Prefixes, sufixes and root words

Question 1

Micro

Answer 1

tiny, small: microscope, microcyte

Question 2

cardio

Answer 2

heart

Question 3

cephal

Answer 3

head

Question 4

macro

Answer 4

large
macromolecules
macroscopic
macrophage
macromyocardia

Question 5

osteo

Answer 5

bone

Question 6

arthro

Answer 6

joint

Question 7

myelo

Answer 7

bone marrow
or
spinal cord

Question 8

neuro

Answer 8

nerve

Question 9

myo

Answer 9

muscle

Question 10

athero

Answer 10

fatty plaque

Question 11

arterio

Answer 11

artery

Question 12

myco

Answer 12

fungus

Question 13

pyo

Answer 13

pus

Question 14

pyro

Answer 14

heat

Question 15

ab

Answer 15

Move away from something

Question 16

ad

Answer 16

Go toward something

Question 17

dys

Answer 17

Difficult, bad

Question 18

eu-

Answer 18

Opposit of dys-.

Question 19

Hyper-

Answer 19

large, immense, too much

Question 20

hypo-

Answer 20

less, too low

Question 21

inter

Answer 21

between

Question 22

intra

Answer 22

within the samething

Question 23

sub

Answer 23

below or beneath

Question 24

super

Answer 24

above

Question 25

-osis

Answer 25

abnormal condition

Question 26

-pathy

Answer 26

disease or disorder

Question 27

-gram

Answer 27

record

Question 28

-graphy

Answer 28

the process of recording

Question 29

-scope

Answer 29

an instrument to visually examing something

Question 30

-ologist

Answer 30

a specialist in a field

Question 31

-ology

Answer 31

the specialty itself

Question 32

• algia

- dynia

Answer 32

pain

Question 33

-itis

Answer 33

inflamation

Question 34

-rrhage

Answer 34

abnormal flow of blood

hemorrhage

Question 35

-rrhea

Answer 35

abnormal flow of any fluid

Question 36

-rrhexis

Answer 36

to burst or bursting forth

Question 37

-necrosis

Answer 37

tissue death

Question 38

-malacia

Answer 38

abnormal softening of tissue

Question 39

-sclerosis

Answer 39

abnormal hardening of something

Question 40

-megaly

Answer 40

abnormal enlargement

Question 41

-stenosis

Answer 41

getting narrow

Question 42

-centesis

Answer 42

to draw fluid from

Question 43

-plasty

Answer 43

surgical repair

Question 44

-rrhaphy

Answer 44

to suture

Question 45

-otomy

Answer 45

to cut into, to make an incision

Question 46

-ectomy

Answer 46

to surgically remove

Question 47

-ostomy

Answer 47

to make a permanent opening

Question 48

sarco-

Answer 48

muscle

Question 49

derm

Answer 49

skin

Question 50

angio

Answer 50

blood vessels

Question 51

ven or phlebo

Answer 51

veins

Question 52

rhino

Answer 52

nose

Question 53

tympan

Answer 53

eardrum

Question 54

neph

Answer 54

kidney

Question 55

skull

Answer 55

crani

Question 56

ileo

Answer 56

small intestin

Question 57

thoraco

Answer 57

chest

Question 58

pneumo, pleuro

Answer 58

lung

Question 59

ophtalmo or oculo

Answer 59

eye

Question 60

chloro-

Answer 60

green

Question 61

eryth-

Answer 61

red

Question 62

cyan-

Answer 62

blue

Question 63

leuk-

Answer 63

white

Question 64

echo-

Answer 64

using ultrassonic waves

Question 65

electro-

Answer 65

using electricity

Question 66

mal-

Answer 66

bad

Question 67

-emia

Answer 67

blood condition

Question 68

-osis

Answer 68

condition or disease

Question 69

adeno

Answer 69

gland

Question 70

carcino

Answer 70

cancer

Question 71

cis/ o

Answer 71

to cut

Question 72

crin/ o

Answer 72

to secret
to form
to give off

Question 73

cysto

Answer 73

urinary bladder, sac

containing fluid, cyst

Question 74

gnos/ o

Answer 74

knowledge

Question 75

iatro

Answer 75

treatment, physician

Question 76

onco

Answer 76

tumor

Question 77

pedo

Answer 77

child

Question 78

sarco

Answer 78

flesh

Question 79

secto

Answer 79

to cut

Question 80

thrombo

Answer 80

clot, clotting

Question 81

uro

Answer 81

urinary tract