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KSS SM 3 VocabTest 2
SM 3 VocabTest 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a-, an- | no, not, without, lack of, apart |
| ad- | toward, near, to |
| bi- | two, double |
| de- | down, away from; take away, remove |
| di- | two, double |
| dia- | through, between |
| dif-, dis- | apart, free from, separate |
| ec-, ecto- | out, outside, outer |
| end-, endo- | within, inner |
| ep-, epi- | upon, over, beyond |
| eu- | good, normal |
| ex-, exo- | out, away from |
| extra- | outside, beyond |
| hyper- | above, beyond, excessive |
| hypo- | below, under, deficient |
| in- | in, into, not |
| mega- | large, great |
| meta- | beyond, over, between, change |
| para- | beside, alongside, abnormal |
| poly- | many, much, excessive |
| post- | after, behind |
| pre- | before, in front of |
| pro- | before, in front of |
| super- | above, beyond |
| supra- | above, beyond |
| acro- | extremities; top or extreme point |
| aero- | air |
| aniso- | unequal |
| brady- | slow |
| dys- | bad, painful, difficult |
| hemi- | one side, half |
| hemo- | blood |
| hetero- | different |
| homo- | same |
| hydro- | water |
| iso- | equal, same |
| lip- | fat |
| mal- | bad, poor |
| megalo- | large (enlarged) |
| noct- | night |
| nyct- | night |
| pan- | all, every |
| per- | through |
| peri- | around, surrounding |
| pyo- | pus |
| re- | put back |
| syn- | going together, unites |
| tachy- | fast |
| tri- | three |
| quadri- | four |
| deca- | ten |
| multi- | many (more than one) |
| primi- | first |
| semi- | half (partially) |
| ambi- | both or both sides |
| ab- | away from |
| circum- | around |
| contra- | opposition, against |
| infra- | below, under |
| intra- | inside |
| meso- | middle |
| retro- | behind, backward |
| sub- | under, near |
| acu- | needle |
| bio- | life |
| equi- | equality, equal |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| aden/o | gland |
| andr/o | men |
| angi/o | vessel |
| appendage | attached to or outgrowth |
| appendic/o | appendix |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arthr/o | joint |
| encephal/o | brain |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| gyne | woman |
| hepat/o | liver |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| irid/o | iris (eye) |
| lamina, lamin/o | thin, flat part of vertebra |
| lingua | tongue |
| lob/o | lobe, as of lung or brain |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mast/o | breast |
| myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| my/o | muscle |
| nerphr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| oste/o | bone |
| ot/o | ear |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| pharyng/o | pharynx |
| phleb/o | vein |
| pneum/o | lungs (air or gas) |
| ren/i | kidney |
| rhin/o | nose |
| scar/o | sacrum |
| spleen/o | spleen |
| spondyl/o | vertebra |
| steth/o | chest |
| stomat/o | mouth |
| ten/o | tendon |
| thorac/o | thorax |
| thyr/o | thyroid gland |
| trache/o | trachea |
| tympan/o | eardrum |
| vas/o | vessel |
| ven/i | vein |
| dipl/o | pairs; bacteria that grow in pairs |
| staphyl/o | bunches, like grapes; bacteria that grow in clusters |
| strept/o | twisted; bacteria that grow in twisted chains |
| alb | white |
| chlor/o | green |
| chrom/o | color |
| cirrh/o | orange-yellow |
| cyan/o | blue |
| erythr/o | red |
| leuk/o | white |
| melan/o | black |
| poli/o | gray |
| rhod/o | red |
| rubi/o | reddish, redness |
| xanth/o | yellowish |
| adip/o | fat |
| blast/o | early embryonic stage, immature |
| calor/i | heat |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| caud/o | tail |
| cavit/o, cav/o | hollow, cavity |
| chron/o | time, timing |
| consci/o | awareness, aware |
| constrict/o | narrowing |
| corpor/o | body |
| cry/o | cold |
| dolor/o | pain |
| dynam/o | power, strength |
| eti/o | etiology |
| febr/i | fever |
| funct/o | performance |
| gel/o | to freeze, congeal |
| ger/o | aged, old age |
| hapl/o | simple, single |
| hist/o | tissue |
| kel/o | tumor, fibrous growth |
| medic/o | heal, healing |
| morph/o | shape, form |
| nos/o | disease |
| nutri/o, nutrit/o | nourish |
| pant/o | all, whole |
| path/o | disease |
| pharmac/o | drugs |
| physic/o | physical, natural |
| plex/o | network (nerves or vessels) |
| puls/o, pulsat/o | to beat, beating |
| purul/o | pus formation |
| pyr/o | fire, fever, heat |
| scirrh/o | hard |
| systol/o | contraction |
| therm/o | heat |
| tors/o | twisting, twisted |
| tri/o | to sort out, sorting |
| vir/o | virus |
| viscer/o | internal organs |
| vit/o | lifezyg/o |
| Suffixes-ectomy | excision, removal |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -os/tomy | mouth, forming an opening |
| -tomy | incision, to cut into |
| -desis | binding, stabilization |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -plasty | molding or shaping |
| -clasis | to break down, refracture |
| -lysis | loosen, free from adhesions, destruction |