chole-

Back 43

bile

Front 44

cyst-

Back 44

sac

Front 45

cyt-

Back 45

cell

Front 46

derma-

Back 46

skin

Front 47

entero-

Back 47

gut

Front 48

erythro-

Back 48

red

Front 49

gastro-

Back 49

stomach

Front 50

hema, hemo-

Back 50

blood

Front 51

hepato-

Back 51

liver

Front 52

hystero-

Back 52

uterus

Front 53

meningo-

Back 53

meninges

Front 54

myo-

Back 54

muscle

Front 55

nephro-

Back 55

kidney

Front 56

neuro-

Back 56

nerve

Front 57

orchi-

Back 57

testicle

Front 58

osteo-

Back 58

bone

Front 59

oto-

Back 59

ear

Front 60

phleb-

Back 60

vein

Front 61

pneumo-

Back 61

air, lung

Front 62

pyo-

Back 62

pus

Front 63

rhino-

Back 63

nose

Front 64

sclero-

Back 64

hardness

Front 65

uro-

Back 65

urine, urinary

Front 66

vaso-

Back 66

vessel

Front 67

leuko-

Back 67

white

Front 68

-algia

Back 68

pain

Front 69

-asthenia

Back 69

weakness

Front 70

-ectomy

Back 70

surgical removal

Front 71

-emia

Back 71

blood

Front 72

-esthesia

Back 72

sensation

Front 73

-genic

Back 73

causing

Front 74

-graph(y)

Back 74

visualization of

Front 75

-itis

Back 75

inflammation

Front 76

--megaly

Back 76

enlargement of

Front 77

-oma

Back 77

tumor

Front 78

-osis

Back 78

disease of

Front 79

-ostomy

Back 79

opening into

Front 80

-otomy

Back 80

incision into

Front 81

-paresis

Back 81

weakness

Front 82

-pathy

Back 82

disease

Front 83

-plegia

Back 83

paralysis

Front 84

-pnea

Back 84

breathing

Front 85

-rrhea

Back 85

discharge

Front 86

-scopy

Back 86

to examine, see

Front 87

-uria

Back 87

urine

Front 88

Crandid (cephalad)

Back 88

toward the head

Front 89

Caudad

Back 89

toward the feet