Chapter 5

Question 1

ACOUS- / ACUS-

Answer 1

Hear

Question 2

ANDR-

Answer 2

Man

Question 3

APHRODISI-

Answer 3

Sexual desire

Question 4

AUT-

Answer 4

Self

Question 5

CHEIL- / CHIL-

Answer 5

Lip

Question 6

CHLOR-

Answer 6

Green

Question 7

DEM-

Answer 7

People, population

Question 8

DROM-

Answer 8

A running, a grouping

Question 9

ER- / EROT-

Answer 9

Sexual desire

Question 10

GYN- / GYNAE- / GYNAEC-

Answer 10

Woman, female

Question 11

ICTER-

Answer 11

Jaundice

Question 12

CARDI-

Answer 12

Heart, cardia

Question 13

CARCIN-

Answer 13

Cancer

Question 14

-CEL-

Answer 14

Hernia

Question 15

CENTE-

Answer 15

Pierce

Question 16

MY-(I) / MYS-

Answer 16

Muscle

Question 17

NARC-

Answer 17

Stupor, numbness

Question 18

NECR-

Answer 18

Corpse, dead

Question 19

NEUR-

Answer 19

Nerve

Question 20

ODONT-

Answer 20

Tooth

Question 21

ONYCH-

Answer 21

Fingernail, toenail

Question 22

ORTH-

Answer 22

Straight, erect

Question 23

OT-

Answer 23

Ear

Question 24

PACHY-

Answer 24

Thick

Question 25

-PEX-

Answer 25

Fixing

Question 26

PHARMAC- / PHARMACEU-

Answer 26

Medicine, drug

Question 27

PT-

Answer 27

Fall, sag

Question 28

STEAR- / STEAT-

Answer 28

Fat, sebum, sebaceous glands

Question 29

TEN- / TENON- / TENONT-

Answer 29

Tendon

Question 30

TON-

Answer 30

Tension, tone

Question 31

CARCIN- / CANCER-

Answer 31

Malignant ulcerous growths of the body

Question 32

CARDI- alternative meaning

Answer 32

Cardia, meaning the upper orifice of the stomach linked to the oesophagus
It is named this because it’s close to the heart

Question 33

Can CARDI- come at the end of a word?

Answer 33

Yes
Eg. Bradycardia

Question 34

-centesis

Answer 34

A surgical puncture

Question 35

Cephalocentesis-

Answer 35

Surgical puncture of the cranium

Question 36

Endemic

Answer 36

A disease occuring continuously in a population

Question 37

Epidemic

Answer 37

A disease affecting many people at the same time in the same area

Question 38

Pandemic

Answer 38

A disease affecting the majority of people in a large region

Question 39

Syndrome

Answer 39

A group of symptoms and signs of disordered functions related to one another

Question 40

-pexy

Answer 40

A surgical procedure to rectify to rectify what was caused by -ptosis of an internal body part due to weakness of the abdominal muscles

Question 41

-CEL-

Answer 41

Indicates the presence of a hernia

Question 42

Orthopaedics

Answer 42

The medical specialty concerned with the form and function of the musculoskeletal system
Correction of structural deformities

Question 43

Orthodontist

Answer 43

A dentist specializing in the correction of abnormally positioned teeth

Question 44

Periodontology

Answer 44

The branch of dentistry dealing with treatment of diseases of tissues around the teeth

Question 45

Pachyderm

Answer 45

Thick skinned animals (literally)
Insensitive people (figuratively)