Lesson 9

Question 1

-oma

Answer 1

tumor arising in or composed of, (occasionally) swelling containing, (rarely) diseased condition, result of (suffix)
ex. melanoma, carcinoma

Question 2

-osis

Answer 2

diseased condition of, act of, process of (suffix)

ex. psychosis

Question 3

-itis

Answer 3

inflammation of, inflammatory disease of (suffix)

ex. appendicitis

Question 4

-in, -ine

Answer 4

chemical substance (suffix)
ex. insulin, epinephrine

Question 5

-ium

Answer 5

part, lining or enveloping tissue, region (suffix)

ex. epigastrium

Question 6

aden-

Answer 6

gland

Question 7

angi-

Answer 7

vessel

Question 8

arachn-

Answer 8

spider, (occasionally) arachnoid membrane

Question 9

astr-, aster-

Answer 9

star

ex. asterisk, astronomy

Question 10

blast-

Answer 10

bud, germ, embryonic cell

ex. blastocyst

Question 11

chlor-

Answer 11

green, chlorine

ex. chloroplast

Question 12

cocc-

Answer 12

berry-shaped organism

ex. streptococcus

Question 13

coni-

Answer 13

dust

Question 14

eo(s)-

Answer 14

dawn or early age, rosy

Question 15

ly-

Answer 15

to loosen, to dissolve, to break up

ex. lysin

Question 16

mening-

Answer 16

membrane, especially, meninges (the membranes enveloping the brain and spinal cord)
ex. meningitis

Question 17

metr-

Answer 17

uterus

Question 18

myc-, mycet-

Answer 18

fungus

Question 19

myel-

Answer 19

spinal cord, marrow

ex. myelin

Question 20

neur-

Answer 20

nerve, nervous system, tendon

ex. neurosis

Question 21

orch(i)-, orchid-

Answer 21

testicle

Question 22

pan-, pant-

Answer 22

all, complete

Question 23

pneumon-, pneum-

Answer 23

lung

ex. pneumonia

Question 24

poli-

Answer 24

gray

Question 25

thromb-

Answer 25

clot | ex. thrombocyte