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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| cyt/o | cell |
| -cyte | cell |
| gen/o | beginning, origin |
| -genic | produced by or in |
| -genesis | producing, forming |
| gram/o | to record |
| -gram | to record |
| -graph | recording instrument |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| kinesi/o | movement, motion |
| -kinesia | movement, motion |
| -kinesis | movement, motion |
| leps/o | seizure |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| lys/o | destruction, dissolving |
| -lysin | that which destroys |
| -lysis | dissolving, destruction, freeing |
| -lytic | capable of destroying |
| malac/o | soft, softening |
| -malacia | softening |
| megal/o | enlargement |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| metr/o | measure, uterine tissue |
| -meter | instrument used to measure |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| path/o | disease |
| -pathy | disease |
| phag/o | eat, swallowing, ingesting |
| -phagia | eat, swallowing, ingesting |
| -phagic | eat, swallowing, ingesting |
| -phagy | eat, swallowing, ingesting |
| phas/o | speech |
| -phasia | speech |
| pleg/o | paralysis |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| schis/o | split, cleft |
| schiz/o | split, cleft |
| schist/o | split, cleft |
| -schisis | split, cleft |
| scler/o | hard, hardening |
| -sclerosis | hard, hardening |
| scop/o | to examine, to view |
| -scope | instrument used for viewing |
| -scopy | process of visually examining |
| troph/o | nutritian |
| -trophic | nutritian |
| -trophy | nutrition |
| aer/o | air |
| blast/o | embryonic form |
| cancer/o | cancer |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| cephal/o | head, toward the head |
| cry/o | cold |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| dips/o | thirst |
| electr/o | electricity |
| fibr/o | fiber |
| hist/o | tissue |
| myc/o | fungus |
| narc/o | stupor |
| necr/o | dead, death |
| optic/o | vision |
| opt/o | vision |
| pharmac/o | drugs, medicine |
| phon/o | voice |
| phot/o | light |
| py/o | pus |
| therm/o | heat |
| top/o | place, position |
| trache/o | windpipe |