Chapter One / Word Parts & Roots

Question 1

pry/o

Answer 1

fever or fire

Question 2

myel/o

Answer 2

bone marrow or spinal cord

Question 3

myc/o

Answer 3

fungus

Question 4

col

Answer 4

colon

Question 5

-otomy

Answer 5

cutting, surgical incision

Question 6

-ostomy

Answer 6

the surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface

Question 7

-osis

Answer 7

abnormal condition, disease

Question 8

-itis

Answer 8

inflammation

Question 9

hypo-

Answer 9

deficient, decreased

Question 10

hyper-

Answer 10

excessive, increased

Question 11

-ectomy

Answer 11

surgical removing, cutting out

Question 12

dys-

Answer 12

bad, difficult, or painful

Question 13

end-

Answer 13

within

Question 14

eu-

Answer 14

good, normal, well, or easy

Question 15

ot/o

Answer 15

ear

Question 16

rhin/o

Answer 16

nose

Question 17

laryng

Answer 17

larynx or throat

Question 18

hem/o

Answer 18

blood

Question 19

arthr/o

Answer 19

joint

Question 20

-scopy

Answer 20

visual examination

Question 21

-gram

Answer 21

a picture or record

Question 22

-graphy

Answer 22

the process of producing a picture or record

Question 23

arteri/o

Answer 23

artery

Question 24

-malacia

Answer 24

abnormal softening

Question 25

-megaly

Answer 25

enlargement

Question 26

-dynia

Answer 26

pain

Question 27

-ology

Answer 27

study of

Question 28

path

Answer 28

disease

Question 29

cardi

Answer 29

heart

Question 30

crani

Answer 30

skull

Question 31

tonsill

Answer 31

tonsils

Question 32

enter

Answer 32

small intenstine

Question 33

poli/o

Answer 33

gray

Question 34

melan/o

Answer 34

black

Question 35

leuk/o

Answer 35

white

Question 36

erythr/o

Answer 36

red

Question 37

cyan/o

Answer 37

blue

Question 38

-algia

Answer 38

pain, suffering

Question 39

-plasty

Answer 39

surgical repair

Question 40

- rrhage | - rrhagia

Answer 40

bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge

Question 41

my/o

Answer 41

muscle

Question 42

angi/o

Answer 42

blood vessel

Question 43

abdomin/o

Answer 43

abdomen

Question 44

-centesis

Answer 44

a surgical puncture to remove fluid for diagnostic purposes or the remove excess fluid

Question 45

-stenosis

Answer 45

abnormal narrowing

Question 46

-necrosis

Answer 46

tissue death

Question 47

gastr-

Answer 47

stomach

Question 48

-sclerosis

Answer 48

abnormal hardening

Question 49

-rrhexis

Answer 49

rupture

Question 50

-rrhea

Answer 50

flow or discharge

Question 51

-rrhaphy

Answer 51

surgical suturing

Question 52

pre-

Answer 52

before

Question 53

peri-

Answer 53

surrounding

Question 54

post-

Answer 54

after, behind

Question 55

ab-

Answer 55

away from, negative, absent

Question 56

ad-

Answer 56

toward, to, in the direction of

Question 57

dextr/o

Answer 57

right side

Question 58

sinistr/o

Answer 58

left side

Question 59

ex-

Answer 59

out of, outside, away from

Question 60

in-

Answer 60

in, into, not, without

Question 61

macro-

Answer 61

large, abnormal size, or long

Question 62

micr/o | micro-

Answer 62

small

Question 63

mega- | megal/o

Answer 63

large, great

Question 64

olig/o

Answer 64

scanty, few

Question 65

inter-

Answer 65

between or among

Question 66

intra-

Answer 66

within or inside

Question 67

sub-

Answer 67

under, less, or below

Question 68

super- | supra-

Answer 68

above or excessive

Question 69

lith

Answer 69

stone

Question 70

appendic

Answer 70

appendix

Question 71

ather/o

Answer 71

plaque or fatty substance

Question 72

-oma

Answer 72

tumor

Question 73

-ologist

Answer 73

specialist

Question 74

pyel/o

Answer 74

renal pelvis, which is part of the kidney

Question 75

py/o

Answer 75

pus