Deck 2: Word Roots and Combining Forms

Question 1

The combining form actin(o) means:

A) Air
B) Light
C) Starch
D) Weight

Answer 1

Light

Question 2

The combining form aer(o) means:

A) Starch
B) Bacterial
C) Immature cell
D) Air

Answer 2

Air

Question 3

The combining form algio means:

A) Spiny
B) Chyle
C) Color
D) Pain

Answer 3

Pain

Question 4

The combining form amyl(o) means:

A) Starch
B) Spiny
C) Calcium
D) Color

Question 5

The combining form necr(o) means:

A) Radiation
B) Cause
C) Death
D) Pus

Question 6

The combining form lith(o) means:

A) Stone
B) Old age
C) Plant
D) Drugs

Question 7

The combining form lys(o) means:

A) Dust
B) Destruction
C) Tension
D) Pus

Question 8

The combining form troph(o) means:

A) Poison
B) Food
C) Night
D) Milk

Question 9

The combining form phyt(o) means:

A) Pus
B) Starch
C) Plant
D) Life

Question 10

The combining form galact(o) means:

A) Radiation
B) Light
C) Fiber
D) Milk

Question 11

The combining form stere(o) means:

A) Poison
B) Night
C) Three-dimensional
D) Dust

Question 12

The combining form coni(o) means:

A) Tension
B) Dust
C) Old age
D) Pus

Question 13

The combining form lip(o) means:

A) Glucose
B) Fat
C) Iron
D) Body

Question 14

The combining form salping(o) means:

A) Tube
B) Scale
C) Ketone
D) Cell

Question 15

The combining form cyst(o) means:

A) Cell
B) Bladder
C) Chyle
D) Chime

Question 16

The combining form blast(o) means:

A) Calcium
B) Bladder
C) Immature cells

Question 17

The combining form dips(o) means:

A) Cold
B) Thirst
C) Light
D) Sound

Question 18

The combining form kin(o) means:

A) Sensation
B) Movement
C) Heat
D) Light

Question 19

The combining form andr(o) means:

A) Normal
B) Masculine
C) Large
D) Smaller

Question 20

The combining form immun(o) means:

A) Immune
B) Black
C) Tiny
D) Normal

Question 21

The combining form idi(o) means:

A) Distinct
B) Dry
C) Safe
D) Hidden

Question 22

The combining form chlor(o) means:

A) Red
B) Black
C) Blue
D) Green

Question 23

The combining form staphyl(o) means:

A) Yellow
B) Monster
C) Twisted chains
D) Grapelike clusters

Question 24

The combining form scolio means:

A) Bent
B) Narrowness
C) Round
D) Hardness

Question 25

The combining form pseud(o) means:

A) Physical
B) False
C) Yellow
D) Monster

Question 26

The combining form pachy means:

A) Spasm
B) Humpback
C) Thick
D) Cancer

Question 27

The combining form pyr(o) means:

A) Red
B) Fever
C) Disease
D) Tumor

Question 28

The combining form carcin(o) means:

A) Cancer
B) Tumor
C) Disease
D) Spasm

Question 29

The combining form path(o) means:

A) Thick
B) Disease
C) Split
D) Tumor

Question 30

The combining form onch(o) means:

A) Tumor
B) Thick
C) Split
D) Disease

Question 31

The combining form bacteri(o) means:

A) Bacilli
B) Bacteria
C) Cancer
D) Tumor

Question 32

The combining form gonio means:

A) Back
B) Place
C) Angle
D) Right

Question 33

The combining form mes(o) means:

A) Straight
B) Place
C) Middle
D) Back

Question 34

The combining form dextr(o) means:

A) Straight
B) Right
C) Middle
D) Back

Question 35

The combining form orth(o) means:

A) Straight
B) Place
C) Middle
D) Back

Question 36

The combining form narc(o) means:

A) Sleep
B) Speech
C) Eat
D) Breath

Question 37

The combining form phago means:

A) Sleep
B) Eat
C) Speech
D) Producing

Question 38

The combining form log(o)means:

A) Thought
B) Sleep
C) Breath
D) Eating

Question 39

A cancerous tumor is a ______ oma

Question 40

The study of structure and function of immune system is _______ logy

Question 41

The condition of lateral curvature of the spine: ________________________ sis

Question 42

The graphic record of the electrical activity of a muscle is a __________________ myogram

Question 43

The study of the structure of animals and plants is ___________ logy

Question 44

The combining term for iron is: ____________________.

Question 45

The combining term for physical or natural is: ____________________.

Question 46

The combining term for drugs is: ____________________.

Question 47

The combining term for distinct or unknown is: ____________________.

Question 48

The combining term for sugars is: ____________________.

Question 49

The singular of fungi is: ____________________.

Question 50

The definition of erythr(o) is: ____________________.

Question 51

The definition of lact(o) is: ____________________.

Question 52

The definition of phot(o) is: ____________________.

Question 53

The definition of toxic(o) is: ____________________.

Question 54

The definition of scler(o) is: ____________________.

Question 55

The definition of somn(o) is: ____________________.

Question 56

The definition of onco is: ____________________.

Question 57

The definition of geront(o) is: ____________________.

Question 58

The definition of mio is: ____________________.

Question 59

The definition of fluor(o) is: ____________________.

Question 60

The definition of phyt(o) is: ____________________.

Question 61

The definition of radio is: ____________________.

Question 62

The formation of cartilage is ______________________ genesis