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100
"Derm-" (Latin)
What is skin?
100
"Nas (o) -" (Latin) or "Rhin (o) -" (Greek)
What is the nose?
100
The Greek prefixes meaning "small" and "large," respectively.
What are "micro-" and "macro-" as in (provide examples).
100
The Greek prefix meaning bad, abnormal, defective or difficult as in "dysphagia."
What is "dys-" as in (give another example).
100
The Latin prefix meaning "double" or "two" of something, as in "binary."
What is "bi" as in (give another example).
200
"Cardi(o)-" (Latin)
What is the heart?
200
"Oto-" (Latin)
What is the ear?
200
The Greek prefix meaning "twofold" as in "diplosis."
What is "diplo-?" as in (give another example).
200
The Greek suffix indicating a condition or disease as in "Dwarfism."
What is "-ism" as in (give another example).
200
The Greek affix meaning water as in "hydrophobe."
What is "hydro-" as in (give another example).
300
"Nephro-" (Greek)
What is the kidney?
300
"Stoma-" (Greek)
What is the mouth?
300
The Greek prefix meaning "in the middle" as in mesoderm.
What is "meso-" as in (give another example).
300
The Greek suffix indicating inflammation, as in "tonsillitis."
What is "-itis" as in (give another example).
300
The Greek suffix meaning a visual representation or an instrument used to record a data picture, as in "cartography."
What is "-graph" as in (provide another example).
400
"Cerebr(o)-" (Latin)
What is the brain?
400
"Oculo-" (Latin)
What is the eye?
400
The colors indicated by the Greek affixes "chloro-" and "cyano-," respectively.
What are green and blue?
400
The Greek prefix meaning cancer.
What is "carcin (o)-" as in carcinogenic or cancer-causing.
400
The Latin prefix meaning around or go around something, as in "circumvent."
What is "circum-" as in (provide another example).
500
"Pulmon-" (Latin)
What are the lungs?
500
"Laryngo-" (Greek)
What is the larynx or voice box?
500
The shape indicated by the Greek word "sigmoid."
What is S-shaped?
500
The Greek suffix indicating an attack or seizure.
What is "-lepsy" or "lepsis" as in epilepsy.
500
The two very similar Latin prefixes indicating "between/among" and "within."
What are "inter-" and "intra-" respectively, as in "internet" and "intranasal."
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