CH.1 Roots

Question 1

Eponym

Answer 1

to put your own name on something

Question 2

Acronyms

Answer 2

to make a name with the ends

Question 3

Modern languages appear in health care vocabulary

Answer 3

German, French, and English

Question 4

Why are Greek and Latin the foundation of the language of medicine?

Answer 4

• first to study human body was ancient Greeks (Hippocrates) & traveled to Rome (Galen) where drugs and disease work
• Latin was the global language of the 2nd revolution & Catholic church
• dead languages do not change

Question 5

ultima

Answer 5

last (syllable)

Question 6

penult

Answer 6

almost the last (syllable) ; pen- =almost

Question 7

antepenult

Answer 7

third to last syllable ; ante- = before

-usually where syllable emphasis is placed

Question 8

arthr/o

arthroscope, arthritis

Answer 8

joint

Question 9

cardi/o

cardiology, pericardium

Answer 9

heart

Question 10

enter/o

enteropathy, dysentery

Answer 10

small intestine

Question 11

gastr/o

gastrointestinal, gastritis

Answer 11

stomach

Question 12

hepat/o

hepatology, hepatitis

Answer 12

liver

Question 13

neur/o

neurology, neuralgia

Answer 13

nerve

Question 14

hem/o (hemorrhage)

Answer 14

blood

Question 15

my/o (myocardial, myalgia)

Answer 15

muscle

Question 16

angi/o (angioplasty)

Answer 16

vessel

Question 17

hemat/o (hematoma)

Answer 17

blood

Question 18

muscul/o (musculoskeletal, muscular)

Answer 18

muscle

Question 19

vas/o

vasospasm, vasectomy

Answer 19

vessel

Question 20

vascul/o

vasculopathy, vasculitis

Answer 20

vessel

Question 21

derm/o

dermoscopy, dermis

Answer 21

skin

Question 22

dermat/o

dermatology, dermatitis

Answer 22

skin

Question 23

cutane/o

subcutaneous

Answer 23

skin

Question 24

pneum/o

pneumotomy

Answer 24

lung

Question 25

pneumon/o | pneumonia, pneumonitis

Answer 25

lung

Question 26

pulmon/o | pulmonologist, cardiopulmonary

Answer 26

lung

Question 27

gen/o | pathogenic

Answer 27

creation, cause

Question 28

hydr/o | hydrophobia, dehydration

Answer 28

water

Question 29

morph/o | morphology

Answer 29

change

Question 30

myc/o | dermatomycosis

Answer 30

fungus

Question 31

necr/o | necrosis

Answer 31

death

Question 32

orth/o | orthodontist

Answer 32

straight

Question 33

path/o | pathology

Answer 33

suffering

Question 34

phag/o | aphagia

Answer 34

eat

Question 35

plas/o | hyperplasia

Answer 35

formation

Question 36

py/o | pyorrhea, pyemia

Answer 36

pus

Question 37

scler/o | scleroderma

Answer 37

hard

Question 38

sten/o | stenosis

Answer 38

narrowing

Question 39

troph/o | trophology, hypertrophy

Answer 39

nourishment, development

Question 40

xen/o | xenograft

Answer 40

foreign