CLST 301 - 11

Question 1

cyst-

L) vesic-

Answer 1

sac; cyst; bladder

Question 2

nephr-

ren-

Answer 2

kidney

Question 3

pyel-

Answer 3

renal pelvis; urine reservoir in kidney [which

passes urine to ureter]

Question 4

ur-

urin-

Answer 4

urine; urinary tract; urination

Question 5

ureter-

Answer 5

ureter; tube carrying urine from kidney to

bladder

Question 6

urethr-

Answer 6

urethra; tube carrying urine from bladder to

outside the body

Question 7

uric-

Answer 7

uric acid

Question 8

aden-

Answer 8

gland; lymph node

Question 9

adren-

Answer 9

adrenal gland

Question 10

hormon-

Answer 10

hormone

Question 11

G) amygdal-*
tonsill-
[See Mod. 12, amygdal-]

Answer 11

tonsil

Question 12

lymph-

Answer 12

lymph

Question 13

lymphatic-

Answer 13

lymphatic system; lymphatic duct

Question 14

por-

Answer 14

pore; passage

Question 15

splen-

lien-

Answer 15

spleen

Question 16

adip-
lip-
steat-

Answer 16

fat

Question 17

seb-

Answer 17

sebum; fatty secretion [of the sebaceous

gland]

Question 18

crin-

Answer 18

secretion

Question 19

eme-

Answer 19

vomit

Question 20

hidr-

Answer 20

sweat

Question 21

hist-

Answer 21

tissue [of an animal or plant]

Question 22

hygr-

Answer 22

moisture

Question 23

onc-

Answer 23

tumour; a swelling; abnormal mass

Question 24

py-

Answer 24

pus

Question 25

G) tox- / toxic- / toxon-

L) ven-* / venen- / venom-

Answer 25

poison [See Mod. 8, ven-]

Question 26

zym-

Answer 26

enzyme; fermentation

Question 27

aeti-

eti-

Answer 27

cause

Question 28

antr-

Answer 28

antrum; cavity

Question 29

aux-

Answer 29

increase

Question 30

bar-

bary-

Answer 30

weight; pressure

Question 31

carcin-

Answer 31

cancer; cancerous [adjective]

Question 32

G) chron-

Answer 32

time

Question 33

drom-

Answer 33

a running; flow

Question 34

dynam-

Answer 34

power

Question 35

helc-

Answer 35

ulceration

Question 36

hypn-

somn-

Answer 36

sleep

Question 37

icter-

Answer 37

jaundice

Question 38

kinemat-
kinesi-
kinema-

Answer 38

movement

Question 39

later-*

[See Mod. 2, later-]

Answer 39

side

Question 40

sept-*
saept-
[See Mod. 8, sept-]

Answer 40

septum [a wall that divides two cavities]

Question 41

Adj) all-

Answer 41

Adj) other; another; divergent; alternating

Question 42

Adj) anis-

Answer 42

Adj) unequal

Question 43

Adj) atel-

Answer 43

Adj) incomplete

Question 44

Adj) atret-

Answer 44

Adj) without an opening (to an organ/structure)

Question 45

Adj) brachy- [no c. v.]

Answer 45

Adj) short

Question 46

Adj) brady- [no c. v. ]

Answer 46

Adj) slow

Question 47

Adj) idi-

Answer 47

Adj) individual; distinct; distinctive; unknown

Question 48

Adj)
is-
equ- [“i”]

Answer 48

Adj) equal

Question 49

Adj) lept-

Answer 49

Adj) thin

Question 50

Adj) macr-

Answer 50

Adj) large; long

Question 51

Adj) megal-

Answer 51

Adj) large

Question 52

Adj) mes-

Answer 52

Adj) middle

Question 53

Adj) micr-

Answer 53

Adj) small

Question 54

Adj) olig-

Answer 54

Adj) few; small; scanty

Question 55

Adj) orth-

Answer 55

Adj) straight; normal; correct

Question 56

Adj) oxy-* [no c. v.]

[See Mod. 6, oxy-]

Answer 56

Adj) acute; swift; sharp; sour

Question 57

Adj) pachy- [no c. v. ]

Answer 57

Adj) thick

Question 58

Adj) pale-

Answer 58

Adj) old; ancient

Question 59

Adj) poikil-

Answer 59

Adj) mottled; varied; irregular

Question 60

Adj)
prosth-
prosthet-

Answer 60

Adj) artificial

Question 61

Adj)

prot-

Answer 61

Adj) earliest; first

Question 62

Adj) pseud-

Answer 62

Adj) false; imaginary

Question 63

Adj)
schist-
schiz-

Answer 63

Adj) split

Question 64

Adj)

scirrh-

Answer 64

Adj) hard [adjective]; hard, cancerous tumour [noun]

Question 65

Adj)

scoli-

Answer 65

Adj) crooked; laterally curved

Question 66

Adj)

sten-

Answer 66

Adj) narrow; constricted

Question 67

Adj)
tach-
tachy- [no c. v.]

Answer 67

Adj) rapid

Question 68

Adj)

xen-

Answer 68

Adj) strange; foreign [adjectives]; foreigner [noun]

Question 69

Adj)
xer-
sicc-

Answer 69

Adj) dry

Question 70

-agogue

Answer 70

T) agent used to induce (an action);
agent used to induce the flow (of a substance, or from an organ or tissue);
agent used to induce the expulsion (of a foreign body)

Question 71

anti- … -agogue

Answer 71

T) agent used to suppress (an
action); agent used to suppress the flow (of a
substance, or from an organ or tissue); agent
used to suppress the expulsion (of a foreign
body)

Question 72

• auxe
• auxis
• auxesis

Answer 72

T) enlargement

Question 73

-crine

Answer 73

T) secretion

Question 74

-elcosis

Answer 74

T) ulceration (of an organ or structure)

Question 75

-emesis

Answer 75

T) vomiting (of a substance)

Question 76

-emetic

Answer 76

T) causing vomiting (of a substance)

Question 77

-emphraxis

Answer 77

T) obstruction

Question 78

-lepsy

Answer 78

T) seizure

Question 79

• phyma

- phymata [pl.]

Answer 79

T) a swelling

Question 80

-pore

Answer 80

T) pore; passage

Question 81

-toxin

Answer 81

T) substance poisonous to (an organ or tissue);

poisonous substance present in (a plant or life form)

Question 82

anti- … -toxin

Answer 82

T) agent used to oppose the
substance poisonous to (an organ or tissue);
agent used to oppose poisonous substance
present in (a plant or life form)

Question 83

-uria

Answer 83

T) urination; presence of (a substance) in the

urine; (abnormal) condition of the urine

Question 84

a- … -uria

Answer 84

T) absence of (a substance) in the urine