Suffixes and Roots for body chemistry

Question 1

Suffix: -ase
Ex: lipase

Answer 1

Meaning: enzyme
Def. of Ex: enzyme that digests fats (lipids)

Question 2

Suffix: -ose
Ex: lactose

Answer 2

Meaning: sugar
Def. of Ex: milk sugar

Question 3

Root: hydr/o
Ex: hydration

Answer 3

Meaning: water, fluid
Def. of Ex: addition of water, relative amound of water present

Question 4

Root: gluc/o
Ex: glucogenesis

Answer 4

Meaning: glucose
Def. of Ex: production of glucose

Question 5

Root: glyc/o
Ex: normoglycemia

Answer 5

Meaning: sugar, glucose
Def. of Ex: normal blood sugar level

Question 6

Root: sacchar/o
Ex: polusaccharide

Answer 6

Meaning: sugar
Def. of Ex: compound containing many simple sugars

Question 7

Root: amyl/o
Ex: amyloid

Answer 7

Meaning: starch
Def. of Ex: resembling starch

Question 8

Root: lip/o
Ex: lipophilic

Answer 8

Meaning: lipid, fat
Def. of Ex: attracting or absorbing lipids

Question 9

Root: adip/o
Ex: adiposuria

Answer 9

Meaning: fat
Def. of Ex: presence of fat in the urine (ur/o)

Question 10

Root: steat/o
Ex: steatorrhea

Answer 10

Meaning: fatty
Def. of Ex: discharge (-rhea) of fatty stools

Question 11

Root: prote/o
Ex: protease

Answer 11

Meaning: protein
Def. of Ex: enzyme that digests protein