abjectival roots and combining forms

Question 1

brachy-

Answer 1

short

brachycephalic

Question 2

brev/i-

Answer 2

short

brevicaudate

Question 3

dipl/o-

Answer 3

double, twice

diplococcus

Question 4

dolicho-

Answer 4

long, elongated

dolichocephalic

Question 5

macro-

Answer 5

large

macrophage, macroeconomics

Question 6

meg/a, meg/alo,meg/aly-

Answer 6

large, oversized

megaesophagous, splenomegaly

Question 7

pachy-

Answer 7

thick

pachyderm

Question 8

sten-

Answer 8

narrowing

spinal stenosis, stenotic nares

Question 9

cry/o-

Answer 9

cold

cryotherapy

Question 10

thermo-

Answer 10

heat

thermogenic, thermometer

Question 11

hydr/o-

Answer 11

wet, water, fluid

hydrocephalus, hydrate

Question 12

xer/o-

Answer 12

dry

xeroderma

Question 13

brady-

Answer 13

slow

bradycardia, bradypnea

Question 14

tachy-

Answer 14

fast

tachycardia, tachypnea

Question 15

malac/o-

Answer 15

soft, softening

osteomalacia

Question 16

-scler/o-

Answer 16

hardness

arteriosclerosis

Question 17

dextr/o

Answer 17

right, right side

dextrocardia

Question 18

lev/o

Answer 18

left, to the left

levorotation

Question 19

sistr/o-

Answer 19

left, to the left

sinistromanual

Question 20

AD

Answer 20

right ear

Question 21

AS

Answer 21

left ear

Question 22

AU

Answer 22

both ears

Question 23

crypto-

Answer 23

hidden

cryptorchidic

Question 24

glyc/o- gluc/o-

Answer 24

sugar, sweet

glycemia, glucosuria

Question 25

mal-

Answer 25

ill, bad malnutrition

Question 26

necr/o

Answer 26

death necropsy, necrotic

Question 27

aqua- hydro-

Answer 27

water

Question 28

dacry/o-, lacrima-

Answer 28

tears or tear shaped lacrimal duct

Question 29

chol/e,chol/o-

Answer 29

bile cholecystectomy

Question 30

hem/a, hemat/o, hem/o

Answer 30

blood

Question 31

heme-

Answer 31

iron based, pigment part of hemoglobin

Question 32

sangui- sanguin/o

Answer 32

bloody or bloody discharge serosanginous

Question 33

mucus- muco-

Answer 33

secretion of the mucus membranes

Question 34

ur/e, ur/ea, ur/eo, ur/in, ur/ino, ur/o

Answer 34

urine or urea

Question 35

pus-

Answer 35

product of inflammation

Question 36

py/o

Answer 36

pus pyometra

Question 37

adip/o, lip/o

Answer 37

fat

Question 38

cerumem, cerumen/o

Answer 38

ear wax

Question 39

fec-

Answer 39

excreted solid waste, poop

Question 40

lith/o

Answer 40

stone or calculus

Question 41

erythr/o

Answer 41

red erythrocyte

Question 42

chlor/o, chloros-

Answer 42

green chlorophyll

Question 43

cyan/o

Answer 43

blue cyanotic

Question 44

melan/o-

Answer 44

black

Question 45

luc/o leuk/o

Answer 45

white