Hemi- means?

Hemi- means?

• A. Center
• B. Half
• C. Whole
• D. Quarter

Answer: (B)

Hemi- means half. It’s used in medical terms to describe one half of something—today you might see it in hemisphere (half of a sphere, like the brain’s right and left hemispheres) or hemiparesis (weakness on one side of the body). It doesn’t convey center, the whole, or a fourth. Center would be unrelated to a half, whole would be suggested by terms like pan- or holo-, and a quarter would be a fourth rather than a half. So the best interpretation of hemi- is half.

Hemi- means half. It’s used in medical terms to describe one half of something—today you might see it in hemisphere (half of a sphere, like the brain’s right and left hemispheres) or hemiparesis (weakness on one side of the body). It doesn’t convey center, the whole, or a fourth. Center would be unrelated to a half, whole would be suggested by terms like pan- or holo-, and a quarter would be a fourth rather than a half. So the best interpretation of hemi- is half.