Roots and Suffixes

Question 1

bar/o

Answer 1

pressure

Question 2

chrom/o, chromat/o

Answer 2

color, stain

Question 3

chron/o

Answer 3

time

Question 4

cry/o

Answer 4

cold

Question 5

electr/o

Answer 5

electricity

Question 6

erg/o

Answer 6

work

synergistic: working together with increased effect, such as in certain drugs in combination

Question 7

phon/o

Answer 7

sound, voice

Question 8

phot/o

Answer 8

light

Question 9

radi/o

Answer 9

radiation, x-ray

Question 10

son/o

Answer 10

sound

Question 11

therm/o

Answer 11

heat, temperature

Question 12

-graph

Answer 12

instrument for recording data

Question 13

-graphy

Answer 13

act of recording data

Question 14

-gram

Answer 14

a record of data

Question 15

-meter

Answer 15

instrument for measuring

calorimeter: instrument for measuring the caloric energy

Question 16

-metry

Answer 16

measurement of

audiometry: measurement of hearing

Question 17

-scope

Answer 17

instrument for viewing or examining

Question 18

-scopy

Answer 18

examination of

Question 19

-centesis

Answer 19

puncture, tap

Question 20

-desis

Answer 20

binding, fusion

pleurodesis: binding of the pleura (membrane around the lungs)

Question 21

-ectomy

Answer 21

excision, surgical removal

Question 22

-pexy

Answer 22

surgical fixation

Question 23

-plasty

Answer 23

plastic repair, plastic surgery, reconstruction

Question 24

-rhaphy

Answer 24

surgical repair, suture

Question 25

-stomy

Answer 25

surgical creation of an opening tracheostomy: creation of an opening into the trachea

Question 26

-tome

Answer 26

instrument for incising (cutting)

Question 27

-tomy

Answer 27

incision, cutting laparotomy: surgical incision of the abdomen

Question 28

-tripsy

Answer 28

crushing neurotripsy: crushing of a nerve

Question 29

aer/o

Answer 29

air, gas