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Prefix: Exercise
Identify the medical terms, by clicking the check boxes in front of them, whose prefixes have been underlined. When you are done, click "Check Answers" to check your answers.
While doing this exercise, you may use a dictionary or any other reference material if necessary.
Answer:
- antitoxin
- intravenous
- prognosis
- bilateral
The other two terms are composed of a root followed by a suffix.
- The prefix anti- means "against."
- The word root cyt(o) means "cells."
- The prefix intra- means "within."
- The word root gingiv(o) means "gums."
- The prefix pro- means "before" or "in front of."
- The prefix bi- means "two," not "life" as in bi(o).
