BIO 201/202 Vocabulary Words

Quiz 1 Number or Size Quiz 3 Direction Quiz 4 Prefixes

1 bi- two 1 ab- away from 1 a-, an- without toward,
increase,
2 dipl/o- two, double 2 acr- extremity, topmost 2 ad- on
3 hemi- half 3 af- toward 3 anti- against
4 hyper- high 4 cis- on this side 4 auto- self
5 hypo- low 5 de- to remove, away from 5 auxo- increase, growth
6 iso- equal, same 6 dia- across, separate 6 brachy- short
7 macro- large 7 ecto- outer, outside 7 brady- slow
8 megal/o enlargement 8 ef- out of 8 con- with
9 micro- small 9 endo- inside or within 9 contra- against
10 mono- one 10 epi- upon 10 dura- hard
difficult or with
11 multi- many 11 ex, exo- out, away from 11 dys- pain
12 poly- many 12 extra- outside 12 eu- new
13 quad- four 13 infra- below 13 gluco- sweet
14 semi- half 14 inter- between 14 glyco- sugar
15 tri- three 15 intra- within 15 gravi- severe, heavy
16 uni- one 16 juxta- near to, alongside 16 histo- tissue
17 per- through 17 hydro- water
Quiz 2 Color 18 peri- around 18 idio- self
1 alb- white 19 post- behind, after 19 mal- bad, poor
2 chlor- green 20 pre- before, in front of 20 narco- numb, sleep
3 chrom- color 21 pro- before 21 necro- dead
4 cyan- blue 22 retro- behind, in back of 22 neo- new
5 eosin- red 23 sub- under 23 nocti- night
6 erythro- red 24 super- beyond 24 pyo- pus
7 glauco- grey or blue-grey 25 supra- above 25 pyr, pyro- fire
8 leuco, leuko- white 26 syn- together 26 sclero- tough, hard
9 melano- black 27 trans- across 27 tachy- fast
10 porphyr- purple 28 ventro- belly 28 ultra- beyond
11 rhodo- red
12 xantho- yellow
BIO 201/202 Vocabulary Words

Quiz 5 Anatomical Location Quiz 6 Anatomical Location Quiz 7 Suffixes

1 acro- extremity 1 lacrimo- tears 1 -algia pain
2 adeno- gland 2 lipo- fat 2 -centesis surgical puncture
3 ambi- both sides 3 litho- stone, calculus 3 -cidal killing
4 angio- vessel 4 lumbo- lumbar area 4 -ectomy excision
5 arterio- artery 5 myo- muscle 5 -emesis vomiting
6 blasto- embryo 6 myelo- spinal cord, bone marrow 6 -emia blood
7 cadio- heart 7 nephron- kidney 7 -gen, -genes to begin, to cause
8 carpo- wrist 8 neuro- nerve 8 -oma tumor
9 cephalo- head 9 opthalmo- eye 9 -orrhea flow
10 cerebro- cerebrum 10 osteo- bone 10 -ostomy new opening
11 chole- bile, gallbladder 11 oto- ear 11 -otomy incision
12 colo- colon 12 pepso- digestion 12 -pedal foot
13 colpo- vagina 13 phalango- finger 13 -plegia, -plegic paralysis
to slow down or
14 costo- ribs 14 phlebo- veins 14 -static, -stasis stop
15 cranio- cranium 15 pleuro- pleura 15 -tome instrument
16 cyst- bladder or sac 16 pneumo- lung 16 -tripsy crushing
17 cyto- cell 17 podo- foot
18 dermo- skin 18 procto- rectum and anus
19 dorso- back 19 pyelo- kidney
20 entero- intestines 20 recto- rectum
21 gastro- stomach 21 stoma,
rhino- nose
22 gloss- tongue 22 stomat- mouth or opening
23 gyneco- women 23 tympano- eardrum
24 hemo-, hemato- blood 24 uro- urine
25 kerato- cornea 25 vas, vaso- vessel