UNIT 3 Roots

Question 1

acid

Answer 1

a substance which gives off hydrogen ions

Question 2

active

Answer 2

requires energy

Question 3

agonist

Answer 3

fighter, champion (Greek agonistes)

Question 4

amino

Answer 4

chemical group containing the element nitrogen

Question 5

archaea

Question 6

bio

Answer 6

life

Question 7

cancer

Answer 7

a disease characterized by uncontrolled cell division and/or the unusual appearance of cells

Question 8

capsid

Answer 8

latin capsa, “box”

Question 9

cell

Answer 9

unit of living things, bounded by a cellular membrane

Question 10

centr/i
centr/o

Answer 10

center

Question 11

chondr

Answer 11

granule

Question 12

chrom/at
chrom/o

Answer 12

color

Question 13

clone

Answer 13

a cell which is an exact genetic copy of its parent cell

Question 14

deoxyrib/o

Answer 14

a sugar which is similar to ribose but is missing an oxygen

Question 15

dox

Answer 15

opinion, belief

Question 16

electron

Answer 16

subatomic particle, used in microscopes for visualizing molecular-size objects

Question 17

feedback

Answer 17

information in the body used to monitor a state or condition

Question 18

Golgi apparatus
Golgi bodies
Golgi complex

Answer 18

three names for the same organelle, discovered by Camillo Golgi

Question 19

karyon

Answer 19

nucleus, from Greek “nut”

Question 20

lys/o
lytic

Answer 20

breakdown; destruction

Question 21

malignant

Answer 21

invasive or destructive; literally, “followers of the Antichrist”

Question 22

meion

Answer 22

lessen; reduce

Question 23

mito

Answer 23

thread

Question 24

myel/o

Answer 24

marrow, especially bone marrow which makes the body’s defensive cells

Question 25

necr/o

Answer 25

death

Question 26

nucleus

Answer 26

the center of a cell, often bound by another membrane

Question 27

onc/o

Answer 27

cancer

Question 28

organ

Answer 28

tool; instrument

Question 29

paradox

Answer 29

against prevailing opinion; unexpected

Question 30

passive

Answer 30

does not require energy

Question 31

phag/o

Answer 31

eating

Question 32

phage

Answer 32

eating

Question 33

pin/o

Answer 33

drinking

Question 34

plasm

Answer 34

jelly

Question 35

ptosis

Answer 35

drooping

Question 36

respiration

Answer 36

literally “breathing”, but used to describe the process of turning oxygen into energy

Question 37

ret/e

Answer 37

net

Question 38

rib/o

Answer 38

a sugar which is the basis for many molecules

Question 39

bodsoma

Answer 39

body

Question 40

stasis

Answer 40

stopping; holding

Question 41

transcript

Answer 41

changing the form without changing the language (e.g. oral to written, or DNA to RNA)

Question 42

translate

Answer 42

changing the language (e.g. Portuguese to English, or RNA to protein)

Question 43

transmissability

Answer 43

the ability of a disease to move from one person to another

Question 44

bves

Answer 44

bladder

Question 45

virulence

Answer 45

the severity of a disease

Question 46

virus

Answer 46

Latin, “slimy liquid”;”poison”

Question 47

zym/o

Answer 47

leavening (the chemical process that makes bubbles in bread and beer)