Common Prefixes, Suffixes and Roots

Question 1

a-/an-

Answer 1

deficiency, lack of

Question 2

-aemia

Answer 2

of the blood

Question 3

angio-

Answer 3

vessel

Question 4

brady-

Answer 4

slow

Question 5

broncho-

Answer 5

bronchus

Question 6

card-

Answer 6

heart

Question 7

chole-

Answer 7

bile or gall bladder

Question 8

cyto-

Answer 8

cell

Question 9

derm-

Answer 9

skin

Question 10

dys-

Answer 10

difficult

Question 11

-ema

Answer 11

swelling

Question 12

entero-

Answer 12

intestine

Question 13

erythro-

Answer 13

red

Question 14

gast-

Answer 14

stomach

Question 15

-globin

Answer 15

protein

Question 16

haem-/haemo-

Answer 16

blood

Question 17

hepat-

Answer 17

liver

Question 18

-hydr-

Answer 18

water

Question 19

-itis

Answer 19

inflammation

Question 20

-kinesia

Answer 20

movement, motion

Question 21

leuco-

Answer 21

white

Question 22

lymph-

Answer 22

lymph tissue/vessels

Question 23

lyso-/-lysis

Answer 23

breaking down

Question 24

myo-

Answer 24

muscle

Question 25

nephro-

Answer 25

kidney

Question 26

neuro-

Answer 26

nerve

Question 27

-ology

Answer 27

study of

Question 28

-oma

Answer 28

tumor

Question 29

-opthth-

Answer 29

eye

Question 30

os-/osteo-

Answer 30

bone

Question 31

path-

Answer 31

disease

Question 32

-penia-

Answer 32

deficiency of

Question 33

tachy-

Answer 33

excessively fast

Question 34

-tox-

Answer 34

poison

Question 35

-uria

Answer 35

urine

Question 36

vaso-

Answer 36

vessel