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SECTION 6

Prefixes and suffixes

A What do the prefixes mean? Choose from the words in the box. You will have to use two of them twice.

	fat milk	potassium sodium starch stone sugar water
	Prefix	Example	Meaning
1	hydro-	hydrotherapy	treatment with wafer
2	lact-	lactation	formation of
3	sacchar-	saccharine	like
4	amyl-	amylase	enzyme for digesting
5	steat-	steatogenous	producing
6	adip-	adipose	contains
7	giyc-	glycoside	derivative of
8	natr-	hypernatraemia	excess in the blood
9	kal-	kaliuresis	secretion of in urine
10	cale-	calculus	a
B	What do the suffixes mean? Choose from the box.
	derivative enzyme precursor substance sugar
	Suffix	Meaning	Example
11	-ose	a	glucose, lactose
12	-ase	an	lactase, enterokinase
13	-ide	of	sugar disaccharide, glycoside
14	-in	any kind of	pepsin, glycerine
15	-gen	a	pepsinogen, trypsinogen

Test 4 also tests various prefixes used in medicine.

SECTION 6

How’s the patient: phrasal verbs

A Complete the phrasal verbs in the following sentences by choosing a preposition/adverb from the box. You will have to use some of them morę than once.

ahead along back down on out to

1    The operatłon has certainly brought him back to health.

2    The medication will help bring_his blood pressure.

3    She fainted but ąuickly came_.

4    You're coming_fine. We'11 have you home in no time!

5    She couldn't remember anything of the accident but slowly it's

coming_to her.

6    We've cut_the growth and the wound should heal

ąuickly.

7    She's done something_her back. She's having difficulties

moving.

8    We're still trying to find_what    is causing the high

temperaturę.

9    She has decided to go_with the operation.

10    Several patients have gone_with a stornach bug.

11    Try to keep_this diet for the next four weeks.

12    The baby is growing ąuickly and putting_weight.