Unit 1: Medical English-Root Words

Question 1

afferent

Answer 1

going towards

Question 2

arthr/o

Answer 2

joint

Question 3

bacteri/o

Answer 3

bacteria

Question 4

bio

Answer 4

life

Question 5

blast

Answer 5

rapidly dividing cell

Question 6

carc/i

Answer 6

cancer
(greek word that literally means “crab”)

Question 7

carc/in

Answer 7

cancer
(greek word that literally means “crab”)

Question 8

carc/ino

Answer 8

cancer
(greek word that literally means “crab”)

Question 9

cardi

Answer 9

heart

Question 10

card/io

Answer 10

heart

Question 11

caud/o

Answer 11

tail

Question 12

cephal/o

Answer 12

head

Question 13

chole

Answer 13

bile
(bodily humor in Greek medical practice)

Question 14

constrict

Answer 14

narrowing; decreasing the size of an opening (constriction is generally normal where stenosis is generally abnormal)

Question 15

sten/o

Answer 15

narrowing; decreasing the size of an opening (constriction is generally normal where stenosis is generally abnormal)

Question 16

cyst/o

Answer 16

bladd; fluid filled space

Question 17

dilate

Answer 17

increasing the size of an opening

Question 18

efferent

Answer 18

going away from

Question 19

eti/o

Answer 19

how something came to be
from Greek aitia, “cause”

Question 20

enceph/a

Answer 20

en- + -cephal (head), “inside the head”

Question 21

gastr/o

Answer 21

stomach

Question 22

gen/o

Answer 22

cause, orgin

Question 23

genetic

Answer 23

inheritance

Question 24

hem/o

Answer 24

blood

Question 25

hemat/o

Answer 25

blood

Question 26

hepat/o

Answer 26

liver

Question 27

hydr/o

Answer 27

water

Question 27

hydr/o

Answer 27

water

Question 28

idio

Answer 28

private, distinct

Question 29

morph/o

Answer 29

change

Question 30

muscul/o

Answer 30

muscle

Question 31

my/o

Answer 31

muscle

Question 32

myc/o

Answer 32

fungus

Question 33

necr/o

Answer 33

dead

Question 34

neur/o

Answer 34

nervous system

Question 35

orth/o

Answer 35

straight, at right angles

Question 36

ost/e

Answer 36

bone

Question 37

ost/eo

Answer 37

bone

Question 38

path/o

Answer 38

disease (literally, "suffering")

Question 39

ped/o

Answer 39

children

Question 40

phag/o

Answer 40

eating

Question 41

plas/o

Answer 41

formation

Question 42

py/o

Answer 42

pus

Question 43

sarc/o

Answer 43

flesh, muscle

Question 44

scler/o

Answer 44

hard

Question 45

stom/a/t

Answer 45

mouth

Question 46

therm/o

Answer 46

temperature

Question 47

troph/o

Answer 47

nourishment

Question 48

trop/o

Answer 48

moving towards or acting on

Question 49

ur

Answer 49

urine

Question 50

valv/ulo

Answer 50

valve