Fill in the blank with the correct medical term, then find those terms in the word search puzzle that follows.
1. A(n) _____________ is the word part that is placed before the root to modify its meaning.
2. The prefix semi- means: “_____________.”
3. The prefixes ex- and exo- mean “outward,” or: “_____________.”
4. The prefixes sym- and syn- mean: “_____________.”
5. The prefix ab- means: “_____________ from.”
6. Infer- has the meaning: “_____________.”
7. The prefixes super- and supra- share the meaning: “_____________.”
8. Hypothermia is a state of abnormally _____________ body temperature.
9. The prefix mal- means “bad,” so the term malabsorption literally means: “bad
_____________.”
10. The prefix post- means: “to follow _____________.”
11. The term dialysis literally means, “to loosen through” because the prefix dia- means:
“_____________.”
12. Ec- and ecto- mean: “_____________.”
13. Bradykinesia combines brady- with the root kines to mean: “condition of _____________ motion.”
14. The prefix eu- means “normal,” or: “_____________.”
15. The term intervertebral indicates a position _____________ the vertebrae.
1. prefix
2. half
3. away from
4. together
5. away
6. below
7. above
8. low
9. absorption
10. after
11. through
12. outside
13. slow
14. good
15. between
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