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

example: sarc/oma

Answer 25

flesh, connective tissue

Question 26

combining form

somat/o

example: somat/o/plasm

Answer 26

body

Question 27

combining form

viscer/o

example: viscer/al

Answer 27

internal organs

Question 28

combining form

system/o

example: system/ic

Answer 28

system

Question 29

combining form

xanth/o

example: xanth/o/chrom/ic

Answer 29

yellow

Question 30

prefix

dia –

example: dia/gno/sis

Answer 30

through, complete

Question 31

prefix

dys –

example: dys/plasia

Answer 31

painful, abnormal, difficult, labored

Question 32

prefix

hyper –

example: hyper/plasia

Answer 32

above, excessive

Question 33

prefix

meta –

example: meta/stasis

Answer 33

after, beyond, change

Question 34

prefix

hypo –

example: hypo/plasia

Answer 34

below, incomplete, deficient, under

Question 35

prefix

pro –

example: pro/gno/sis

Answer 35

before

Question 36

prefix

neo –

example: neo/plasm

Answer 36

new

Question 37

suffix

– cyte

example: erythr/o/cyte

Answer 37

cell

Question 38

suffix

– al, – ic, – ous

example: epitheli/al

Answer 38

pertaining to

Question 39

suffix

– genic

example: carcin/o/genic

Answer 39

producing, originating, causing

Question 40

suffix

– gen

example: carcin/o/gen

Answer 40

substance or agent that produces or causes

Question 41

suffix

– logist

example: onc/o/logist

Answer 41

one who studies & treats (specialist, physician)

Question 42

suffix

– logy

example: onc/o/logy

Answer 42

study of

Question 43

suffix

– megaly

example: organ/o/megaly

Answer 43

enlargement

Question 44

suffix

– oid

example: cyt/oid

Answer 44

resembling

Question 45

suffix

– osis

example: cyan/osis

Answer 45

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

Question 46

suffix

– oma

example: fibr/oma

Answer 46

tumor, swelling

Question 47

suffix

– plasia

example: hyper/plasia

Answer 47

condition of formation, development, growth

Question 48

suffix

– pathy

example: somat/o/pathy

Answer 48

disease

Question 49

suffix

– sarcoma

example: aden/o/sarcoma

Answer 49

malignant tumor

Question 50

suffix

– plasm

example: neo/plasm

Answer 50

growth, substance, formation

Question 51

suffix

– stasis

example: meta/stasis

Answer 51

control, stop, standing

Question 52

suffix

– sis

example: pro/gno/sis

Answer 52

state of