Choose the prefix that means "slow."

A) anti-
B) micro-
C) brady-
D) hyper-


C
Explanation: It might be easy to confuse the prefix brady-, "slow," with micro-, "small." Slow heart rate is called bradycardia, but an abnormally small heart is called microcardia.

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