| Question |
Answer |
| -ites |
dropsy or drooping |
| -itis |
inflamed or inflammation; glossitis- inflmation of the toungue |
| -ity |
state of; sterility- a state of being barren |
| -ize |
state of or acts like; cauterize- state of burning |
| jejuno- |
to empty (2nd part of small intestine); jeujunum- to emby the second part of the samll intestine |
| junctiv/o- |
joing or to join; conjuctivitis- inflamtion of the portion that joines together the eyelid and ocular parts |
| kali- |
potassium; kalipenia- decrease of potasium |
| kary/o- |
nucleus; karyokinesis- nucleus/movement or motion |
| kel/o- |
scar; keloid- reseembling a scar, a rasied hard reddened scar |
| kerat/o- |
cornea or horny; kerataomalacia- refering to the softening of the cornea |
| ket/o- |
sour or acid; ketosis- conditon of being sour or acid |
| kil/o- |
one thousand; kilogram- a thousand grams |
| kine- |
movement or motion; kinetic- condition of movement |
| kraur/o- |
dryness; kraurosis- condition of dryness |
| kypho- |
hunchback; kyphosis- conditon of being hunchback |
| labio- |
lip; labioma- lip tumor |
| labrynitho- |
maze; labrynithitis- inflammation of maze |
| lacer/o- |
to tear; lacerate- refering to a tear |
| lacrimo- |
tearing or tear; lacrimal- refering to a tear or tearing |
| lact/o- |
milk; lactose- sugar milk |
| lamin/o- |
thin flat plate or layer; laminectomy- removal of a thin flat plate or layer |
| lap/i- |
stone; lapis- refering to a stone |
| -lapse |
falling or slippage; prolapse- before something falls and slips, meaning the normal before hand |
| laryngo- |
voice box; laryngitis- inflmmation of the voice box |
| lat- |
side; lateral- refering to the side |
| lax- |
to loosen or loosening; relaxation- process of loosening up |
| lei/o- |
smooth; leiomyoma- smooth muscle tumor |
| lent/o- |
freckle |
| lepr/o- |
scaly; leprosy- the process of getting scaly growths |
| -lepsy |
seizure or convulsion; epilepsy- process of creating seizures |
| lepto- |
thin or slender; leptomorphic- refers to thin or slend shape |
| leuk/o- |
white; leukapheresis- seperating white blood cells |
| levat/o- |
lift up; levator- one who lifts up |
| libid/o- |
desire |
| lichen/i- |
plant, its a type of moss |
| lieno- |
spleen; lienitis- inflamtion of the spleen |
| liga- |
to bind; ligament- a state of binding bone to bone |
| lingu- |
tongue; bilingual- pertains to knowing two tongues |
| lip/o- |
fat; lipoma- fat tumor |
| -listhesis |
slippage; spondylolisthesis- condition where the veterbrae are slipping |
| liter |
liter |
| lith/o- |
stone, calculus or rock; nephrolith- kidney stones |
| lob/o- |
lobe; lobectomy- procedure of cutting out usually a lung |
| lord/o- |
swawyback (to bend); lordosis- conditon of swayback |
| lumb/o- |
loin; lumbar- loin |
| lump- |
small mass; lumpectomy- removal of a small mass |
| luna- |
moon or crescent-shaped |
| lupus |
wolf |
| lute/o- |
yellow; luteal- yellow body like a corpus luteum |
| lux- |
to dislocate; subluxation- refering to a dislocate |
| lymph/o- |
watery; lymphoma- welling of the tumor with watery fluid |
| -lysis |
destruction, breakdown, declinging; autolysis- self destruction |
| macer/o- |
to make soft; maceration- process of making soft |
| macro- |
large or huge; macrophage- large or huge eaters |
| macul/o- |
large spot or flat skin freckle; macula lutea- yellow large skin freckle |
| magni- |
large or greater; magnification- to make bigger |
| mal- |
bad, harm, injury; malignant- refering to a harmful injury |
| malac/o- |
soft or softening; osteromalacia- pertaiing to the softening of bones |
| mall/e/olus |
little hammer; malleolus- small hammer |
| malle/o- |
hammer; malleus- middle ear bone |
| mamm/o- |
breast; mammary- refers to the breast |
| man/o- |
hand; manual- pertaining to the hand |
| mand/i- |
chew or chewer; mandible- the part of your body that chews |
| -mania |
madness; kleptomaniac- madness of stealing |
| masset/o- |
chewer or to chew; masseter- one who chews |
| masseur |
male massager; masseur- giving massages |
| mast/o- |
breast; mastectomy- removal of breasts |
| mastic/o- |
to chew or chwing; mastication- process of chewing |
| -mata |
multiple; carcinomata- multiple crab-like growths |
| maxill/o- |
upper jaw; maxillary- referring to the jaw |
| measles |
rubella, reddish or red |
| meat/o- |
opening; meatus- refering to an opening |
| medi- |
middle; median- refering to middle |
| mega- |
great or big; megacolon- great or big large intestine |
| megalo- |
huge or large; hepatomegally- creation of huge liver |
| mei/o and mio- |
lesser, smaller, fewer and constrict; meiosis- to make smaller by splitting |
| mel- |
sweet, honey, cheek, limb; melitis, inflammation of the cheek. |
| melan/o- |
black; melanoma- skin cancer caused by a black tumor |
| men/o- |
monthly or month; menopause- monthlies |
| mening/o- |
membrane; menigitis- inflammation of the CNS membrane |
| menisc/o- |
cresecnt- knee cartilage that is in the shape of half moon or c |
| ment/o- |
mind; mental- pertains to mind |
| -mentum |
chin; antementum- before the chin |
| mes/o- |
middle; mesoderm- the middle layer of skin |
| meta- |
beyond or change; metastasis- changing from standing cancer or spreading of cancer |
| -meter |
measurement; spirometer- a breath measurement |
| metr/a- |
uterus or womb, endometritis- inflmation within the womb |
| -metry |
measurement procedure; optometry- a measuring process of vison |
| micro- |
small; microglossia- refering to a small tongue |
| mictur/o- |
to make water or urinate; micturition- proces of making water or urinate |
| milli- |
one-thousandth |
| minimus- |
smallest; minimum- refers to smallest |
| minute- |
small |
| -mitr/e |
head band or mitre box; mitral- refering to a head band |
| molo- |
to mill or grind; molar- refer to mill or grinding |
| mon/o- |
one; monocucleosis- condition of one nucleous |
| morpho- |
shape; amorphous- wihtout shape or form |
| mort/o- |
death; mortal- refering to death |
| -motor |
movement or motion; oculomotor- eye movement |
| muc/o- |
slime; mucoid- resembles slime |
Biology Lab Midterm
