Chapter 2

Question 1

Ab-

Answer 1

From, away from

Example: ABerrant (wandering away from)

Question 2

Ad-

Answer 2

Toward, increase

Example: ADduct (movement toward the midline of the body)

Question 3

Alb-

Answer 3

White

Example: ALBino (person who has marked deficiency of pigment in the eyes, hair, and skin; abnormally white skin)

Question 4

Albin/o

Answer 4

White

Example: ALBINism (condition of abnormally white skin: characterized by absence of pigment in the skin, hair and eye)

Question 5

Ambi-

Answer 5

Both, both sides

Example: ANBIdextrous (able to use both hands well)

Question 6

An-

Answer 6

Without, not, no

Example: ANesthesia (without feeling)

Question 7

Ante

Answer 7

Before, in front

Example: ANTEcubital (“the space” in front of the elbow)

Question 8

Anti-

Answer 8

Against

Example: ANTIdote (a drug or other substance that opposes [works against] the action of a poison)

Question 9

Auto-

Answer 9

Self

Example: AUTOgraft (a graft transferred from one part of a patients body to another)

Question 10

Bi-

Answer 10

Two, double

Example: BIcuspid ( having two cusp or points)

Question 11

Bio-

Answer 11

Life

Question 12

Brady-

Answer 12

Slow

Question 13

Chlor/o

Answer 13

Green

Question 14

Circum-

Answer 14

Around

Question 15

Cirrh/o

Answer 15

Yellow, tawny

Question 16

Con-

Answer 16

Together, with

Question 17

Contra-

Answer 17

Against

Question 18

Cyan/o

Answer 18

Blue

Question 19

De-

Answer 19

Down, from

Example: to come down from

Question 20

Dia-

Answer 20

Through

Example: knowledge through testing

Question 21

Dis-

Answer 21

Free of, to undo

Example: dislocation (displacement [undoing] of any part of the body from its normal position)

Question 22

Dys-

Answer 22

Bad, difficult, painful, disordered

Question 23

Ecto-

Answer 23

Outside

Example: outsides it normal location.

Question 24

Endo-

Answer 24

Within, inner

Question 25

Eosin/o

Answer 25

Red, rosy

Example: EOSINophil (bilobed leukocyte that stains a red, rosy color with an acid dye)

Question 26

Epi-

Answer 26

Upon, over

Question 27

Erythr/o

Answer 27

Red

Example: mature red blood cell

Question 28

Eu-

Answer 28

Well, easily, good, normal

Question 29

Ex-

Answer 29

Out, away from, outside

Question 30

Exo-

Answer 30

Outside, outward

Question 31

Extra-

Answer 31

Outside, beyond

Example: outside the liver

Question 32

Glauc/o

Answer 32

Gray, silver

Glaucoma (disorder of the eye due to increased intraocular pressure; creates dull gray gleam of the affected eye)

Question 33

Hemi-

Answer 33

Half

Question 34

Hetero-

Answer 34

Different

Question 35

Homeo-

Answer 35

Likeness, same

Question 36

Homo-

Answer 36

Same

Question 37

Hydro-

Answer 37

Water

Question 38

Hyp-

Answer 38

Under, below, beneath, less than normal.

Question 39

Hyper-

Answer 39

Excessive

Question 40

Hypo-

Answer 40

Under, below, beneath, less than normal.

Question 41

Idio-

Answer 41

Individual

Question 42

Im-

Answer 42

Not

Question 43

In-

Answer 43

In, inside, within, not

Example: not capable
Acquired during intrauterine life

Question 44

Infra-

Answer 44

Beneath, below, under

Question 45

Inter-

Answer 45

Between

Question 46

Intra-

Answer 46

Within

Question 47

Jaund/o

Answer 47

Yellow

Question 48

Juxta

Answer 48

Near, beside

Question 49

Leuk/o

Answer 49

White

Question 50

Melan/o

Answer 50

Black

Question 51

Meso-

Answer 51

Middle

Example: Middle of three layers of skin

Question 52

Meta-

Answer 52

Beyond, after

Question 53

Milli-

Answer 53

One- thousandth

Example: one thousandth of a liter

Question 54

Mono-

Answer 54

One

Example: a white cell with a singular nucleus

Question 55

Multi-

Answer 55

Many

Example: to bear many “children”

Question 56

Non-

Answer 56

Not

Example: not invaded

Question 57

Pan-

Answer 57

All

Example: inflammation of the entires heart

Question 58

Para-

Answer 58

Near, beside, beyond, two like parts

Example: near or beside the cervix

Question 59

Per-

Answer 59

Through

Example: striking through

Question 60

Peri-

Answer 60

Around

Question 61

Polo/o

Answer 61

Gray

Example: inflammation of the gray matter of the spinal cord

Question 62

Poly

Answer 62

Many, much, excessive

Example: inflammation of many joints
The excretion of large amounts of [much] urine

Question 63

Post-

Answer 63

After, behind

Question 64

Pre-

Answer 64

Before, in front

Example: the region “of the chest wall” in front of the heart

Question 65

Primi-

Answer 65

First

Example: first pregnancy

Question 66

Pseudo-

Answer 66

False

Question 67

Purpur-

Answer 67

Purple

Question 68

Quadri-

Answer 68

Four

Example: paralysis of all four extremities

Question 69

Re-

Answer 69

Back, again

Question 70

Retro-

Answer 70

Backward, behind

Question 71

Rube-

Answer 71

Red

Example: fine red rash

Question 72

Semi-

Answer 72

Half

Example: half conscious

Question 73

Sub-

Answer 73

Under, above

Example: under the skin

Question 74

Supra-

Answer 74

Above, over

Example: above or over the pubic area

Question 75

Sym-

Answer 75

Joined, together

Example: symptoms joined by a common cause “running together)

Question 76

Tachy-

Answer 76

Rapid

Question 77

Trans-

Answer 77

Across, through

Question 78

Tri-

Answer 78

Three

Question 79

Ultra-

Answer 79

Beyond, excess

Question 80

Uni-

Answer 80

One

Example: “a cell” having one nucleus

Question 81

Xanth/o

Answer 81

Yellow

Example: any yellow coloration of the skin

Question 82

A-

Answer 82

Without, not, no

Example: Apnea (without breathing)