Free Anatomy Quiz - Anatomical Word Roots, Prefixes and Suffixes, Quiz 2

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Reference : Clinically Oriented Anatomy - Moore (Amazon link)

The quiz above includes the following questions :

What does the prefix ‘aer-’ (as in 'aerobic') mean?
The prefix ‘anti-’ (as in 'antibody') means:
What does the suffix ‘-phobe’ (as in 'photophobia') mean?
The prefix ‘ex-’ (as in 'excision') means :
What does the prefix ‘bi-’ (as in 'binary') mean?
The prefix ‘optic-’ (as in 'opticochemical') means :
What does the prefix ‘cerebro-’ (as in 'cerebrology') mean?
The prefix ‘ultra-’ means :
Which of the following prefixes means ‘bone’?
The prefix for ‘radiation’ is :
Which of the following prefixes means ‘against’?
The prefix for ‘skin’ is :
Which of the following means ‘water’?
The prefix or suffix for ‘sweet’ is :
Which of the following means ‘blood condition’?

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Word roots :

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