level: Level 1
Questions and Answers List
level questions: Level 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aden/o | gland |
| adenoid/o | adenoids |
| agglutin/o | clumping; sticking together |
| angi/o | vessel (blood) |
| arteri/o | artery |
| bacteri/o | bacteria |
| calc/o | calcium |
| cyt/o | cell |
| erythr/o | red |
| eti/o | the cause of a disease or conditions |
| fung/o | fungus |
| hem/a, hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
| iatr/o | physician; treatment |
| immun/o | immune; protection |
| kal/i | potassium |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| leuk/o | white |
| lipid/o | fatty deposits; lipids |
| log/o | study |
| ly/o | break down; dissolve; loosen |
| lymph/o, lymphat/o | lymph |
| lymphaden/o | lymph nodes |
| lymphangi/o | lymphatic vessel |
| morph/o | shape; form |
| myel/o | bone marrow; spinal cord |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| path/o | disease |
| phag/o | eat; swallow; engulf |
| phleb/o | vein |
| ser/o | serum; serous |
| splen/o | spleen |
| thromb/o | clot |
| thym/o | thymus |
| tonsil/o | tonsils |
| tox/o | poison |
| ven/i, ven/o | vein |
| vir/o | virus |
| a-, an- | not; without |
| anti- | against |
| auto- | self |
| con- | together; within |
| en- | in; within |
| epi- | on; over; upon |
| macro- | large |
| mega- | large |
| meta- | change; beyond |
| mono- | one; single |
| neo- | new |
| poly- | many; much |
| pro- | before; forward |
| trans- | across |
| -al, -ar, -ic, -ical, -tic | pertaining to |
| -ation | process; condition |
| -blast | developing cell |
| -capnia | carbon dioxide |
| -cide | to kill |
| -crit | to separate |
| -cyte | cell |
| -e | noun suffix with no meaning |
| -ectomy | surgical removal; excisions |
| -emic | pertaining to blood condition |
| -emia | blood conditon |
| -fuge | to separate by spinning |
| -fusion | to pour; to come together |
| -gen | substance that produces |
| -globulin | protien |
| -ia | condition |
| -in; -ine | chemical; chemical compound substance |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logist | specialist |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | breakdown; separation; loosening |
| -megaly | englargement |
| -oma | tumor; mass |
| -osis | process; abnormal condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -phage | eat; swallow |
| -pheresis | removal |
| -phil, -philia | love; attraction of |
| -phoresis | transmission; carrying |
| -plasm | formation; structure |
| -plastic | pertaining to formation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -poiesis | formation |
| -rrhage | rupture; bursting forth (of blood) |
| -sis | state; condition |
| -stasis | stoppage of flow |