Lesson 20: Changes in the Forms of Greek & Latin Words

Question 1

ALEX-

Answer 1

to ward off (e.g. alexin)

Question 2

ANTR-

Answer 2

cavity, sinus (e.g. antritis)

Question 3

BRONCH(I)-

Answer 3

air tube (e.g. bronchitis)

Question 4

CHLAMYD-

Answer 4

cloack, envelope (e.g. haplochlamydeous)

Question 5

CHY-

Answer 5

to pour

Question 6

CHYM-, CHYL-

Answer 6

juice (e.g. chyme)

Question 7

CONDYL-

Answer 7

knob, knuckle (e.g. condyle)

Question 8

CORM-

Answer 8

trunk of a tree or body (e.g. rhizocorm)

Question 9

GON(I)-

Answer 9

angle (e.g. trigonid)

Question 10

HAL-

Answer 10

salt (e.g. halite)

Question 11

PALI(N)-

Answer 11

again, back (e.g. palindrome, paliopsia)

Question 12

POIKIL-

Answer 12

varied, irregular, mottled (e.g. poikilocyte)

Question 13

PYCN-, PYKN-

Answer 13

thick, frequent (e.g. pycnosis)

Question 14

PYL(E)-

Answer 14

gate, enterance (e.g. micropyle)

Question 15

SPERM(A)-, SPERMA(T)-

Answer 15

seed (e.g. spermatocyst)

Question 16

SPHEN-

Answer 16

wedge (e.g. sphenoid)

Question 17

SPIR-

Answer 17

coil (e.g. spireme)

Question 18

SYRING-

Answer 18

pipe, tube (SYRINX) (e.g. syringium)

Question 19

TA-

Answer 19

to stretch (e.g. entasia)

Question 20

TON-

Answer 20

stretching, tension (e.g. tonus)

Question 21

TRACHEL-

Answer 21

neck (e.g. trachelopexia)