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Question 1

-lytic
(adjective of lysis)

Answer 1

dissolving, reducing, loosening

Question 2

thrombolytic

Answer 2

agent that dissolves a blood clot (thrombus)

Question 3

-mimetic

Answer 3

mimicking, simulating

Question 4

sympathomimetic

Answer 4

mimicking the effects of the sympathetic nervous system

Question 5

-tropic

Answer 5

acting on

Question 6

psychotropic

Answer 6

acting on the mind (psych/o)

Question 7

anti-

Answer 7

against

Question 8

antiemetic

Answer 8

drug that prevents vomiting (emesis)

Question 9

contra-

Answer 9

against, opposite, opposed

Question 10

contraceptive

Answer 10

preventing conception

Question 11

counter-

Answer 11

against, opposed

Question 12

countertransport

Answer 12

movement in an opposite direction

Question 13

alg/o
algi/o
algesi/o

Answer 13

pain

Question 14

algesia

Answer 14

sense of pain

Question 15

chem/o

Answer 15

chemical

Question 16

chemotherapy

Answer 16

treatment with drugs

Question 17

hypn/o

Answer 17

sleep

Question 18

hypnosis

Answer 18

induced state of sleep

Question 19

narc/o

Answer 19

stupor

Question 20

pharm
pharmac/o

Answer 20

drug, medicine

Question 21

pharmacy

Answer 21

the science of preparing and dispensing drugs, or the place where these activities occur

Question 22

pyr/o
pyret/o

Answer 22

fever

Question 23

antipyretic

Answer 23

counteracting fever

Question 24

tox/o
toxic/o

Answer 24

poison, toxin

Question 25

toxicity

Answer 25

state of being poisonous

Question 26

vas/o

Answer 26

vessel

Question 27

vasodilation

Answer 27

widening of a vessel