FREQUENTLY USED ROOT WORDS RELATED TO POSITIONS, CONDITIONS, DISEASES AND PROCESSES
Learning root words and their meaning help you to understand and remember biology terms very easily. Given below is the table showing frequently used root words related to Positions, Conditions, diseases and processes. Try to memorize them and practice the problems below.
Root words
|
Meaning
|
1. –aemia
|
condition related to blood
|
2. extra-
|
outer
|
3. –gen
|
forming, producing
|
4. –genesis
|
formation, production
|
5. hyper-
|
above, increase
|
6. hypo-
|
below, decrease
|
7. inter-
|
between
|
8. intra-
|
inside
|
9. –itis
|
infalammation
|
10. lyso-, -lysis
|
breakdown
|
11. meso-
|
middle
|
12. onco-, carcino-
|
cancer, tumor
|
13. –osis
|
condition
|
14. –paenia
|
lack, deficiency
|
15. patho-, -pathy
|
disease
|
16. peri-
|
surrounding, all around
|
17. –tomy
|
surgical cutting
|
18. –uria
|
condition related to urine
|
Practice yourself
Choose the correct option:
1. High blood pressure is scientifically known as
A. Hypotension
B. Hypertension
C. Hypoglycemia
D. Hyperglycemia
2. The scientific study of cancer is called
2. The scientific study of cancer is called
A. Pathology
B. Neurology
C. Histology
D. Oncology
3. Pathology is the study of
A. Blood
B. Eye
C. Diseases
D. Microbes
4. Inflammation of kidney is termed as
A. Nephritis
B. Nephridia
C. Renal calculi
D. Uraemia
5. The agents that cause cancer is known as
A. Oncogenes
B. Carcinogens
C. Carcinoma
D. Sarcoma
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