Lesson 2: The Greek Alphabet

Question 1

dys-

Answer 1

bad, disordered, difficult (e.g. dysfunction)

Question 2

es-, eis-

Answer 2

inward, into (e.g. esodic, eisodic)

Question 3

ec- (ex- before vowels or h)

Answer 3

out, out of, outside (e.g. eccentric, exodus)

Question 4

en- (em-, el-)

Answer 4

in, into, inward (e.g. energy, embryo, elliptical)

Question 5

en- + anti-

Answer 5

opposite (e.g. enantiopathic)

Question 6

endo-, ento- (end-, ent- before vowels or h)

Answer 6

within, inner (e.g. endocrine)

Question 7

epi- (ep- before vowels or h)

Answer 7

upon, on, to, in addition to (e.g. epidemic)

Question 8

eu-

Answer 8

well, good, normal (e.g. euology)

Question 9

exo-, ecto-

Answer 9

outside, external (e.g. exotic, ectoderm)

Question 10

BUL- (BOUL-)

Answer 10

will (e.g. hyperbulia)

Question 11

CARDI-

Answer 11

heart (e.g. cardioblast)

Question 12

CEPHAL-

Answer 12

head (e.g. cephalopod)

Question 13

enCEPHAL-

Answer 13

brain (e.g. encephalodysplasia)

Question 14

CHONDR-, CHONDRI-

Answer 14

cartilage, granule (e.g. mitochondria)

Question 15

DEM-

Answer 15

people, country (e.g. epidemic)

Question 16

DERM-, DERMAT-

Answer 16

skin (e.g. mesoderm)

Question 17

GAM-

Answer 17

marriage, union (e.g. gamete)

Question 18

LECITH-

Answer 18

yolk (e.g. lecithin)

Question 19

OPHTHALM-

Answer 19

eye (e.g. photophthalmia)

Question 20

OST(E)-

Answer 20

bone (e.g. osteodermia)

Question 21

PHYLL-

Answer 21

leaf (e.g. lithophyll)

Question 22

PHYT-

Answer 22

plant, growth (e.g. autophyte)

Question 23

PLAS(T)-

Answer 23

to form, to mold (e.g. cytoplasm)

Question 24

SOM-, SOMAT-

Answer 24

body (e.g. acrosome)

Question 25

THEC(A)

Answer 25

case, sheath (e.g. thecaphore)

Question 26

THERM-

Answer 26

heat (e.g. hypothermia)

Question 27

TOM-

Answer 27

to cut (e.g. myotome)

Question 28

enTOM-

Answer 28

insect

Question 29

TOP-

Answer 29

place (e.g. ostectopy)

Question 30

TROPH-

Answer 30

nourishment, development (e.g. autotroph)

Question 31

ZO-

Answer 31

animal, living being (e.g. metazoan)