Greek Bases

Question 1

acou-, acu-

Answer 1

to hear

Question 2

bal- ball-, bol-, ble-

Answer 2

to throw, to put

Question 3

bar-, bary-

Answer 3

weight, pressure, heavy

Question 4

bi-

Answer 4

life

Question 5

card- cardi-

Answer 5

heart

Question 6

chondr-

Answer 6

cartilage, granule

Question 7

crani-

Answer 7

cranium

Question 8

cri-, crin-

Answer 8

to separate, to secrete

Question 9

cyt-

Answer 9

cell

Question 10

eme-, emet-

Answer 10

to vomit

Question 11

gam-

Answer 11

marriage

Question 12

gen-, gene-, gon-

Answer 12

to be produced, seed

Question 13

hidro-

Answer 13

sweat

Question 14

morph-

Answer 14

form, shape

Question 15

neur-

Answer 15

nerve, tendon

Question 16

pep-, peps-, pept-

Answer 16

to digest

Question 17

pha-

Answer 17

to say

Question 18

plex-, pleg-

Answer 18

stroke, blow, paralysis

Question 19

pseudo

Answer 19

false

Question 20

rhythm-

Answer 20

rhythm

Question 21

sep-

Answer 21

rotten

Question 22

than-, thana-, thanat-

Answer 22

death

Question 23

therm-

Answer 23

heat

Question 24

the-

Answer 24

to put, to place

Question 25

top-

Answer 25

place

Question 26

phyll-

Answer 26

leaf

Question 27

encephal-

Answer 27

brain

Question 28

thalam-

Answer 28

chamber, room

Question 29

troph-

Answer 29

nourishment

Question 30

cepahl-

Answer 30

head

Question 31

hap-, hapt

Answer 31

to grasp, to fasten

Question 32

sta-

Answer 32

to stand, stop

Question 33

thyr-

Answer 33

shield

Question 34

nephr-

Answer 34

kidney

Question 35

phyt-

Answer 35

plant, growth

Question 36

ton-

Answer 36

stretching, tension

Question 37

blast-

Answer 37

embryonic cell

Question 38

gaster-, gastr-

Answer 38

stomach

Question 39

plas-, plast-

Answer 39

to form, to mold

Question 40

scop-

Answer 40

to look at, to view

Question 41

hydr-

Answer 41

water, fluid

Question 42

tox-

Answer 42

poison

Question 43

alg-

Answer 43

pain

Question 44

phy-

Answer 44

to grow

Question 45

stal-, stol-, -stle

Answer 45

to send, to contract

Question 46

derm-, dermat-

Answer 46

skin

Question 47

chro-, chrom-, chromat-

Answer 47

color

Question 48

od-

Answer 48

road

Question 49

tom-

Answer 49

to cut

Question 50

gno-

Answer 50

to know

Question 51

path-

Answer 51

disease, suffering, feeling

Question 52

arch-, arche-

Answer 52

ancient, beginning

Question 53

crypt-

Answer 53

hidden

Question 54

cycl-

Answer 54

circle, wheel

Question 55

dactyl-

Answer 55

finger, toe

Question 56

gon-, goni-

Answer 56

angle

Question 57

graph-, -gram

Answer 57

to write, thing written

Question 58

hedr-

Answer 58

seat, plane

Question 59

kary- (cary-)

Answer 59

nucleus

Question 60

lith-

Answer 60

stone

Question 61

man-, mani-

Answer 61

madness

Question 62

mer-

Answer 62

part

Question 63

mes-

Answer 63

middle

Question 64

metr-, -meter

Answer 64

meter, measure

Question 65

odont-

Answer 65

tooth

Question 66

op-, opt-

Answer 66

eye, sight

Question 67

organ-

Answer 67

instrument, organ

Question 68

ox-, oxy-

Answer 68

sharp, quick

Question 69

phag-

Answer 69

to eat

Question 70

phil-

Answer 70

to love, to have an affinity for

Question 71

phor-, pher-

Answer 71

to bear, to carry

Question 72

pod-, -pus

Answer 72

foot

Question 73

pto-

Answer 73

to fall

Question 74

typ-

Answer 74

imprint, form

Question 75

aden-

Answer 75

gland

Question 76

aer-

Answer 76

air, gas

Question 77

agon-

Answer 77

to compete, to strive

Question 78

andr-

Answer 78

man, male

Question 79

anthrop-

Answer 79

human being

Question 80

asthm-, asthmat-

Answer 80

short breath, panting

Question 81

aster-, astr-

Answer 81

star

Question 82

botan-

Answer 82

herb, plant

Question 83

carp-

Answer 83

wrist

Question 84

cau-, caus-, cauter-

Answer 84

to burn

Question 85

cleid-

Answer 85

clavicle

Question 86

cyst-

Answer 86

bladder, sac

Question 87

ge-

Answer 87

earth

Question 88

ger-, geront-

Answer 88

old person, old age

Question 89

gyn-, gyne-, gynec-

Answer 89

woman, female

Question 90

kine-

Answer 90

to move

Question 91

lep-

Answer 91

to seize

Question 92

mast-

Answer 92

breast

Question 93

nasue-

Answer 93

sea sickness

Question 94

ped-

Answer 94

child, instruction

Question 95

rhe-, -rrhea, rheum-, rheumat-

Answer 95

to flow, flowing, discharge

Question 96

som-, somat-

Answer 96

body

Question 97

spir-

Answer 97

coil

Question 98

sthen-

Answer 98

strength

Question 99

thorac-

Answer 99

chest

Question 100

typh-

Answer 100

stupor

Question 101

zo-

Answer 101

animal

Question 102

arachn-

Answer 102

spider

Question 103

arter-, arteri-

Answer 103

artery

Question 104

arthr-

Answer 104

joint

Question 105

bronch-, bronchi-

Answer 105

air tube

Question 106

carcin-

Answer 106

cancer

Question 107

ede-, (oede-)

Answer 107

to swell

Question 108

eury-, eruys, eurys-

Answer 108

wide

Question 109

hepar-, hepat-

Answer 109

liver

Question 110

hypn-

Answer 110

sleep

Question 111

hyster-

Answer 111

uterus

Question 112

laryng-

Answer 112

larynx

Question 113

mne-

Answer 113

to remember

Question 114

myel-

Answer 114

spinal cord, marrow

Question 115

narc-

Answer 115

stupor

Question 116

phob-

Answer 116

to fear

Question 117

pne-, -pnea, pneum-, pneumat-, pneumon-

Answer 117

breathing, air, gas, lung

Question 118

psor-

Answer 118

itch

Question 119

ptery-, pteryg-

Answer 119

wing

Question 120

sarc-

Answer 120

flesh

Question 121

schiz-, schis-, schist-

Answer 121

to split, to rupture

Question 122

scler-

Answer 122

hard

Question 123

sten-

Answer 123

narrow

Question 124

tach-, tachy-

Answer 124

swift

Question 125

trich-, -thrix

Answer 125

hair