Greek Numerical and Other Prefixes (Bases)

Question 1

arch-, arche-
(archegonium, archetype)

Answer 1

ancient, beginning

Question 2

crypt-
(cryptogenic, cryptomere)

Answer 2

hidden

Question 3

cycl-
(cyclotropia, pentacyclic)

Answer 3

circle, wheel

Question 4

dactyl-
(isodactylism, macrodactyly)

Answer 4

finger, toe

Question 5

gon-, goni-
(hexagon, trigonometry)

Answer 5

angle

Question 6

graph-
(graphic, lithography)

Answer 6

to write

Question 7

-gram
(diagram, mammogram)

Answer 7

thing written

Question 8

hedr-
(polyhedral, tetrahedron)

Answer 8

seat, plane

Question 9

kary-, cary-
(dikaryotic, megakaryoblast)

Answer 9

nucleus

Question 10

lith-
(lithectomy, lithiasis)

Answer 10

stone

Question 11

man-, mani-
(manic, megalomania)

Answer 11

madness

Question 12

mer-
(dimerous, polymer)

Answer 12

part

Question 13

mes-
(mesoderm, mesomorph)

Answer 13

middle

Question 14

metr-, -meter
(geometry, isometric)

Answer 14

meter, measure

Question 15

odont-
(endodontics, oligodontia)

Answer 15

tooth

Question 16

op, opt-
(hemianopia, micropsia)

Answer 16

eye, sight

Question 17

organ-
(microorganism, organotropism)

Answer 17

instrument, organ

Question 18

ox-, oxy-
(dioxide, oxygen)

Answer 18

sharp, quick

Question 19

phag-
(phagocytosis, polyphagia)

Answer 19

to eat

Question 20

phil-
(hydrophilic, isochromatophil)

Answer 20

to love, to have an affinity for

Question 21

phor-, pher-
(disphoretic, phosphorus)

Answer 21

to bear, to carry

Question 22

pod-, -pus
(octopus, tripod)

Answer 22

foot

Question 23

pto-
(monosymptomatic, protosis)

Answer 23

to fall

Question 24

typ-
(archetype, prototype)

Answer 24

imprint, form