ALH 111 CH.1 (root words)

Question 1

gen/o (JIN-oh)

Answer 1

creation, cause. ex: pathogenic (pertaining to the creation or cause of diseases)

Question 2

hydr/o (HAI-droh)

Answer 2

water, ex: hydrophobia, dehydration

Question 3

morph/o (MOR-foh)

Answer 3

change, ex: morphology (the study of the form of things)

Question 4

myc/o (MAI-koh)

Answer 4

fungus, ex: dermatomycosis (fungal infection of the skin)

Question 5

necr/o (NEK-roh)

Answer 5

death, ex: necrosis (the death of most or all of the cells in an organ or tissue)

Question 6

orth/o (OR-thoh)

Answer 6

straight, ex: orthodontist

Question 7

path/o (PAH-thoh)

Answer 7

suffering, disease. ex: pathology (study of disease)

Question 8

phag/o (FAY-goh)

Answer 8

eat, ex: aphagia (inability or refusal to swallow)

Question 9

plas/o (PLAS-oh)

Answer 9

formation, ex: hyperplasia (enlargement of an organ or tissue caused by an increase in the reproduction rate of cells, initial stage in the development of cancer)

Question 10

py/o (PAI-oh)

Answer 10

pus, ex: pyorrhea, pyemia

Question 11

scler/o (SKLEH-roh)

Answer 11

hard, ex: scleroderma

Question 12

sten/o (STIH-noh)

Answer 12

narrowing, ex: stenosis (the abnormal narrowing of a passage in the body)

Question 13

troph/o (TROH-foh)

Answer 13

nourishment, development. ex: trophology, hypertrophy

Question 14

xen/o (ZEE-noh)

Answer 14

foreign, ex: xenograft

Question 15

pulmon, pneum/o, pneumon/o

Answer 15

lung

Question 16

derm, dermat, cutane

Answer 16

skin

Question 17

angi, vas, vascul/o

Answer 17

vessel

Question 18

hem/o, hemat/o

Answer 18

blood

Question 19

hepat/o

Answer 19

liver

Question 20

enter

Answer 20

small intestine