P/S 4

Question 1

oma

Answer 1

tumor or swelling

Question 2

sarcoma

Answer 2

rare cancers that develop in the bones and soft tissues

Question 3

omni

Answer 3

all

Question 4

omnivore

Answer 4

an animal or person that eats food of both plant and animal origin.

Question 5

ophth

Answer 5

eye

Question 6

ophthalmogy

Answer 6

a clinical and surgical specialty within medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of eye disorders.

Question 7

orni

Answer 7

bird

Question 8

ornithology

Answer 8

branch of zoology that concerns the study of birds

Question 9

ortho

Answer 9

straight

Question 10

orthoptera

Answer 10

an order of insects that comprises the grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets

Question 11

osis

Answer 11

act, condition

Question 12

acidosis

Answer 12

a condition in which there is too much acid in the body fluids

Question 13

osteo

Answer 13

bone

Question 14

osteopath

Answer 14

a “whole person” approach to medicine—treating the entire person rather than just the symptoms

Question 15

oto

Answer 15

ear

Question 16

otitis

Answer 16

inflammation or infection located in the middle ear.

Question 17

ovi, oo

Answer 17

egg

Question 18

oviduct

Answer 18

fallopian or uterine tube

Question 19

oocyte

Answer 19

a cell in an ovary which may undergo meiotic division to form an ovum.

Question 20

para

Answer 20

beside

Question 21

parathyroid

Answer 21

One of four pea-sized glands found on the surface of the thyroid

Question 22

patho

Answer 22

disease

Question 23

pathology

Answer 23

a branch of medical science that is focused on the study and diagnosis of disease

Question 24

ped or pod

Answer 24

foot

Question 25

millipede

Answer 25

thousand foot animal

Question 26

peri

Answer 26

around

Question 27

pericardium

Answer 27

a fluid-filled sac that surrounds your heart and the roots of the major blood vessels that extend from your heart.

Question 28

phago

Answer 28

eating

Question 29

phagocyte

Answer 29

a cell that engulfs and consumes foreign material

Question 30

pheno

Answer 30

to show

Question 31

phenotype

Answer 31

an observable trait

Question 32

phil

Answer 32

love

Question 33

hydrophilic

Answer 33

having a strong affinity for water

Question 34

phob

Answer 34

fear

Question 35

arachnophobia

Answer 35

pathological fear or loathing of arachnids and especially spiders

Question 36

phore

Answer 36

to carry or bear

Question 37

spermatophore

Answer 37

a protein capsule containing a mass of spermatozoa, transferred during mating in insects

Question 38

photo

Answer 38

light

Question 39

photograph

Answer 39

a picture made using a camera

Question 40

phyll

Answer 40

leaf

Question 41

mesophyll

Answer 41

the tissue of a leaf that lies between the surface layers and contains cells used for storage and carrying on photosynthesis.