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Prefix, Root, and Suffix G-K Study

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What prefix means "same"?

a)

iso

b)

gnos

c)

homo

d)

mono

2.

What root word refers to "iris"?

a)

im

b)

retin/o

c)

irid/o

d)

ile/o

3.

What suffix means "one who records"?

a)

-grapher

b)

-logist

c)

-id

d)

-graphy

4.

What is the term for "an opening"?

a)

fundus

b)

hilatus

c)

aperture

d)

foramen

5.

Which prefix means "beneath, below"?

a)

Juxta

b)

Infra

c)

ante

d)

retro

6.

What term describes "same; constant unchanging state"?

a)

In

b)

gingly/o

c)

path/o

d)

home/o

7.

What suffix indicates a condition or state of?

a)

kilo

b)

osis

c)

oma

d)

ism

8.

Which root word refers to body or nucleus?

a)

kal/I

b)

ischl/o

c)

kary/o

d)

kin/o

9.

What term describes a deficiency or blockage of blood supply?

a)

hypoxemia

b)

ischemia

c)

leukemia

d)

necrosis

10.

What prefix or root word means "other, different"?

a)

heter/o

b)

-Id

c)

-gen, -genesis, -genic

d)

In

11.

Which suffix or root word is associated with "pregnancy"?

a)

-Id

b)

omphal/o

c)

-gram

d)

gravid/o

12.

What suffix indicates a "condition of"?

a)

-logy

b)

In

c)

-Itis

d)

-Ity

13.

What is the root word for "uterus"?

a)

lclan

b)

ureter/o

c)

uter/o

d)

hyster/o

14.

What is the prefix that means "equal"?

a)

Is/o

b)

In

c)

a -

d)

Ism

15.

What is the root word for "ileum (hip bone)"?

a)

Jejun/o

b)

-lum

c)

duoden/o

d)

Ile/o

16.

What is the term for motion?

a)

exogenous

b)

potential

c)

latent

d)

kinetic

17.

Which root word refers to the liver?

a)

-id

b)

in

c)

hepat/o

d)

hormone

18.

What suffix means kind or type?

a)

-genous

b)

in

c)

-genic

d)

gangli/o, ganglion/o

19.

What is the root word for "Potassium"?

a)

kary/o

b)

ischi/o

c)

kal/i

d)

kin/o

20.

Which suffix indicates a pathological or abnormal condition?

a)

-lysis

b)

-ptosis

c)

-osis

d)

-iasis

21.

What is the root word for "old age, elderly"?

a)

-id

b)

geront/o

c)

glingiv/o

d)

lclan

22.

What is the prefix or root word for "inguinal or groin"?

a)

Inguin/o

b)

homo

c)

lctal

d)

-ld

23.

Which prefix means "within, inside"?

a)

trans

b)

Intra

c)

sub

d)

-ld

24.

What is the prefix or root word for "sugar, sweet"?

a)

glyc/o, glycos/o

b)

gluc/o

c)

-ld

d)

gloss/o

25.

What is the term for a gluey substance?

a)

gangl/o, ganglion/o

b)

-glia

c)

-cyte

d)

-phasia

26.

Which prefix means below or less than normal?

a)

hyper

b)

hypo

c)

endo

d)

tachy

27.

What is the suffix for an instrument that records?

a)

-graph

b)

-graphy

c)

in

d)

-grapher

28.

What is the prefix that means "to flame within"?

a)

Inflam

b)

Kilo

c)

Ism

d)

Pyro

29.

Which prefix means "one thousand"?

a)

Milll

b)

Glga

c)

Kilo

d)

Mega

30.

What is the prefix that means "hump"?

a)

Ile/o

b)

Kyph/o

c)

Kin/o

d)

Dors/o

31.

What is the prefix or root word for "blood"?

a)

hem/o, arterl/o

b)

hemi-

c)

hem/o, hemat/o

d)

-ld

32.

What is the prefix or root word for "stomach"?

a)

hormone-

b)

gastr/o

c)

latric

d)

-ld

33.

What is the prefix or root word for "near"?

a)

latric

b)

epl

c)

juxta

d)

meso

34.

What is the root word for "humerus"?

a)

-la

b)

lipold

c)

-ld

d)

humer/o

35.

What is the root word for "hernia, or protrusion of an organ through a membrane or cavity wall"?

a)

herni/o

b)

cor/e

c)

ile/o

d)

gangli/o, ganglion/o

36.

What is the root word for "horn, hard tissue"?

a)

kerat/o

b)

choroid/o

c)

-ld

d)

-lum

37.

What is the term for "gum"?

a)

hiatus

b)

gingiv/o

c)

lclan

d)

hormone

38.

Which suffix means "pertaining to, structure"?

a)

In

b)

-lum

c)

Im

d)

-oma

39.

What suffix indicates "state of, condition, process"?

a)

-la

b)

-sls

c)

-lc

d)

-oma

40.

What prefix means "not"?

a)

kin/o

b)

-la

c)

kilo

d)

im

41.

What root word means "tissue"?

a)

in

b)

cyt/o

c)

-ic, ical, is

d)

hist/o

42.

What does the suffix "-ic, ical, is" mean?

a)

condition of

b)

pertaining to the chin

c)

one who records

d)

pertaining to

43.

Which prefix means "above, more than normal"?

a)

hyper

b)

para

c)

hypo

d)

homo

44.

Which prefix means "between"?

a)

-lum

b)

sub

c)

Inter

d)

In

45.

Which root word is associated with "sugar, sweet, glucose"?

a)

calc/o

b)

gluc/o

c)

glyc/o

d)

Insulin/o

46.

What is the root word for "glomerulus; kidney nephron"?

a)

ureter/o

b)

-ld

c)

glomerul/o

d)

hyster/o

47.

What is the root word for "knowledge"?

a)

homo

b)

sapr

c)

ician

d)

gnos

48.

What suffix means "one who specializes"?

a)

lm

b)

ary

c)

ist

d)

ian

49.

What suffix is associated with the medical profession or physician?

a)

-ia

b)

-iatric

c)

-ician

d)

-iatrist

50.

Which suffix means "to produce, origin"?

a)

-gram

b)

-genous

c)

-in

d)

-gen, -genesis, -genic

51.

What root word is related to reproductive organs?

a)

gangli/o, ganglion/o

b)

-id

c)

genit/o

d)

-gen, -genesis, -genic

52.

Which prefix means "half"?

a)

gangli/o, ganglion/o

b)

hemi-

c)

in

d)

hem/o, hemat/o

53.

Which prefix means "U-shaped"?

a)

glyc/o, glycos/o

b)

hy/o

c)

my/o

d)

is/o

54.

Which prefix means "in; within; not"?

a)

Ist

b)

Im

c)

In

d)

Infra

55.

What is the root word for "sex glands"?

a)

kerat/o

b)

hepat/o

c)

geront/o

d)

gonad/o

56.

Which suffix indicates "inflammation or infection of"?

a)

-ltis

b)

-osis

c)

-algia

d)

-ity

57.

What is the root word for "water"?

a)

hy/o

b)

hydr/o

c)

hypo

d)

hygr/o

58.

What is the suffix for the process of making a picture?

a)

-ectomy

b)

-scopy

c)

-grapher

d)

-graphy

59.

What is the term for the ischium (pelvic bone)?

a)

-Id

b)

Ischi/o

c)

-lum

d)

kal/I

60.

What is the root word for tongue?

a)

gingiv/o

b)

-Id

c)

gloss/o

d)

lingu/o