Vocab List 2 (Roots II)

Question 1

ADEN-

Answer 1

gland (adenophore)

Question 2

ANGI-

Answer 2

vessel (angiostomatous)

Question 3

ARACHN-

Answer 3

spider, arachnoid membrane (arachnophobia)

Question 4

ASTR-, ASTER-

Answer 4

star (aster, asteroid)

Question 5

BLAST-

Answer 5

bus, germ, embryonic cell (lipoblast)

Question 6

CHLOR-

Answer 6

green, chlorine (chloroplast)

Question 7

COCC-

Answer 7

berry shaped organism (streptococcus)

Question 8

CONI-

Answer 8

dust (conidiophore)

Question 9

EO(S)-

Answer 9

dawn or early age, rosy (eosin)

Question 10

LY-

Answer 10

to loosen, to dissolve, to break up (dermatolysis)

Question 11

MENING- , MENINX-

Answer 11

membrane, especially meninges, membranes enveloping the brain and spinal cord (meningitis)

Question 12

METR-

Answer 12

uterus (haematometra)

Question 13

MYC-, MYCET-

Answer 13

fungus (mycoderm)

Question 14

MYEL-

Answer 14

spinal cord, marrow (meningoenchephalomyelitis)

Question 15

NEUR-

Answer 15

nerve, nervous system, tendon (neuroanatomy)

Question 16

ORCH(I)-, ORCHID-

Answer 16

testicle (cryptorchism)

Question 17

PAN-, PANT-

Answer 17

all, complete (pangamic)

Question 18

PNEUMON-, PNEUM-

Answer 18

lung (pneumonia)

Question 19

POLI-

Answer 19

grey (polioencephalopathy)

Question 20

THROMB-

Answer 20

clot (thrombocyte)