level: Building Terms
Questions and Answers List
level questions: Building Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Adip/o | Fat |
| Albin/o | White |
| Bi/o | Life |
| Carcin/o | Cancer; Cancerous |
| Cutane/o | Skin |
| Erythem/o | Redness; Flushed |
| Hidr/o | Sweat |
| Ichthy/o | Dry; Scaly |
| Kerat/o | Horny; Hard; Cornea |
| Melan/o | Black |
| Myc/o | Fungus |
| Onych/o | Nail |
| Pil/o | Hair |
| Py/o | Pus |
| Seb/o | Sebum |
| Squam/o | Scale |
| Streat/o | Fat; Sebum |
| Therm/o | Heat |
| Ungul/o | Hoof |
| Xer/o | Dry |
| Epi- | Above; upon; on |
| Intra- | Within; into |
| Hyper- | Increased; excessive; above |
| Hypo- | Deficient; below; under; less than normal |
| Meta- | Change; beyond |
| Par- | Other then; normal |
| Sub- | Under; below |
| -al | Pertaining to |
| -cyte | Cell |
| -dema | Skin |
| -ectomy | Removal; excision; resection |
| -ema | Condition |
| -ism | Process; condition |
| -ist | Specialist |
| -itis | Inflammation |
| -logy | Study of |
| -lysis | Destruction; breakdown; separation |
| -oma | Tumor; mass; collection of fluid |
| -opsy | To view; view of |
| -ose | Pertaining to; full of; sugar |
| -osis | Abnormal condition |
| -plasty | Surgical repair |
| -rrhea | Flow; discharge |