Root Word Terms - #1-50

Question 1

a-:

Answer 1

anemia: red blood cells become deficient

Question 2

ab-:

Answer 2

ABduction: moving the limb AWAY from the body

Question 3

abdomin:

Answer 3

around the belly

Question 4

-ac, -al, -ar, -ary:

Answer 4

myocardial infarction: pertains to heart muscle blockage

Question 5

acu:

Answer 5

acupuncture: breaking the skin with small needles

Question 6

ad-:

Answer 6

adduction: limb moves toward the body

Question 7

aden:

Answer 7

adenoma: non cancerous tumor pertaining to the gland

Question 8

adip:

Answer 8

fat

Question 9

aer:

Answer 9

air

Question 10

albin:

Answer 10

albino: white

Question 11

-algesia:

Answer 11

pain; sensitivity

Question 12

-algia:

Answer 12

pain

Question 13

ambi:

Answer 13

both

Question 14

amni:

Answer 14

of the fetal sac

Question 15

an-:

Answer 15

anemia

Question 16

andr:

Answer 16

male

Question 17

angi:

Answer 17

angiogram: vessel picture

Question 18

ante-:

Answer 18

antenatal: before birth

Question 19

antero:

Answer 19

before; in front of

Question 20

anti-:

Answer 20

against

Question 21

arter:

Answer 21

blood vessel

Question 22

arthr:

Answer 22

arthritis in the joint

Question 23

auto-:

Answer 23

autobiography

Question 24

axill

Answer 24

armpit

Question 25

bi-:

Answer 25

two

Question 26

bio-:

Answer 26

life

Question 27

-blast:

Answer 27

immature; embryonic

Question 28

blephar:

Answer 28

eyelid

Question 29

brachi

Answer 29

arm

Question 30

brady-:

Answer 30

slow

Question 31

bronch:

Answer 31

“branches” of the lungs

Question 32

bucc:

Answer 32

cheek

Question 33

carcin:

Answer 33

cancer

Question 34

cardi:

Answer 34

cardiac arrest: heart stops

Question 35

carp

Answer 35

wrist

Question 36

caud:

Answer 36

tail

Question 37

-cele:

Answer 37

protrusion: something that protrudes; a bump

Question 38

-centesis:

Answer 38

puncture to withdraw fluid

Question 39

cephal:

Answer 39

head

Question 40

cerebr:

Answer 40

of the brain

Question 41

cervic:

Answer 41

neck

Question 42

chem:

Answer 42

chemistry or drug

Question 43

cholr:

Answer 43

green

Question 44

cholecyst:

Answer 44

gall bladder

Question 45

chondr:

Answer 45

cartilage

Question 46

chrom:

Answer 46

color

Question 47

chron:

Answer 47

time

Question 48

-cide:

Answer 48

kill

Question 49

circum-:

Answer 49

circumcised: cutting of extra skin around a males genitals

Question 50

celi:

Answer 50

abdomen