Chapter 7 Bases

Question 1

ambul-

Answer 1

to walk

Question 2

cer-

Answer 2

wax

cerumen = ear wax

Question 3

clos-, clud-, clus-

Answer 3

to shut, to close

closure, occlusion

Question 4

fid-, fiss-

Answer 4

to split

fissure

Question 5

fil-

Answer 5

thread

filament

Question 6

for-

Answer 6

to bore, to pierce

perforation

Question 7

hal-, halit

Answer 7

to breath

halitosis (bad breath)

Question 8

hi-, hiat-

Answer 8

to stand open, to gape

hiatus (a pause or gap in a series)

Question 9

lig-, ligat-

Answer 9

to bind

Question 10

mov-, mot-, mo-

Answer 10

to move

Question 11

pig-

Answer 11

to paint, to dye

Question 12

press-

Answer 12

to press

Question 13

punct-, pung-

Answer 13

to prick

Question 14

rupt-

Answer 14

to break, to burst

Question 15

sciss-

Answer 15

to cut, to split

Question 16

sed-, (-sid-), sess-

Answer 16

to sit, to settle

sediment

Question 17

spec-, spect-

Answer 17

to look at

Question 18

stimul-

Answer 18

to urge, to goad (provoke or annoy)

Question 19

tect-, teg-

Answer 19

to cover

protective

Question 20

temper-, temperat-

Answer 20

to moderate, to blend

Question 21

tinn-, tinnit-

Answer 21

to ring

tinnitus (ringing in the ears)

Question 22

tract-

Answer 22

to draw, to drag

contracture (shortening of the muscles)
you drag a tractor

Question 23

volv-, volu-, volut-

Answer 23

to roll

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