Microbiology Quiz 1

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A- / An- without, not, deficient - ABIOTIC, ANAEROBIC  
Ab- away from, not, off - ABDUCT  
Acr- an extremity - ACROMEGALY  
Ad- to, toward, near - ADDUCT  
Adeno- glandular - ADENOMA  
Allo- other - ALLELE  
Amphi- two, both - AMPHIBIAN  
Andro- an old man - ANDROGEN  
Aniso- unequal, dissimilar - ANISOCYTOSIS  
Ante- before - ANTENATAL  
Anti- against, counteracting - ANITBIOTIC  
Apo- away from, separation - APOENZYME  
Arthro- joint - ARTHRITIS, ARTHROPOD  
Auto- self - AUTOIMMUNE, AUTOTROPH  
Bi- / Bin- / Bis- double, twice, two - BINARY, BINOCULAR  
Bili- bile - BILIRUBIN  
Bio- life - BIOLOGY, BIOSPHERE  
Blasto- sprout - BLASTOCYST, OSTEOBLAST  
Brachi- arm - BRACHIOCEPHALIC  
Brady- slow - BRADYCARDIA  
Cardio- heart - CARDIAC  
Cata- against, lower, under - CATARACT, CATABOLISM  
Centi- hundred, a hundredth - CENTIGRAM  
Cephal- head - CEPHALOTHORAX  
Chole- bile - CHOLECYSTITIS  
Chondro- cartilage - CHONDROCYTE  
Chrom- color - CHROMATHERAPY  
Circum- around - CIRCUMFERENCE  
Co- / Con- together, with - COAGULATE, CONCENTRATE  
Contra- against, opposite - CONTRACEPTION  
Costo- ribs, a rib - INTERCOSTAL  
Crani- skull - CRANIOTOMY  
Crypt- hidden - CRYPTORCHIDISM  
Cyst- sac, bladder - CYSTITIS  
Cyto- cell - CYTOLOGY  
De- down, from - DEBRIDE, DEHYDRATE  
Deci- tenth - DECIMAL  
Dent- tooth - DENTIST  
Derma- skin - DERMATITIS  
Di- / Dipl- double, twice, apart from - DIPLOID  
Dia- through, between, across - DIAPHRAGM  
Dorso- back - DORSAL  
Dys- abnormal, bad, difficult, painful, unlike - DYSPHAGIA  
Eco- house, home - ECOSPHERE  
Ecto- outer, without - ECTOPARASITE  
En- / Endo- in, into, within - ENDOSKELETON  
Encephal- brain - ENCHEPHALO  
Entero- pertaining to the intestine - ENTERITIS  
Epi- above, upon - EPIDEMIC  
Erythro- red - ERYTHROCYTE  
Ex- / Extra- out, out of, away from - EXTRACELLULAR  
Eu- well, good, true - EUKARYOTE  
Fore- before, in front of - FOREHEAD  
Gastro- stomach - GASTRITIS  
Glosso- tongue - GLOSSITIS  
Glyco- sugar - GLYCOLYSIS  
Gyneco- woman - GYNECOLOGIST  
Hema- blood - HEMATURIA  
Hemi- half - HEMISPHERE  
Hepa- liver - HEPATITIS  
Hetero- different - HETEROZYGOUS  
Histo- tissue - HISTOLOGY  
Homeo- similarity - HOMOZYGOUS  
Hydro- water - HYDROCARBON  
Hyper- above, increased, beyond - HYPERTONIC  
Hypo- under, decreased - HYPOTHALAMUS  
Hystero- uterus - HYSTERECTOMY  
In- / Intra- in, within, inside, into - INTRAVENOUS  
Infra- below, beneath - INFRARED  
Inter- between - INTERCELLULAR  
Iso- equal, identical - ISOTONIC  
Lac- milk - LACTATE  
Leuco- white - LEUCOCYTE  
Macro- big, large - MACROCYTE  
Mast- breast - MASTITIS  
Mal- bad, poor - MALFORMATION  
Medi- middle - MEDIAN  
Meg- great - MEGALOCYTE  
Micro- small - MICROBIOLOGY  
Mono- single - MONOCYTE  
Morph- form - MORPHOLOGY  
Multi- many - MULTICELLULAR  
Myc- fungus - MYCOLOGY  
Myo- muscle - MYOCARDIUM  
Narco- numbness, stupor - NARCOLEPSY  
Neo- new, recent - NEONATAL  
Nephro- kidney - NEPHROLOGY  
Neuro- nerve - NEUROPATHY  
Non- not - NONINFECTIOUS  
Ob- against, in front of, on toward - OBSTRUCTION  
Oo- / Ov- egg - OOGENESIS  
Opthalm- eye - OPTHALMOLOGIST  
Orchid- testicle - ORCHITIS  
Ortho- straight, normal, correct - ORTHODONTIST  
Os- mouth - OSCULUM  
Os- / Osteo- bone - OSTEOCYTE  
Oto- ear - OTOLITH  
Pan- all - PANCYTOPENIA  
Path- disease - PATHOGEN  
Ped- child, foot - PEDIATRIC, PEDAL  
Peri- around - PERIOSTEUM  
Photo- light - PHOTOSYNTHESIS  
Phleb- vein - PHLEBITIS  
Pneumo- air, lungs - PNEUMONIA  
Pod- foot - PODIATRIST  
Polio- gray - POLIOMYELITIS  
Poly- much, many - POLYPEPTIDE  
Post- after - POSTPARTUM  
Pre- before - PRECANCEROUS  
Pro- before, for, on account of - PROGERIA  
Py- pus - PYURIA  
Pyr- fever - ANTIPYRETIC  
Ren- kidney - RENAL  
Retro- backward - RETROVIRUS  
Rhin- nose - RHINITIS  
Sarco- flesh - SARCOPHAGUS  
Semi- half - SEMICONCIOUS  
Scler- hard - SCLEROSIS  
Sub- under, beneath - SUBCUTANEOUS  
Super- / Supra- above, excess - SUPERFICIAL  
Syn- / Sym- union, together - SYNTHESIS  
Tachy- fast - TACHYCARDIA  
Taxo- to arrange - TAXONOMY  
Tele- distant - TELESCOPE  
Thermo- heat - THERMOS  
Trop- to turn toward - TROPISM  
Tropho- nutrition - TROPHIC LEVEL  
Ultra- beyond, excess - ULTRAVIOLET  
Uni- one - UNINUCLEAR  
Vaso- a vessel - VESECTOMY  
Zo- animal - ZOONOSE  

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