Chapter 9: Word Parts

Question 1

chori/o

Example: chori/o/carcin/oma

Answer 1

Chorion

Question 2

esophag/o

Example: esophag/eal

Answer 2

Esophagus

Question 3

nat/o

Example: neo/nat/o/logist

Answer 3

Birth

Question 4

omphal/o

Example: omphal/o/cele

Answer 4

Umbilicus, navel

Question 5

puerper/o

Example: puerper/al

Answer 5

Childbirth

Question 6

micro-

Example: micro/chephal/us

Answer 6

Small

Question 7

multi-

Example: multi/gravid/a

Answer 7

Many

Question 8

nulli-

Example: nulli/par/a

Answer 8

None

Question 9

post-

Example: post/nat/al

Answer 9

After

Question 10

-amnios

Example: olig/o/hydr/amnios

Answer 10

Amnion, amniotic fluid

Question 11

-cyesis

Example: pseud/o/cyesis

Answer 11

Pregnancy

Question 12

-rrhexis

Example: amni/o/rrhexis

Answer 12

Rupture

Question 13

amni/o, amnion/o

Example: amni/o/centesis

Answer 13

Amnion; amniotic fluid

Question 14

cephal/o

Example: micro/cephal/us

Answer 14

Head

Question 15

embry/o

Example: embry/o/genic

Answer 15

Embryo

Question 16

fet/o, fet/i

Example: fet/al

Answer 16

Fetus, unborn offspring

Question 17

gravid/o

Example: nulli/gravid/a

Answer 17

Pregnancy

Question 18

lact/o

Example: lact/o/rrhea

Answer 18

Milk

Question 19

par/o, part/o

Example: par/a

Answer 19

Bear, give birth to, labor, childbirth

Question 20

pseud/o

Example: pseud/o/cyesis

Answer 20

False

Question 21

prim/i

Example: prim/i/gravid/a

Answer 21

First

Question 22

pylor/o

Example: pylor/ic

Answer 22

Pylorus, pyloric sphincter

Question 23

terat/o

Example: terat/o/gen

Answer 23

Malformations

Question 24

-e, -is, -us, -um

Example: ante/part/um

Answer 24

Noun suffix, no meaning

Question 25

-tocia

Example: dys/tocia

Answer 25

Birth, labor

Question 26

ante-, pre-

Example: pre/nat/al

Answer 26

Before