chapter 2: body structure, color, & oncology

Question 1

combining form

aden/o

example: aden/oma

Answer 1

gland

Question 2

combining form

cancer/o, carcin/o

example: cancer/ous

Answer 2

cancer

Question 3

combining form

chrom/o

example: xanth/o/chrom/ic

Answer 3

color

Question 4

combining form

chlor/o

example: chlor/oma

Answer 4

green

Question 5

combining form

cyan/o

example: cyan/osis

Answer 5

blue

Question 6

combining form

cyt/o

example: cyt/o/logy

Answer 6

cell

Question 7

combining form

epitheli/o

example: epitheli/oma

Answer 7

epithelium

Question 8

combining form

erythr/o

example: erythr/o/cyte

Answer 8

red

Question 9

combining form

fibr/o

example: fibr/o/sarcoma

Answer 9

fiber

Question 10

combining form

eti/o

example: eti/o/logy

Answer 10

cause (of disease)

Question 11

combining form

gno/o

example: pro/gno/sis

Answer 11

knowledge

Question 12

combining form

hist/o

example: hist/o/logy

Answer 12

tissue

Question 13

combining form

lei/o

example: lei/o/my/oma

Answer 13

smooth

Question 14

combining form

leuk/o

example: leuk/o/cyte

Answer 14

white

Question 15

combining form

iatr/o

iatr/o/genic

Answer 15

physician, medicine
(also means treatment)

Question 16

combining form

kary/o

example: kary/o/plasm

Answer 16

nucleus

Question 17

combining form

lip/o

example: lip/oma

Answer 17

fat

Question 18

combining form

melan/o

example: melan/oma

Answer 18

black

Question 19

combining form

neur/o

example: neur/oma

Answer 19

nerve

Question 20

combining form

my/o

example: my/o/pathy

Answer 20

muscle

Question 21

combining form

organ/o

example: organ/ic

Answer 21

organ

Question 22

combining form

onc/o

example: onc/o/logist

Answer 22

tumor, mass

Question 23

combining form

path/o

example: path/o/genic

Answer 23

disease

Question 24

combining form

rhabd/o

example: rhabd/o/my/oma

Answer 24

rod-shaped, striated

Question 25

# combining form sarc/o ## Footnote example: sarc/oma

Answer 25

flesh, connective tissue

Question 26

# combining form somat/o ## Footnote example: somat/o/plasm

Answer 26

body

Question 27

# combining form viscer/o ## Footnote example: viscer/al

Answer 27

internal organs

Question 28

# combining form system/o ## Footnote example: system/ic

Answer 28

system

Question 29

# combining form xanth/o ## Footnote example: xanth/o/chrom/ic

Answer 29

yellow

Question 30

# prefix dia -- ## Footnote example: dia/gno/sis

Answer 30

through, complete

Question 31

# prefix dys -- ## Footnote example: dys/plasia

Answer 31

painful, abnormal, difficult, labored

Question 32

# prefix hyper -- ## Footnote example: hyper/plasia

Answer 32

above, excessive

Question 33

# prefix meta -- ## Footnote example: meta/stasis

Answer 33

after, beyond, change

Question 34

# prefix hypo -- ## Footnote example: hypo/plasia

Answer 34

below, incomplete, deficient, under

Question 35

# prefix pro -- ## Footnote example: pro/gno/sis

Answer 35

before

Question 36

# prefix neo -- ## Footnote example: neo/plasm

Answer 36

new

Question 37

# suffix -- cyte ## Footnote example: erythr/o/cyte

Answer 37

cell

Question 38

# suffix -- al, -- ic, -- ous ## Footnote example: epitheli/al

Answer 38

pertaining to

Question 39

# suffix -- genic ## Footnote example: carcin/o/genic

Answer 39

producing, originating, causing

Question 40

# suffix -- gen ## Footnote example: carcin/o/gen

Answer 40

substance or agent that produces or causes

Question 41

# suffix -- logist ## Footnote example: onc/o/logist

Answer 41

one who studies & treats (specialist, physician)

Question 42

# suffix -- logy ## Footnote example: onc/o/logy

Answer 42

study of

Question 43

# suffix -- megaly ## Footnote example: organ/o/megaly

Answer 43

enlargement

Question 44

# suffix -- oid ## Footnote example: cyt/oid

Answer 44

resembling

Question 45

# suffix -- osis ## Footnote example: cyan/osis

Answer 45

abnormal condition (means **increase** when used with blood cell word roots)

Question 46

# suffix -- oma ## Footnote example: fibr/oma

Answer 46

tumor, swelling

Question 47

# suffix -- plasia ## Footnote example: hyper/plasia

Answer 47

condition of formation, development, growth

Question 48

# suffix -- pathy ## Footnote example: somat/o/pathy

Answer 48

disease

Question 49

# suffix -- sarcoma ## Footnote example: aden/o/sarcoma

Answer 49

malignant tumor

Question 50

# suffix -- plasm ## Footnote example: neo/plasm

Answer 50

growth, substance, formation

Question 51

# suffix -- stasis ## Footnote example: meta/stasis

Answer 51

control, stop, standing

Question 52

# suffix -- sis ## Footnote example: pro/gno/sis

Answer 52

state of