Chapter 5 Bases

Question 1

adip-

Answer 1

fatty tissue

Question 2

act-, ag-

Answer 2

to do, to act

obviously act is in the meaning, but remember ag-

Question 3

aqu(a)-

Answer 3

water

Question 4

aud-, audit-

Answer 4

to hear

Question 5

cern-, cret-

Answer 5

to separate, to distinguish

secrete (to separate from), cretins are distinguished

Question 6

cid-, cis-

Answer 6

to cut, to kill

suicide, excision

Question 7

cad-, cis-

Answer 7

to fall

deciduous
there are two meanings for cis- (to fall and to separate/dstinguish)

Question 8

duc, duct-

Answer 8

to lead, to draw

ductile (draw into thin wires), conduction (heat lead through a substance)

Question 9

fibr-

Answer 9

fiber

Question 10

flect-, flex-

Answer 10

to bend

Question 11

ger-, gest-

Answer 11

to carry, to bear

two fairly different sounding bases
congestive

Question 12

grad-, gress-

Answer 12

to go, to step

gradual

Question 13

her-, hes-

Answer 13

to stick

adhere, cohesive (her uses hes stick)

Question 14

liqu-

Answer 14

liquid

Question 15

me-, meat-

Answer 15

to go, to pass through

meatus (hole that spinal cord passes through in skull)
permeable

Question 16

morb-

Answer 16

disease

Question 17

nase-, nat-

Answer 17

to be born

native

Question 18

nutr-, nutrit-

Answer 18

to nourish

Question 19

pur-

Answer 19

puss

Question 20

sens-, sent-

Answer 20

to feel, to perceive

sensory, sentient

Question 21

somn-

Answer 21

to sleep

somnolent = sleepy, drowsy

Question 22

ten-, -tin-, tent-

Answer 22

to hold

tenacious (to keep a firm hold of something), retentive (having the ability to hold on to facts)

Question 23

trem-

Answer 23

to tremble

Question 24

varic-

Answer 24

twisted, swollen

varicose veins

Question 25

vir-

Answer 25

virus

Question 26

vitr-

Answer 26

glass

in vitro (performed in a test tube), vitreous (like glass in appearance)