Roots for cell activity

Question 1

Root: blast/o, -blast
Ex: histioblast

Answer 1

Meaning: immature cell, productive cell, embryonic
Def. of Ex: a tissue-forming cell

Question 2

Root: gen
Ex: karyogenesis

Answer 2

Meaning: origin, formation
Def. of Ex: formation of a nucleus

Question 3

Root: phag/o
Ex: autophagy

Answer 3

Meaning: eat, ingest
Def. of Ex: self (auto) -destruction of a cell’s organelles

Question 4

Root: phil
Ex: basophilic

Answer 4

Meaning: attract, absorb
Def. of Ex: attracting basic stain

Question 5

Root: plas
Ex: hyperplasia

Answer 5

Meaning: formation, molding, development
Def. of Ex: overdevelopment of an organ or tissue

Question 6

Root: trop
Ex: chronotropic

Answer 6

Meaning: act on, affect
Def. of Ex: affecting rate or timing (chronic/o)

Question 7

Root: troph/o
Ex: atrophy

Answer 7

Meaning: feeding, growth, nourishment
Def. of Ex: tissue wasting