Medical Prefix Meanings Quiz

Opposing or against, as in 'antibiotic' against bacteria.

Signifying deficiency or below normal, as in 'hypoglycemia' low blood sugar.

Referring to around or surrounding, as in 'pericardium' surrounding the heart.

Indicating many or much, as in 'polyuria' excessive urination.

Referring to inside or within, as in 'intravenous' within a vein.

Signifying large or long, as in 'macrocephaly' large head.

Signifying inside or within, as in 'endoscopy' visual examination inside the body.

Denoting all or every, as in 'pancreas' an organ with multiple functions.

Denoting upon, on, or above, as in 'epidermis' the outer layer of the skin.

Referring to air or gas, as in 'aerobic' requiring oxygen.

Indicating slow or sluggish, as in 'bradycardia' slow heart rate.

Denoting half or partial, as in 'hemiplegia' paralysis of one side of the body.

False or not real, as in 'pseudoscience' false science.

Denoting few or little, as in 'oliguria' scanty urination.

Indicating difficult or painful, as in 'dyspnea' difficult breathing.

Referring to foreign or different, as in 'xenotransplant' transplantation between different species.

Referring to below or beneath, as in 'infrasound' below the range of human hearing.

Indicating false or not genuine, as in 'pseudopodia' false feet in some single-celled organisms.

Referring to bad or abnormal, as in 'malformation' abnormal development or structure.

Indicating different or other, as in 'allograft' transplantation between genetically different individuals.

Denoting straight or correct, as in 'orthopedic' pertaining to the correction of deformities.

Referring to good, normal, or well, as in 'euphoria' a feeling of well-being.

Referring to soft or softening, as in 'osteomalacia' softening of the bones.

Indicating large or great, as in 'megadose' a very large dose of a substance.

Referring to the same or equal, as in 'isometric' having equal measure or dimensions.