Up-rooted! (word roots)
Let's start from the very beginning (prefixes)
Coming in last (suffixes)
All Together Now (Real Words)
Strikingly inconsequential factoids
100
hem, hemat
What is the word root for "blood"?
100
multi-
What is the root word for "many"?
100
-meter
What is the suffix for "instrument used to measure"?
100
cytocidal
What is "something that kills cells"?
100
The Beatles
What is a great band from the 1960's?
200
pneum, pneumon
What is the word root for "lungs"?
200
anti-
What is the prefix for "against"?
200
-megaly
What is the suffix for "enlargement"?
200
hypogastric
What is the area "under the stomach"?
200
Latitude - N 34.144644 Longitude - W 114.289686
What are the latitude and longitude of Parker, AZ?
300
gastr
What is the word root for "stomach"?
300
ante
What is the root word for "before"?
300
-gen, -genesis, -genic
What is the suffix for "producing or causing"?
300
epidemiologist
Who is someone who studies the health burdens "upon the people"/a disease detective?
300
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
What is the new healthcare legislation put forth by the Obama administration?
400
phleb, ven
What is the word root for "veins"?
400
mal-
What is the prefix for "bad"?
400
-lytic
What is the suffix for "destroy" or "reduce"?
400
myocyte
What is a muscle cell?
400
Syria
What is a country where recently the government has likely used chemical weapons on its own people?
500
hepat
What is the word root for "liver"?
500
glyc-
What is the prefix for "sweet"?
500
-cyte
What is the suffix for "cell"?
500
osteoarthritis
What is a disease that involves the degeneration/ inflammation of joints, including associated bone and cartilage?
500
Geneva Convention
What are legal standards for the international community regarding the humanitarian treatment of victims of war?