Cells

Question 1

adip/o

Answer 1

fat

adiponecrosis, adipogenic, adipocele (hernia composed of fat)

Question 2

alb/o

Answer 2

white

albiduria

Question 3

angi/o

Answer 3

vessel

angiocardiopathy, angiography

Question 4

ankyl/o

Answer 4

bent, crooked, adhesion

ankylosed, ankyloblepharon (eyelid adhered shut)

Question 5

aut/o

Answer 5

self

autograft, autologous, autoimmune

Question 6

bas/o

Answer 6

situated near a base, lower part

basal cell, baseline

Question 7

bio/o

Answer 7

life, living

biopsy, biology

Question 8

carcin/o

Answer 8

cancerous

carcinophobia, carcinomatosis (widespread cancer throughout the body)

Question 9

chrom/o

Answer 9

color

chromogenic, chromaturia, chromatoptometry (measurement of perception of color)

Question 10

chron/o

Answer 10

time

chronic

Question 11

cyan/o

Answer 11

blue

cyanosis, cyanemia

Question 12

cyt/o

Answer 12

cells

cytopathologist, cytotoxin

Question 13

dipl/o

Answer 13

double

diplopia, diplegia

Question 14

erythem, erythr/o

Answer 14

redness

erythropenia, erythroid, erythrodontia

Question 15

galac/o

Answer 15

milk

galactography, galactophagous

Question 16

gluc/o, glyc/o

Answer 16

sugar

Question 17

gon, gono

Answer 17

seed, semen

gonangiaectomy, gonocyte

Question 18

granul/o

Answer 18

granule (small particle)

granulocyte, granuloma

Question 19

hem/o, hemat/o

Answer 19

blood

Question 20

home/o

Answer 20

similar, same, unchanged

homeoplasia, homogenous

Question 21

idio

Answer 21

self, peculiar to a substance

idiopathic (disease with no known origin)

Question 22

immun/o

Answer 22

immune

Question 23

kary/o

Answer 23

nucleus

karyomegaly

Question 24

leuk/o

Answer 24

white, leukocyte

leukopenia

Question 25

lip/o

Answer 25

fat lipoma, liposarcoma

Question 26

lymph/o

Answer 26

lymph tissue, lymphocytes lymphangioplasty

Question 27

melan/o

Answer 27

black, dark, melanin

Question 28

micr/o

Answer 28

small microcephaly

Question 29

mon/o

Answer 29

singular monotherapy

Question 30

morph/o

Answer 30

form, shape morphology

Question 31

mut/o

Answer 31

genetic change mutagen

Question 32

necr/o

Answer 32

death necrotic

Question 33

neur/o

Answer 33

nerve

Question 34

noct/o

Answer 34

night

Question 35

norm/o

Answer 35

normal, usual normochromia

Question 36

olig/o

Answer 36

few, little, scanty oligodactyly, oligomenorrhea, oliguria

Question 37

oo/o

Answer 37

egg, ovum ooblast, oogenesis

Question 38

pachy

Answer 38

thick pachyderma, pachyonychia, pachyglossia

Question 39

pathy

Answer 39

disease

Question 40

phag/o

Answer 40

eating, swallowing phagocyte, normophagia

Question 41

sperm, spermat

Answer 41

sperm cell, seed spermicide, spermolith

Question 42

spher/o

Answer 42

round, a sphere spheroidal

Question 43

steat/o

Answer 43

fat, oil steatonecrosis, steatitis

Question 44

strept/o

Answer 44

twisted streptococcus

Question 45

thromb/o

Answer 45

clot thrombectomy

Question 46

xanth/o

Answer 46

yellow xanthochromia, xanthocyanopsia (red/green colorblindness)

Question 47

xer/o

Answer 47

dry, dryness xerophthalmia, xeroderma, xerostomia