commonly used root words

Question 1

acro

Answer 1

extremity, peak

eg. acromegaly: enlarged extremities

Question 2

aden

Answer 2

gland

eg. adenopathy: disease of a gland

Question 3

adip

Answer 3

fat, lipid

eg. adipose tissue

Question 4

aer, aero

Answer 4

air

eg. aerophagie: swallowing air

Question 5

andro

Answer 5

man, male

eg. androgen : agent that causes male development

Question 6

angi

Answer 6

vessel

eg. angioma: tumor of a vessel

Question 7

arthr

Answer 7

joint

eg. arthralgia : pain in the joint

Question 8

athero

Answer 8

soft, pasty material

eg. atherosclerosis: pasty hardening of an artery

Question 9

balano

Answer 9

penis

eg. balanoplasty: surgical repair of penis

Question 10

blast

Answer 10

bud, growing thing

eg. neuroblast : growing nerve cell

Question 11

blephar

Answer 11

eyelid

eg. blepharoptosis: drooping eyelid

Question 12

brachi

Answer 12

arm

eg. brachial : pertaining to the arm

Question 13

bronch

Answer 13

windpipe

eg. bronchus: a branch of the trachea

Question 14

bucco

Answer 14

cheek

eg. buccolabial: referring to the cheek and lip

Question 15

calcaneo

Answer 15

heel

eg. calcaneodynia: painful heel

Question 16

carcin

Answer 16

cancer

eg. adenocarcinoma: cancerous tumor of a gland