level: Building Terms
Questions and Answers List
level questions: Building Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Acr/o | Extremities |
| Aden/o | Gland |
| Adren/o | Adrenal Gland |
| Andr/o | Male |
| Calc/o | Calcium |
| Cortic/o | Cortex (outer region) |
| Crin/o | To secrete |
| Dips/o | Thirst |
| Estr/o | Female |
| Gluc/o | Sugar |
| Gonad/o | Sex glands |
| Home/o | Sameness |
| Hormon/o | Hormones |
| Insulin/o | Insulin |
| Kal/i | Potassium |
| Keton/o | Ketone bodies (ketones) |
| Lact/o | Milk |
| Natr/o | Sodium |
| Pancreat/o | Pancreas |
| Parathyroid/o | Parathyroid glands |
| Phys/o | Growth; Growing |
| Pineal/o | Pineal gland |
| Pituitar/o | Pituitary |
| Somat/o | Body |
| Ster/o | Solid Structure |
| Thym/o | Thymus gland |
| Thyr/o | Thyroid gland |
| Toc/o | Childbirth |
| Toxic/o | Poison |
| Ur/o | Urine; Urinary tract |
| Endo- | In; within |
| Eu- | Good; normal; true |
| Hyper- | Above; excessive; increased |
| Hypo- | Below; deficient; decreased |
| Oxy- | Rapid; sharp; acid |
| Pan- | All |
| Poly- | Many; much |
| Tetra- | Four |
| Tri- | Three |
| -agon | To assemble; gather |
| -al | Pertaining to |
| -ectomy | Removal; excision; resection |
| -emia | Blood condition |
| -emic | Pertaining to a blood condition |
| -gen | Producing; forming |
| -in | A substance |
| -ism | Process; condition |
| -ist | Specialist |
| -itis | Inflammation |
| -logy | Study of |
| -megaly | Enlargement |
| -oid | Resembling |
| -oma | Tumor; mass; collection of fluid |
| -one | Hormone |
| -osis | Abnormal condition |
| -pathy | Disease condition |
| -stasis | Stopping; controlling |
| -tomy | Incision; process of cutting into |
| -tropic | Turning |
| -tropin | Stimulate; act on |
| -uria | Urination; condition of urine |