scientific root words, prefixes, and suffixes (part 4)

Question 1

iso-

Answer 1

equal, same

Question 2

-ist

Answer 2

person who deals with

dent-IST = person who deals with teeth

Question 3

-itis

Answer 3

inflammation, disease

arthr-ITIS

Question 4

-ium

Answer 4

refers to a part of the body

cranium

Question 5

-kary

Answer 5

cell nucleus

Question 6

kel-

Answer 6

tumor, swelling

Question 7

kerat-

Answer 7

horn

Question 8

Kilo-

Answer 8

thousand

Question 9

kine-

Answer 9

move

KINE-tic

Question 10

Lachry

Answer 10

tear

as in crying tears

Question 11

Lact-

Answer 11

milk

LACT-ose= a sugar often found in milk

Question 12

lat-

Answer 12

side

LAT-itude

Question 13

leio-

Answer 13

smooth

Question 14

-less

Answer 14

without

energyless

Question 15

leuc-, leuk-

Answer 15

white, bright, light

leukemia; leuk=white, emia=blood… cancer affecting the white bloodcells.

Question 16

Lign-

Answer 16

wood

Question 17

Lin-

Answer 17

line

Question 18

lingu-

Answer 18

tongue

bi-LINGU-al= being able to speak in 2 tongues

Question 19

Lip-

Answer 19

fat

lipids= fatty acids

Question 20

lith-, -lite

Answer 20

stone, petrifying

Palero-LITH-ic= beginning of the STONE age

Question 21

Loc-

Answer 21

place

LOC-ation= PLACE that something is at

Question 22

-log

Answer 22

word, speech

dia-LOG-ue= a WORD exchange vetween 2+ people

Question 23

-logist

Answer 23

one who studies

bio-LOGIST= one who studies biology

Question 24

-logy

Answer 24

study of
(bio-LOGY= study if life

Question 25

Lumin-

Answer 25

light (harry potter "Lumos") (il-LUMIN-ate)

Question 26

-lys, -lyt, -lyst

Answer 26

decompose, split, dissolve | (hydro-LYS-is= chemical decomposition of a substance using water

Question 27

Macro-

Answer 27

large | MACRO-trauma

Question 28

Malac-

Answer 28

soft (MALAC-hite= soft stone) (sounds like MALEC... need I say more)

Question 29

Malle

Answer 29

Hammer | MALLE-t

Question 30

Mamm-

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breast | MAMM-ogram= photograh of the breast using x-ray

Question 31

Marg-

Answer 31

border, edge | margin

Question 32

Mast-

Answer 32

breast

Question 33

Med-

Answer 33

middle | MED-ium

Question 34

Meg-

Answer 34

million, great | MEG-alodon= great shark that lived millions of years ago

Question 35

Mela-, melan-

Answer 35

black, dark | MELA-tonin= the more of it you have in your skin, the dark your skin it

Question 36

-mer

Answer 36

part | pri-MER= a necessary part of sequencing DNA

Question 37

Mes-

Answer 37

between, along, after

Question 38

Met-, meta-

Answer 38

between, along, after | META-human= something between human and something else

Question 39

-meter, -metry

Answer 39

measurement | METER is a type of measurement

Question 40

Micro-

Answer 40

small, millionth | MICRO-scope

Question 41

Milli-

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thousandth | MILLI-second= thousancth of a second

Question 42

Mis-

Answer 42

wrong, incorrect | MIS-take

Question 43

Mito-

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thread | MITO-sis= a THREAD of actions causing the split of the cell

Question 44

Mole-

Answer 44

mass | mole-scientific unit used to describe and object's MASS

Question 45

Mono-

Answer 45

one, single | MONO-tone= maintaining a single tone

Question 46

Mort-

Answer 46

death | MORT-al= you can die

Question 47

Mot-

Answer 47

move | MOT-ion= movement

Question 48

Morph-

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shape, form | metamorphosis art takes 2+ shapes of forms and molds them together

Question 49

Multi-

Answer 49

many | MULTI-ple

Question 50

Mut-

Answer 50

change | MUT-ation

Question 51

My-

Answer 51

muscles | MY-ositis= inflammation of the muscles

Question 52

Myc-

Answer 52

fungus | Zygo-MYC-ota= type of fungus

Question 53

Mycel-

Answer 53

threadlike

Question 54

Myriad-

Answer 54

many

Question 55

Moll-

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soft | MOLL-ify= to soften someone's anxiety or something

Question 56

Nas-

Answer 56

nose | NAS-al

Question 57

Necr-

Answer 57

corpse, dead | NECR-ocrmancy

Question 58

Nemat-

Answer 58

thread

Question 59

Neo-

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new, recent | NEO malthusian

Question 60

Nephro-

Answer 60

kidney

Question 61

-ner

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moist, liquid

Question 62

Neur-

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nerve | NEUR-otic

Question 63

Noct-, nov-

Answer 63

Night | NOCT-urnal

Question 64

-node

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knot

Question 65

-nom, -nomy

Answer 65

ordered knowledge, law

Question 66

non-

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not | nonexistent

Question 67

not-

Answer 67

back

Question 68

nuc-

Answer 68

center | NUC-leus= is usually near/ at the center of the cell it controls

Question 69

ob-

Answer 69

against | OB-stacle= things that work against you

Question 70

Ocul-

Answer 70

eye | (bin-OCUL-ars= instrument used for the eyes to see farther

Question 71

oct-

Answer 71

eight | OCT-agon

Question 72

odont-

Answer 72

tooth | orth-ODONT-ist

Question 73

-ond

Answer 73

form, appearance

Question 74

olf-

Answer 74

smell | OLF-action= action of smelling

Question 75

Oligo-

Answer 75

few, little | OLIGO-poly= maket is shared by a SMALL number of producers or sellers

Question 76

-oma

Answer 76

abnormal condition, tumor

Question 77

omni-

Answer 77

all | OMNI-scient= all knowing

Question 78

onc-

Answer 78

mass, tumor | ONC-ology= study & treatment of tumors