Lesson 2

Question 1

dys-

Answer 1

bad, disordered, difficult

prefix

ex: dysfunction, dysentery, dystrophy

Question 2

es-, eis-

Answer 2

inward, into

prefix

ex: esoteric, esoidic

Question 3

ec-

ex- before vowels or h

Answer 3

out, out of, outside

prefix

ex: eccentric, ecstasy, eclipse, exodus, exodontist

Question 4

en-, em-, el-

Answer 4

in, into, inward

prefix

ex: energy, enthusiasm, embryo, emphatic, elliptical

Question 5

en- + anti-

Answer 5

opposite

prefix

ex: enantiopathic, enantiolalia

Question 6

endo-, ento-

end-, ent- before vowels or an h

Answer 6

within, inner

prefix

ex: endocrine endoderm, endoparasite, entophyte, enozoa, endomoeba, endarteritis, entopic

Question 7

epi-

ep- before vowels or an h

Answer 7

upon, on, to, in addition to

prefix

ex: epidemic, epidermis, epitaph, eponym, ephemeral

Question 8

eu-

Answer 8

well, good, normal

prefix

ex: eugenics, eulogy

Question 9

exo-, ecto-

Answer 9

outside, external

prefix

ex: exotic, exoskeleton, ectoparasite, ectoderm

Question 10

bul-, boul-

Answer 10

will

base

ex: parabola, abulia, hyperbulia

Question 11

cardi-

Answer 11

heart

base

ex: acardiacus, cardioblast, diplocardiac, hydropericardium, myocardial, orthocardiac

Question 12

cephal-

Answer 12

head

base

ex: acanthocephaliasis, acrocephaly, cephalopod, cynocephalous, encephalodysplasia, prosencephalon

Question 13

chrondr-, chondri-

Answer 13

cartilage, granule

base

ex: chondriosome/mitochondria, chondriokinesis, perichondrium, synchondrosis

Question 14

dem-

Answer 14

people, country

base

ex: apodemialgia, endemic, pandemic

Question 15

derm-, dermat-

Answer 15

skin

base

ex: dermatophyte, demographia, mesoderm, ododerm

Question 16

gam-

Answer 16

marriage, union

base

ex: agomogensis, gamete, aplanogamete, autogamy, cytogamy, gamophyllous, gamostele, oogamy

Question 17

lecith-

Answer 17

yolk

base

ex: centrolecithal, lecithin, lecithocoel, lysolecithin

Question 18

ophthalm-

Answer 18

eye

base

ex: megalopthalamus, opthalmogyric, photopthalmia, podophthalmite, xerophthalmiaopthalmogyric, photophthalmia

Question 19

ost(e)-

Answer 19

bone

base

ex: actinost, angiosteosis, dysostosis, heteroosteoplasty, osteoanagenesis, osteodermia, periosteophyte, synostis,

Question 20

phyll-

Answer 20

leaf

base

ex: adenophyllous, autophyllogeny, litophyll, phylloclade, phyllodous, phyllotaxy

Question 21

phyt-

Answer 21

plant, growth

base

ex: autophyte, endophyte, epidermophytosis, gametophyte, hematophyte, zoophyte

Question 22

plas(t)-

Answer 22

to form, to mold

base

ex: alloplasty, amyoplast, cytoplasm, hyperplasia, metaplasia, ooplasm, protoplasm, somatoplasm

Question 23

som-, somat-

Answer 23

body

base

ex: acrosome, dermatosome, hymnosomatous, karyomicrosome, meromicrosomia, somesthesia, somite

Question 24

thec(a) -

Answer 24

case, sheath

base

ex: apothecium, cepthalotheca, exotheca, hydrotheca, podotheca, theca, thecaphore, thecium, thecodont

Question 25

therm-

Answer 25

heat

base

ex: adiathermancy, hyperthermalgesia, hypothermia, thermaphagy, thermophyte, thermotropism

Question 26

tom-

Answer 26

to cut, section

base

ex: diatomaceous, dermatome, lithotomous, myotome, somatome

Question 27

top-

Answer 27

place

base

ex: atopagnosia, ostectopy, topotype

Question 28

troph-

Answer 28

nourishment, development

base

ex: autotroph, hypertrophy, metamorphic, monotrophic, trophobiotic, trophonemata, trophoneurosis, trophotrophism

Question 29

zo-

Answer 29

animal, living being

base

ex: cryptozoic, epizootic, hemocytozoon, metazoan, phyllazooid, protozoon, zoogamy

Question 30

entom-

Answer 30

insect

base