Exam 2 Biological Greek And Latin

Front 1

-ium, -ion

Back 1

little

Front 2

-idium, -idion

Back 2

little

Front 3

-arium, -arion

Back 3

little

Front 4

-isk, -iscus

Back 4

little

Front 5

ASC

Back 5

bag, sac

Front 6

BRANCHI-

Back 6

gills

Front 7

CARP-

Back 7

fruit

Front 8

CELE-

Back 8

hernia, swelling

Front 9

COLP-

Back 9

vagina

Front 10

GEN(E)-, GON-

Back 10

to produce, to be produced

Front 11

HELI-

Back 11

sun

Front 12

MER-

Back 12

part, segment

Front 13

NYCT-

Back 13

night

Front 14

ONYM-

Back 14

name

Front 15

OO-

Back 15

egg

Front 16

PACHY-

Back 16

thick

Front 17

PEN-

Back 17

deficiency, want

Front 18

PHLEB-

Back 18

vein

Front 19

PHTHI-

Back 19

to waste away

Front 20

PHYC-

Back 20

seaweed, algae

Front 21

PTO-

Back 21

to fall

Front 22

SALPING

Back 22

tube, eustachian or fallopian tube

Front 23

SAUR-

Back 23

lizard

Front 24

XANTH-

Back 24

yellow
(xanthan gum- yellow gum)

Front 25

-ize

Back 25

to make, to treat, to do something with

Front 26

-ate

Back 26

to make, to treat, to do something with

Front 27

-AGRA

Back 27

painful seizure (cramp)

Front 28

BRACHI-

Back 28

arm

Front 29

CENTE-

Back 29

to puncture

Front 30

CHIR-, CHEIR-

Back 30

hand

Front 31

CEL(I)-, COEL-, -COEL

Back 31

cavity, abdominal cavity

Front 32

DENDR-

Back 32

tree

Front 33

HYAL-

Back 33

glass, vitreous body of the eye

Front 34

LARYNG-

Back 34

larynx, throat

Front 35

LEI-

Back 35

smooth

Front 36

MALAC-

Back 36

soft

Front 37

MASTIG-, MASTIX-

Back 37

whip, flagellum

Front 38

MIS-

Back 38

hate

Front 39

PTER-, PTERYG(I)

Back 39

wing, fin

Front 40

SCHIZ-, SCHIS(T)-

Back 40

to split

Front 41

SPLANCHN-

Back 41

entrails, viscera

Front 42

THI-

Back 42

sulfur

Front 43

THORAC-

Back 43

chest, thorax

Front 44

TOX-

Back 44

poison

Front 45

TRICH-, THRIX-

Back 45

hair (cilia, flagella)

Front 46

XER-

Back 46

dry

Front 47

-ma
(pluralize)

Back 47

-mata

eg. stoma- stomata, carcinoma- carcinomata

Front 48

-sis
(pluralize)

Back 48

-ses

eg. diagnosis- diagnoses

Front 49

-on
(pluralize)

Back 49

-a

eg. phenomenon- phenomena

Front 50

-itis
(pluralize)

Back 50

-itides

eg. arthritis- arthritides

Front 51

-nx
(pluralize)

Back 51

-nges

eg. phalanx, phalanges

Front 52

-x
(pluralize)

Back 52

-ces

eg.helix, helices; vertix, vertices

Front 53

-um
(pluralize)

Back 53

-a

eg. datum, data

Front 54

-us
(puralize)

Back 54

-i

eg. fungus- fungi

Front 55

ALL-

Back 55

other, different

Front 56

ANKYL-

Back 56

bent, stiff, adhesions of parts

Front 57

CYCL-

Back 57

circle, wheel, ciliary body of the eye (circulation, recurring)

Front 58

ER-, EROT-

Back 58

love (sexual)

Front 59

GENY-

Back 59

jaw, cheek

Front 60

GENI-

Back 60

chin

Front 61

HOL-

Back 61

whole, entire

Front 62

HOM-, HOME-

Back 62

same, similar

Front 63

HYPN-

Back 63

sleep

Front 64

IDE-

Back 64

idea, mental image

Front 65

LEUK-, LEUC-

Back 65

white

Front 66

ONT-

Back 66

being, individual

Front 67

PHYL-

Back 67

race, class

Front 68

PYEL-

Back 68

pelvis (esp. of the kidney)

