Question

which prefix is not matched correctly to its meaning? inter: within or inside hypo: deficient, decreased hyper: excessive, increased sub: under, less, below

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze each prefix:

• "Hypo" means deficient/decreased (correct, e.g., hypothermia - low temperature).
• "Hyper" means excessive/increased (correct, e.g., hypertension - high blood pressure).
• "Sub" means under/less/below (correct, e.g., submarine - under water).
• "Inter" means between (e.g., interstellar - between stars), not "within or inside" (the prefix for "within/inside" is "intra", e.g., intracellular - inside a cell). So "Inter: within or inside" is incorrectly matched.

Answer:

A. Inter: within or inside