prefix/suffix 5

Question 1

oma

Answer 1

tumor or swelling

Question 2

sarcoma

Answer 2

a malignant tumor of connective or other non-epithelial tissue

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

ophthalmology

Answer 6

the branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the eye

Question 7

orni

Answer 7

bird

Question 8

ornithology

Answer 8

the scientific 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, including closely related insects, such as the bush crickets or katydids and weta

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 practitioner of osteopathy (a branch of medical practice that emphasizes the treatment of medical disorders through the manipulation and massage of the bones, joints, and muscles)

Question 15

oto

Answer 15

ear

Question 16

otitis

Answer 16

infection or inflammation of the ear

Question 17

ovi (or oo)

Answer 17

egg

Question 18

oviduct

Answer 18

a tube that allows for the passage of eggs from an ovary

Question 19

oo (or ovi)

Answer 19

egg

Question 20

oocyte

Answer 20

an egg before maturation

Question 21

para

Answer 21

besides

Question 22

parathyroid

Answer 22

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

Question 23

patho

Answer 23

disease

Question 24

pathology

Answer 24

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

Question 25

ped or pod

Answer 25

foot

Question 26

millipede

Answer 26

a myriapod invertebrate with an elongated body composed of many segments, most of which bear two pairs of legs

Question 27

peri

Answer 27

around

Question 28

pericardium

Answer 28

the thin, fluid-filled sac that surrounds the heart, including the top of the heart that is connected to major blood vessels, such as the aorta and vena cava

Question 29

phago

Answer 29

eating

Question 30

phagocyte

Answer 30

a type of cell within the body capable of engulfing and absorbing bacteria and other small cells and particles

Question 31

pheno

Answer 31

to show

Question 32

phenotype

Answer 32

the set of observable characteristics of an individual resulting from the interaction of its genotype with the environment

Question 33

phil

Answer 33

love

Question 34

hydrophilic

Answer 34

having a tendency to mix with, dissolve in, or be wetted by water

Question 35

phob

Answer 35

fear

Question 36

arachnophobia

Answer 36

extreme or irrational fear of spiders

Question 37

phore

Answer 37

to carry or bear

Question 38

spermatophore

Answer 38

a protein capsule containing a mass of spermatozoa, transferred during mating in various insects, arthropods, cephalopod mollusks, etc

Question 39

photo

Answer 39

light

Question 40

photograph

Answer 40

a picture made using a camera, in which an image is focused onto film or other light-sensitive material and then made visible and permanent by chemical treatment, or stored digitally

Question 41

phyll

Answer 41

leaf

Question 42

mesophyll

Answer 42

the internal ground tissue located between the two epidermal cell layers of the leaf