Drills on Diction Worksheet

1. adip - fat: adipose - Relating to animal fat
2. bio - life: biopsy - removal and examination of tissue, cells, or fluids from the living body
3. capit - head: decapitat - To cut off the head
4. cephal - head: cephalad - Toward the head or anterior end of the body
5. corp - body: corpus - the body of an animal or person, especially dead
6. crani - skull: cranium - the part that encloses the brain
7. dent - tooth: dental - of or relating to the teeth or dentistry
8. hist - tissue: histology - deals w/ the minute structure of animal and plant tissues
9. later - side: lateral - of, or relating to the side
10. ocul - eye: oculist - One skilled in treating diseases in the eye.
11. oste - bone: osteoblast - A bone forming cell
12. phag - eat: phagocyte - A cell that engulfs and consumes foreign material and debris
13. pleur - side: pleura - The delicate serous membrane that lines each half of the thorax of mammals and is folded back over the surface of the lung of the same side
14. quad - four: quadriceps - The greater extensor muscle of the front of the thigh that is divided into four parts
16. ab - without: abasia - Inability to walk due to muscle coordination.
17. ad - toward: adrenal - Of relating to or derived from the adrenal glands or their secretions
18. angi - vessel: angiography - the radiographic visualization of the blood vessels after injection of a radiopaque substance
19. auto -self: autograft - A tissue or organ that is transplanted from one part to another of the same body.
20. centi - hundred: centimeter - one hundredth part ofSentence: The short book is one centimeter thick.
21. circum - around: circumflex - curving around
22. dextro - right: dextrad - : To or toward the right side
23. epi - upon: epigastric - of, relating to, supplying, or draining the anterior walls of the abdomen.
24. ex - out of: excision - the act or procedure of removing by or as if by cutting out
25. inter - between: interrenal - between the kidneys
26. non - not: nonviable - not capable of living or developing
27. ortho - straight: orthopedic - marked by or affected with a skeletal deformity, disorder, or injury
28. path - disease: pathology - The study of the essential nature of diseases and especially of the structural and functional changes produced by them
29. pseudo - false: pseudopod - the temporary projection of the cytoplasm of certain cells
30. sinistro - left: sinistrad - toward the left side
31. cide - kill: aborticide - a drug that causes abortion.
32. itis - inflame: hepatitis - inflammation of the liver.
33. logy - study of: histology - deals w/ the minute structure of animal and plant tissues
34. meter - measure: pedometer - An instrument usually in watch form that records the distance a person covers on foot by responding to the body motion at each step
35. plasty - formed: osteoplasty - plastic surgery on bone
36. scope - examine: otoscope - an instrument w/ lighting and magnifying systems used for visual examination of the tympanic membrane and the canal connecting it to the exterior of the body