Key Verbs (47)

Question 1

-algia

neur/algia

Answer 1

pain

nerve/pain

Question 2

-audi, -audio

audio/meter

Answer 2

hear, hearing

hearing/measure

Question 3

bio-

bio/logy

Answer 3

to live

study of living

Question 4

cau-, caus-

caus/algia

Answer 4

to burn

burning/pain

Question 5

-centesis

pneumono/ccentesis

Answer 5

puncture, perforate

lung/puncture

Question 6

-clas, -clast, -clasis

cyto/clasis

Answer 6

to smash, breakdown

cell/breakdown

Question 7

-duct, -doch-

ab/duct/ion
chole/doch/itis
duct/al

Answer 7

canal or to draw

away/draw or lead/process
bile/duct/inflamed
canal/refers to

Question 8

-dynia

thoraco/dynia

Answer 8

pain

chest/pain

Question 9

-ecta, -ectasis

vas/ectasis

Answer 9

to dilate

vessel/dilated

Question 10

-edem-

lymph/edema

Answer 10

to swell

watery/swelling

Question 11

-esthes/ia, -phoro-

an/esthesia
eu/phoria

Answer 11

to feel (physical), to sense (mental)

without/body feeling
good mental feeling

Question 12

-fiss-, -schiz-

fiss/ion

Answer 12

to split

splitting/process of

Question 13

-flec, -flex

re/flex

Answer 13

to bend

again/bend

Question 14

flu-, flux-

af/flu/ent
re/flux
flux/ion

Answer 14

to flow

toward/flow/refers to
again/flow
to become fluid/process

Question 15

-gen

carcino/gen/esis

Answer 15

to produce, form, develop, or begin

crab-leg like/development/condition

Question 16

-iatr-, -iatr/o-, -therap/y

ger/iatr/ics
ped/iatr/ics

Answer 16

to treat, cure

old age/cure/procedure of
children/cure/procedure of

Question 17

-kine-, -kino-, kinesio-, -praxia

kinesi/ology
pharmaco/prax/ia

Answer 17

to move

study of motion/procedure of
drug/movement/refers to

Question 18

-liga-, -desis

liga/ment

Answer 18

to bind

to bind/smallness

Question 19

-ology

cardi/o/log/y

Answer 19

to study

heart/science/study of/process of

Question 20

-ly, -lysis

auto/lysis

Answer 20

to break up, to dissolve

cell self destruction

Question 21

-morph-, -morpho-

a/morph/ous

Answer 21

form, shape

no definite form or shape/refers to

Question 22

olfact-, -osmia

olfacto/phobia
an/osmia

Answer 22

to smell

fear of smells
without/smell/refers to

Question 23

-op-, opt-, -opto-, -opsy

my/opia
hyper/opia
opto/metr/ist
bi/opsy

Answer 23

vision, sight, to see

near-sighted
far-sighted
vision/measure/specialist
live/viewing

Question 24

palpit-

palpit/ation

Answer 24

to flutter

flutter/refers to

Question 25

-par-, -part, -partus-, -toci- partur/ition dys/toc/ia

Answer 25

to labor giving birth/process of act of difficult/birth/refers to

Question 26

-pep- dys/pep/sia

Answer 26

to digest faulty/digestion/refers to

Question 27

-pexy nephr/o/pex/y

Answer 27

to fix kidney/surgical fixation/procedure of

Question 28

-phag-, -phago- phago/cytosis

Answer 28

to eat eating/cells increase

Question 29

-phas- dys/phas/ia

Answer 29

to speak, utter difficulty/speaking/refers to

Question 30

-phil- hemo/phil/iac acido/phil/ia

Answer 30

to like, love, affinity for blood/loves/refers to acid stain-liking or staining with acid stains/refers to

Question 31

-phob- hydro/phob/ia

Answer 31

to fear water/fear/refers to

Question 32

-phrag- dia/phragm

Answer 32

fence off, to wall off across/partition or wall "separates thorax from abdomen"

Question 33

-plas-, -plasm, -plast/y neo/plasm rhino/plasty

Answer 33

repair, to form, grow new/growth nose/repairing

Question 34

-pleg- quardi/pleg/ia

Answer 34

to be paralyzed four "4 limbs"/paralysis/refers to

Question 35

-pnea a/pnea

Answer 35

to breathe lack of/breathing

Question 36

-phono- a/phon/ia

Answer 36

voice or sound lack of/voice or sound/refers

Question 37

-poie- hemat/o/poie/sis

Answer 37

to make blood/making/condition

Question 38

-ptosis splanchn/o/ptosis

Answer 38

to fall, to droop viscera/dropping

Question 39

-o/rrhagia men/o/rrhagia

Answer 39

to burst forth, pour monthly "abnormal bleeding" menstration/refers to

Question 40

-o/rrhaphy nephr/o/rrhaph/y

Answer 40

to suture kidney/suture or sewing/procedure of

Question 41

-o/rrhea leuk/o/rrhea

Answer 41

to flow, discharge white/discharge or flow "from vagina"

Question 42

-o/rrhexis enter/o/rrhexis

Answer 42

to rupture intestines/rupture

Question 43

-therap/y chem/o/therap/y

Answer 43

heal, treat, cure chemicals/cure/procedure of

Question 44

-tomy append/ec/tom/y

Answer 44

to cut, incise appendage/out/cut/refers to

Question 45

-troph-, -troph/y hyper/troph/y

Answer 45

to nourish, to develop, formation process increase/in size or over-nourishment/process of

Question 46

-volvo- volv/ulus

Answer 46

to turn, twist twisting of internal part/refers to

Question 47

-vulvo- vulv/us

Answer 47

to cover female genital covering/refers to