Key Adjective Modifiers (50)

Question 1

auto-

auto/lysis

Answer 1

self

self/decline or dissolve

Question 2

brachy-

brachy/dactylia

Answer 2

short

short/fingers

Question 3

brady-

brady/pnea

Answer 3

slow

slow/breath

Question 4

brevi-

brev/ity

Answer 4

short

short/state of

Question 5

cav-

cav/ity

Answer 5

hollow

hollow/state of

Question 6

cryo-

cryo/therapy

Answer 6

cold

cold/treatment

Question 7

crypto-

crypt/orchidism

Answer 7

hidden, concealed

hidden/testis

Question 8

dextro-

ambi/dextrous

Answer 8

right

using both/hands “like dominant hand”

Question 9

diplo-

dipl/opia

Answer 9

double, twice

double/sighted

Question 10

dys-

dys/tocia
dys/cyesis

Answer 10

difficult, bad, faulty, disordered, painful

different/birth & labor
faulty/pregnancy

Question 11

eu-

eu/tocia

Answer 11

normal, good, well

normal/birth

Question 12

glyco-

glyco/penia

Answer 12

sugar, sweet

blood glucose level/low

Question 13

gravid-

gravida

Answer 13

heavy, pregnant

pregnant

Question 14

haplo-

hapl/oid

Answer 14

single, simple

having a single set of chromosomes “23”

Question 15

hetero-, heter-

hetero/sexual

Answer 15

other, a relationship to others

other/sex

Question 16

hydro-

hydro/pneumo/thorax

Answer 16

wet, water

fluid/in lung/chest

Question 17

homo-, homeo-

homeo/path

Answer 17

same

same substances/causing like disease

Question 18

iso-

iso/cellar
iso/lateral

Answer 18

equal

similar cells
equal/sides

Question 19

latus-, lat-

lat/issimus dorsi

Answer 19

broad, side

muscle adducting humerus

Question 20

longus-

long/itude

Answer 20

long

Question 21

macro-

macro/chiria

Answer 21

large, abnormal size

large/hands

Question 22

magni-

magni/tude

Answer 22

large, great

Question 23

malaco-

osteo/malacia

Answer 23

soft

bones/soft

Question 24

mal-

mal/ignant

Answer 24

bad

bad/growth

Question 25

medi-

medi/an
medi/um

Answer 25

middle

toward the median plane

Question 26

mega-

mega/colon

Answer 26

great

great size of/large intestine

Question 27

megalo-

hepato/megal/y

Answer 27

huge

liver/enlarged/process of

Question 28

meso-

meso/derm

Answer 28

middle

middle/skin layer

Question 29

micro-

micro/glossia

Answer 29

small

small/tongue

Question 30

minimus-

gluteus minimus

Answer 30

smallest

butt/smallest “hip muscle”

Question 31

multi-, -poly

multi/lobar

Answer 31

many, much

many/lobes/refers to

Question 32

necro-

necr/o/sis

Answer 32

dead

dead tissue/condition

Question 33

neo-

neo/plasm

Answer 33

new

new/formation

Question 34

oligo-

olig/ur/ia

Answer 34

few, scanty, little

little or slight/urine/refers to

Question 35

ortho-

ortho/dont/ics

Answer 35

straight, normal, correct

straight/teeth/refers to

Question 36

oxy-

oxy/esthes/ia

Answer 36

sharp, quick, acute

sharp/feeling/refers to

Question 37

poly-

poly/dips/ia

Answer 37

many, much

many/thirst/refers to

Question 38

pronus-, prono-

prone
pron/ation

Answer 38

face down

turn down/process of

Question 39

pseudo-

psuedo/o/ps/y

Answer 39

false

false/sigght-hallucinate/process of

Question 40

sclero-

arteri/o/scler/o/sis

Answer 40

hard

artery/hard/condition

Question 41

scolio-

scoli/o/sis

Answer 41

twisted, crooked

spine-lateral curve/condition

Question 42

sinistro-

sinistro/manual

Answer 42

left

left/handed

Question 43

stasis-

hemo/stasis

Answer 43

stop

blood/stoppage

Question 44

steno-

mitral/sten/o/sis

Answer 44

narrow

mitral valve/narrows/condition

Question 45

stalsis

peri/stalsis

Answer 45

contract

around/contract

Question 46

tachy-

tachy/cardia

Answer 46

fast, swift

fast/heart

Question 47

tele-, tel-, telo-

tele/cardio/gram

Answer 47

end, far away

end/heart/reading

Question 48

thermo-

thermo/meter

Answer 48

heat

heat or temperature/measure

Question 49

trachy-

trachy/phon/ia

Answer 49

rough

rough/voice/refers to

Question 50

xero-

xero/derma

Answer 50

dry

dry/skin