honors bio root words

Question 1

What does the prefix ‘a- / an-‘ mean?

Answer 1

not, without

Question 2

What does the prefix ‘meso-‘ signify?

Answer 2

middle, intermediate

Question 3

What does ‘leuco- / leuko-‘ refer to?

Answer 3

white, white blood cell

Question 4

What is the meaning of ‘aero-‘?

Answer 4

air, atmosphere

Question 5

What does the prefix ‘anti-‘ mean?

Answer 5

against, opposing, counteracting

Question 6

What does ‘amphi-‘ indicate?

Answer 6

both, both sides, around

Question 7

What is the meaning of the prefix ‘auto-‘?

Answer 7

self, same, occurring from within

Question 8

What does ‘bi- / di-‘ signify?

Answer 8

two

Question 9

What does ‘bio-‘ mean?

Answer 9

life, living

Question 10

What does the prefix ‘cephal-‘ refer to?

Answer 10

head

Question 11

What does ‘chloro-‘ mean?

Answer 11

green, chlorine

Question 12

What does ‘chromo-‘ signify?

Answer 12

color

Question 13

What does the suffix ‘-cide’ mean?

Answer 13

killer

Question 14

What does ‘cyto-‘ refer to?

Answer 14

cell

Question 15

What does the prefix ‘derm-‘ signify?

Answer 15

skin, layers, skin-relating conditions

Question 16

What does ‘haplo-‘ mean?

Answer 16

single, simple

Question 17

What does ‘ecto- / exo-‘ indicate?

Answer 17

outside, external

Question 18

What does ‘endo-‘ mean?

Answer 18

within, inside

Question 19

What does the prefix ‘epi-‘ signify?

Answer 19

upon, on, over, above, outside of

Question 20

What does the suffix ‘-lysis’ mean?

Answer 20

to loosen, break down, dissolve

Question 21

What does ‘-meter’ refer to?

Answer 21

instrument for measuring

Question 22

What does ‘mono-‘ signify?

Answer 22

one, single

Question 23

What does ‘morph-‘ mean?

Answer 23

form, shape, changes in structure

Question 24

What does ‘micro-‘ indicate?

Answer 24

small, very small

Question 25

What does 'macro-' mean?

Answer 25

large, great

Question 26

What does 'multi- / poly-' refer to?

Answer 26

many, multiple

Question 27

What does the suffix '-path / -pathy' mean?

Answer 27

disease, suffering, feeling

Question 28

What does '-ped /-pod' signify?

Answer 28

foot

Question 29

What does 'phago-' mean?

Answer 29

eating, devouring

Question 30

What does the suffix '-phobia' refer to?

Answer 30

fear

Question 31

What does '-philia' mean?

Answer 31

love or liking, attraction, tendency

Question 32

What does 'proto-' signify?

Answer 32

first, earliest, primitive, original

Question 33

What does 'photo-' mean?

Answer 33

light

Question 34

What does 'pseudo-' indicate?

Answer 34

false, pretending, resembling

Question 35

What does the suffix '-stasis' mean?

Answer 35

standing still, stopping, maintaining steady state

Question 36

What does 'sub-' refer to?

Answer 36

under, below, less than, secondary

Question 37

What does 'sym- / -syn' signify?

Answer 37

together, with, alike

Question 38

What does the suffix '-synthesis' mean?

Answer 38

building/creating something by combining simpler components

Question 39

What does '-taxis' refer to?

Answer 39

movement of an organism/cell towards or away from a stimulus

Question 40

What does '-troph' mean?

Answer 40

nourishment, food, one who feeds

Question 41

What does '-tropism' signify?

Answer 41

growth or movement in response to a stimulus

Question 42

What does '-therm' mean?

Answer 42

body temperature regulation

Question 43

What does 'tri-' indicate?

Answer 43

things that have 3 parts/aspects

Question 44

What does 'zoo-, -zoa' refer to?

Answer 44

animal

Question 45

What does 'gastro-' mean?

Answer 45

stomach

Question 46

What does the suffix '-genesis' signify?

Answer 46

origin, birth, development

Question 47

What does 'herba-/herbi-' mean?

Answer 47

plants

Question 48

What does 'hetero-' refer to?

Answer 48

different, other

Question 49

What does 'homo-' mean?

Answer 49

same, alike

Question 50

What does 'ov-' signify?

Answer 50

egg

Question 51

What does 'kary-' mean?

Answer 51

nucleus, kernel

Question 52

What does 'neuro-' refer to?

Answer 52

nerve, nerves, nervous system

Question 53

What does 'soma-' signify?

Answer 53

body of an organism excluding germ cells

Question 54

What does 'saccharo-' mean?

Answer 54

sugar

Question 55

What does 'primi-/ archea-' refer to?

Answer 55

first, ancient

Question 56

What does '-phyll' mean?

Answer 56

leaf

Question 57

What does 'hemo-' signify?

Answer 57

blood

Question 58

What does 'hyper-' mean?

Answer 58

above normal, excessive

Question 59

What does 'hypo-' indicate?

Answer 59

under, below, deficient

Question 60

What does 'intra-' refer to?

Answer 60

within, inside

Question 61

What does the suffix '-itis' mean?

Answer 61

inflammation

Question 62

What does 'lat-' signify?

Answer 62

side, carried

Question 63

What does '-logy' refer to?

Answer 63

the study of, science of

Question 64

What does 'zyg- / -zygous' mean?

Answer 64

yoke, joined together