Chapter 9

Question 1

-osis

(NFS) suffix

Answer 1

diseased condition of, act of, process of, (related to -sis in ch 8)

Question 2

-itis

(NFS) suffix

Answer 2

inflammation of, inflammatory disease of

Question 3

-in, -ine

(NFS) suffix

Answer 3

chemical substance

Question 4

-ium

(NFS) suffix

Answer 4

part, lining or enveloping tissue, region

Question 5

aden

base

Answer 5

gland

Question 6

angi

base

Answer 6

vessel

Question 7

arachn

base

Answer 7

spider (occasionally “arach noid membrane”)

Question 8

astr, aster

base

Answer 8

star

Question 9

blast

base

Answer 9

bud, germ, embryonic cell

Question 10

chlor

base

Answer 10

green, chlorine

Question 11

cocc

base

Answer 11

berry-shaped organism

Question 12

coni

base

Answer 12

dust

Question 13

eo(s)

base

Answer 13

dawn or early age, rosy

Question 14

ly

base

Answer 14

to loosen, to dissolve, to break up

Question 15

mening

base

Answer 15

membrane, (especially “meninges, the membranes enveloping the brain and spinal cord (meninx))

Question 16

metr

base

Answer 16

uterus

Question 17

myc, mycet

base

Answer 17

fungus

Question 18

myel

base

Answer 18

spinal cord, marrow

Question 19

neur

base

Answer 19

nerve, nervous system, tendon

Question 20

orch(i), orchid

base

Answer 20

testicle

Question 21

pan, pant

base

Answer 21

all, complete

Question 22

pneumon, pneum

base

Answer 22

lung

Question 23

poli

base

Answer 23

gray

Question 24

thromb

base

Answer 24

clot

Question 25

-oma, (-omat when followed by another element)

(NFS) suffix

Answer 25

usually “tumor arising in or composed of”, occasionally “swelling containing”, rarely “diseased condition”, “result of” (related to -ma in ch 8)