Word Parts: Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes

Question 1

a-

Answer 1

without, lack of (asymptomatic)

Question 2

ab-

Answer 2

away (abduct: move away from midline)

Question 3

acou-

Answer 3

hearing

Question 4

ad-

Answer 4

to, towards (adduct: move towards midline)

Question 5

aden-, adeno-

Answer 5

gland (adenoma: tumor of a gland)

Question 6

-algia

Answer 6

pain (neuralgia: nerve pain)

Question 7

andro-

Answer 7

male (androgen: male hormone)

Question 8

angi-, angio-

Answer 8

vessel (angiogram: imaging of vessels)

Question 9

ante-

Answer 9

before

Question 10

arthr-, arthro-

Answer 10

joint (arthritis)

Question 11

-asis, -asia

Answer 11

condition of, state of (homeostasis)

Question 12

audi-, audio-

Answer 12

hearing

Question 13

auto-

Answer 13

self

Question 14

baro-

Answer 14

pressure, weight (baroreceptor: receptor for blood pressure changes)

Question 15

bi-

Answer 15

Twice, double, two

Question 16

brady-

Answer 16

slow

Question 17

carcin-

Answer 17

cancer

Question 18

cardio-

Answer 18

heart

Question 19

cerebro-

Answer 19

brain

Question 20

chondro-

Answer 20

cartilage (osteochondritis: bone and cartilage inflammation)

Question 21

circum-

Answer 21

around

Question 22

-clast

Answer 22

break down (osteoclast: cell that breaks down bone)

Question 23

contra-

Answer 23

opposite

Question 24

cost-

Answer 24

rib (costochondritis: inflammation of cartilage of the ribs)

Question 25

cuti-

Answer 25

skin

Question 26

cyan-

Answer 26

blue

Question 27

-cyte, cyto-

Answer 27

cell (keratinocyte: cell that produces keratin)

Question 28

derm-

Answer 28

skin

Question 29

dys-

Answer 29

difficult, bad (dyspnea: difficulty breathing)

Question 30

e-, ec-, -ef, ex-

Answer 30

out, away from (efferent: conducting out or away from)

Question 31

ecto-

Answer 31

outer

Question 32

-ectomy

Answer 32

to cut out (lobectomy: removal of a lobe)

Question 33

ede-, -edem

Answer 33

swelling (edema: having swelling)

Question 34

endo-

Answer 34

within

Question 35

entero-

Answer 35

intestine (enterocolitis: inflammation of the small intestine and colon)

Question 36

epi-

Answer 36

upon, on (epiglottis: flap that lays upon the larynx with swallowing)

Question 37

extra-

Answer 37

outside (extracellular)

Question 38

-ferent

Answer 38

carry (efferent)

Question 39

gastr-, gastro-

Answer 39

stomach

Question 40

-genesis, -genic

Answer 40

produce, origin (neurogenesis)

Question 41

gloss-, glosso-

Answer 41

tongue (glossopharyngeal: of the tongue and pharynx)

Question 42

glyco-

Answer 42

sugar, sweet

Question 43

hem-, hemato-

Answer 43

blood

Question 44

hepato-

Answer 44

liver (hepatocyte: cell of the liver)

Question 45

histo-, hist-

Answer 45

tissue (histology: study of tissues)

Question 46

hyper-

Answer 46

above, over

Question 47

infra-

Answer 47

below (infraspinous: below the spine)

Question 48

inter-

Answer 48

between

Question 49

intra-

Answer 49

within

Question 50

iso-

Answer 50

equal, same

Question 51

-itis

Answer 51

inflammation

Question 52

labi-

Answer 52

lip

Question 53

leuko-

Answer 53

white (leukocyte: white blood cell)

Question 54

lip-

Answer 54

fat (lipase: breaks down fat cells)

Question 55

-lysis

Answer 55

break down (glycolysis)

Question 56

mamm-

Answer 56

breast

Question 57

medi-

Answer 57

middle

Question 58

melano-

Answer 58

black (melanocyte: cell that produces dark/black pigment)

Question 59

myo-

Answer 59

muscle (myopathy: disease of the muscle)

Question 60

necro-

Answer 60

dead (necrotizing: causing death, of tissue)

Question 61

neo-

Answer 61

new

Question 62

nephron-

Answer 62

kidney (nephron: functional unit of the kidney)

Question 63

neuro-

Answer 63

nerve (neuropathy: disease of nerves)

Question 64

oculo-, ophthalam-

Answer 64

eye (ophthalmic: of or relating to the eye)

Question 65

odonto-

Answer 65

tooth (odontology: study of structure and disease of teeth)

Question 66

-oma

Answer 66

tumor (glioma: tumor of glial cells)

Question 67

-osis

Answer 67

condition of (neurosis: condition of nerves)

Question 68

osse-, osteo-

Answer 68

bone (osteology: study of bone)

Question 69

oto-

Answer 69

ear (otitis: inflammation of the ear)

Question 70

-pathy

Answer 70

disease (cardiopathy: disease of the heart)

Question 71

phag-

Answer 71

eat (phagocyte: cell that “eats” as in extracellular debris)

Question 72

-plegia

Answer 72

Paralyze (quadriplegia: paralysis of all 4 limbs)

Question 73

pneumo-

Answer 73

lungs, air, gas (pneumonia: infection of the air sacs of the lungs)

Question 74

-poiesis

Answer 74

make, formation of (hematopoiesis: formation of blood cellular components)

Question 75

poly-

Answer 75

many

Question 76

quad-

Answer 76

four

Question 77

rami-

Answer 77

branch (ramus: initial branch or a nerve from the spinal cord)

Question 78

rect-

Answer 78

straight (rectus femoris: straight muscle of the thigh)

Question 79

reno-

Answer 79

kidney (renal: of the kidney)

Question 80

sclero-

Answer 80

hard (atherosclerosis: hardening of the arteries)

Question 81

somato-

Answer 81

body (somatosensation: sensation of the body)

Question 82

steno-

Answer 82

narrowing (stenosis: narrowing of an opening or tube)

Question 83

sterno-

Answer 83

chest

Question 84

sub-

Answer 84

under

Question 85

super-, supra-

Answer 85

above, upper

Question 86

tachy-

Answer 86

fast

Question 87

thorac-

Answer 87

chest, thorax

Question 88

thrombo-

Answer 88

blood clot (thrombosis: condition of having a blood clot)

Question 89

-tomy

Answer 89

cut, incise (craniotomy: operation involving cutting of the skull)

Question 90

tri-

Answer 90

three

Question 91

tunica-

Answer 91

layer (tunica externa: external layer)

Question 92

ultra-

Answer 92

beyond, excess

Question 93

uni-

Answer 93

one

Question 94

vas-

Answer 94

vessel (vasoconstriction: constriction of a blood vessel)

Question 95

villo-

Answer 95

hair (vellus: fine unpigmented hair)

Question 96

viscer-

Answer 96

internal organ (viscera: internal organs)