Greek Prefixes 2 (Bases)

Question 1

alg-
(analgesic, myalgia)

Answer 1

pain

Question 2

blast-
(entoblast, trophoblast)

Answer 2

embryonic cell

Question 3

cephal-
(acephalous, cephalopod)

Answer 3

head

Question 4

encephal-
(encephalitis, mesencephalon)

Answer 4

brain

Question 5

chrom-, chromat-
(chromosome, methachromatic)

Answer 5

color

Question 6

derm-, dermat-
(endoderm, hypodermic)

Answer 6

skin

Question 7

erg-
(ergonomic, synergy)

Answer 7

work

Question 8

gaster-, gastr-
(gastrointestinal, metagastric)

Answer 8

stomach

Question 9

gno-
(diagnosis, prognosis)

Answer 9

to know

Question 10

hap-, hapt-
(haptoglobin, synapse)

Answer 10

to grasp, to fasten

Question 11

hydr-
(anhydrous, hydrogen)

Answer 11

water, fluid

Question 12

ly-, lys-
(analysis, paralysis)

Answer 12

to loosen, to dissolve

Question 13

nephr-
(nephritis, paranephric)

Answer 13

kidney

Question 14

od-
(cathode, odometer)

Answer 14

way, road

Question 15

path-
(apathy, sympathy)

Answer 15

disease, suffering, feeling

Question 16

phy-
(hypophysis, physics)

Answer 16

to grow

Question 17

phyt-
(epiphytic, osteophyte)

Answer 17

plant, growth

Question 18

phyll-
(aphyllous, chlorophyll)

Answer 18

leaf

Question 19

plas-, plast-
(endoplasm, plastic)

Answer 19

to form, to mold

Question 20

scop-
(endoscope, microcope)

Answer 20

to look at, to view

Question 21

sta-
(hypostasis, metastasis)

Answer 21

to stand, to stop

Question 22

stal-, stol-, -stle
(diastolic, systolic)

Answer 22

to send, to contract

Question 23

thalam-
(hypothalamus, thalamocortical)

Answer 23

chamber, room

Question 24

thyr-
(hypothyroidism, thyroid)

Answer 24

shield

Question 25

tom- (anatomy, entomology)

Answer 25

to cut

Question 26

ton- (atonia, catatonic)

Answer 26

stretching, tension

Question 27

tox- (antitoxin, toxicology)

Answer 27

poison

Question 28

troph- (atrophy, hypotrophic)

Answer 28

nourishment

Question 29

zyg- (hemizygous, syzygy)

Answer 29

yoke, joining