Our Words (19-21)

Question 1

sthenia (sthenia)

Answer 1

sthena = condition of strength
normal or unusual strength

Question 2

zooid (zo-oid)

Answer 2

zo = animal
oid = adjectival
resembling an animal

Question 3

rheology (rhe-o-logy)

Answer 3

rhe = to flow
logy = study or science of
the study of the deformation and flow of materials

Question 4

thoracoplasty (thorac-o-plasty)

Answer 4

thorac = chest
plasty = shaping, reconstruction
plastic surgery to alter the size and shape of the chest wall

Question 5

kinesiology (kinesi-o-logy)

Answer 5

kinesis = movement
logy = study or science of
the study of muscles and body movement

Question 6

pedodontics (ped-odont-ics)

Answer 6

ped = child, instruction
odont = tooth
ics = nominal
dentistry for children

Question 7

anthropometer (anthrop-o-meter)

Answer 7

anthrop = human being
meter = meter, measure
a device for measuring the human body and its parts

Question 8

cleidotomy (cleid-o-tomy)

Answer 8

cleid = clavicle
tomy = cutting
division of a fetal clavicle to facilitate delivery

Question 9

mastopexy (mast-opex-y)

Answer 9

mast = breast
y = nominal
correction of a pendulous breast by surgical fixation and plastic surgery

Question 10

andromorphous (andr-o-morph-ous)

Answer 10

andr = man, male
morph = form, shape
ous = adjectival
resembling a male in physical structure and appearance

Question 11

adenosis (aden-osis)

Answer 11

aden = gland
osis = nominal
any disease of a gland or of glandular tissue

Question 12

adenosclerosis (aden-o-scler-osis)

Answer 12

aden = gland
scler = hard
osis = nominal
glandular hardening

Question 13

arthrectomy (arthr-ectomy)

Answer 13

arthr = joint
ectomy = cutting out, removal
surgical excision of a joint

Question 14

hysteric (hyster-ic)

Answer 14

hyster = uterus
ic = adjectival
pert. to pain or suffering in the womb

Question 15

hepatocellular (hepat-o-cell-ul-ar)

Answer 15

hepat = liver
cell = room
ule = nominal
ar = adjectival
pert. to or arising from the cells of the liver

Question 16

carcinogenesis (carcin-o-genesis)

Answer 16

carcin = cancer
genesis = birth, origin
the transformation of normal cells into cancer cells, often as a result of chemical, viral, or radioactive damage to genes

Question 17

trichogen (trich-o-gen)

Answer 17

trich = hair
gen = to be produced
an agent stimulating hair growth

Question 18

arteritis (arter-itis)

Answer 18

arter = artery
itis = nominal
inflammation of an artery

Question 19

sarcoid (sarc-oid)

Answer 19

sarc = flesh
oid = adjectival
resembling flesh

Question 20

hypnogenic (hypn-o-gen-ic)

Answer 20

hypn = sleep
gen = to be produced
ic = adjectival
producing sleep

Question 21

tachygastria (tachy-gastr-ia)

Answer 21

tachy = swift
gastr = stomach
ia = nominal
increased rate of contractions of the stomach

Question 22

esthesiology (esthe-si-o-logy)

Answer 22

esthe = to feel, to perceive
sis = nominal
logy = study or science of
the science of sensory phenomena

Question 23

pharmacist (pharmac-ist)

Answer 23

pharmac = drug
ist = nominal
a druggist

Question 24

lipemia (lip-emia)

Answer 24

lip = fat, fatty tissue
emia = condition of the bood
an abnormal amount of fat in the blood

Question 25

sporocyst (spor-o-cyst)

Answer 25

spor = seed, spore
cyst = bladder, sac
any sac containing spores or reproductive cells

Question 26

rhabdovirus (rhabd-o-vir-us)

Answer 26

rhabd = rod
vir = virus
us = nominal
any of a group of rod-shaped RNA viruses with one important member, the rabies virus, being pathogenic to humans

Question 27

orthoptic (orth-opt-ic)

Answer 27

orth = straight, correct
opt = eye, sight
ic = adjectival
pert. to or producing normal binocular vision

Question 28

lipid (lip-id)

Answer 28

lip = fat, fatty tissue
id = adjectival
any of a group of fats or fatlike substances

Question 29

ganglioma (gangli-oma)

Answer 29

gangli = knot, mass of tissue
oma = nominal
a tumor of neural or neuroectodermal origin

Question 30

iridalgia (irid-algia)

Answer 30

irid = iris, rainbow
algia = condition of having pain in
pain felt in the iris

Question 31

psychogenic (psych-o-gen-ic)

Answer 31

psych = mind, soul
gen = to be produced
ic = adjectival
pert. to the development of the mind

Question 32

sporiferous (spor-i-fer-ous)

Answer 32

spor = seed, spore
fer = to bear, to produce
ous = adjectival
producing spores

Question 33

meningomyelitis (mening-o-myel-itis)

Answer 33

mening = membrane
myel = spinal cord, marrow
itis = nominal
inflammation of the spinal cord and its enveloping membranes

Question 34

cryobank (cry-obank)

Answer 34

cry = cold
a facility that stores and preserves refrigerated or frozen biological specimens