Front 69

PYG-

Back 69

buttocks

Front 70

STEAR-, STEAT-

Back 70

fat, tallow

Front 71

STREPT-, STROPH-

Back 71

turned, twisted

Front 72

THALL-

Back 72

young shoot

Front 73

THYM-

Back 73

mind, emotions

Front 74

TRIB-, TRIP-

Back 74

to rub, to crush

Front 75

ZYG-

Back 75

yoke
(As in yoked together)

Front 76

HEMI-

Back 76

half

Front 77

MON-

Back 77

single, one

Front 78

PROT-

Back 78

first, original, primitive

Front 79

DI-

Back 79

twice, double

Front 80

DICH-

Back 80

in two

Front 81

DEUT-, DEUTER-

Back 81

second

Front 82

TRI-

Back 82

three

Front 83

TETR(A)-

Back 83

four

Front 84

PENT(A)-

Back 84

five

Front 85

HEX(A)-

Back 85

six

Front 86

HEPT(A)-

Back 86

seven

Front 87

OCT(A)-

Back 87

eight

Front 88

ENNE(N)-

Back 88

nine

Front 89

DEC(A)-

Back 89

ten

Front 90

HECT(A)-

Back 90

hundred

Front 91

KILO-

Back 91

one thousand

Front 92

aphrodisiac

Back 92

substance which exictes sexual desire

(Aphrodite, goddess of love and beauty)

Front 93

hermaphrodite

Back 93

having both male and female reproductive organs

(Hermaphroditus, who became joined in one body with a nymph)

Front 94

narcissism

Back 94

self- love

(Narcissus, who fell in in love with his own reflection)

Front 95

Achilles tendon

Back 95

strong tendon joining muscles in calf to bone of the heel

(Achilles, famous warrior, vulnerable only in the heel)

Front 96

BRACHY-

Back 96

short

Front 97

CAC-, KAK-

Back 97

bad

Front 98

CAU-, CAUS- (CAUT-)

Back 98

to burn
(cauterize)

Front 99

CLI-, CLEI-, CLEIST-

Back 99

to close, closed

Front 100

CLY(S)-

Back 100

to wash

Front 101

CROT-

Back 101

pulse, beat

Front 102

DOLICH-

Back 102

long

Front 103

EDE-

Back 103

to swell

Front 104

LEPT-

Back 104

thin, delicate

Front 105

LOG-

Back 105

word, speech, reason

Front 106

MES-

Back 106

middle

Front 107

MYX-

Back 107

mucus, slime

Front 108

OX-, OXY-

Back 108

sharp, acid, oxygen

Front 109

PETR-

Back 109

rock

Front 110

PHON-

Back 110

sound, voice

Front 111

PHOT-

Back 111

light

Front 112

POIE-

Back 112

to make

Front 113

PRESBY-

Back 113

old

Front 114

PYR-, PYRET-, PYREX-

Back 114

fire, fever

Front 115

RHIZ-, -RRHIZ-

Back 115

root

Front 116

humor

Back 116

humoral refers to something whichtravels in body fluids

historical:liquids of the body containing a persons mood or temperament

Front 117

disaster

Back 117

Horrible event

historical: ill starred

Front 118

lunatic

Back 118

insane

historical: under the influence of the moon

Front 119

influenza

Back 119

viral disease of the respiratory tract

historical:evil influence eminating from certain stars

Front 120

GLAUC-

Back 120

silvery, gray-green

Front 121

GON(Y)-, GONAT-

Back 121

knee

Front 122

(H)APT-, (H)APH-

Back 122

to touch, sense of touch

Front 123

KARY-, CARY-

Back 123

nucleus, nut

Front 124

KERAT-, CERAT-, KER, CER-

Back 124

horn, horny tissue, cornea

Front 125

LEPID-

Back 125

scale

Front 126

NEM-, NEMAT-

Back 126

thread

Front 127

NOS-

Back 127

disease

Front 128

ONC-, -ONCUS

Back 128

TUMOR, SWELLING

Front 129

PHRA-

Back 129

to speak

Front 130

PNEUM-, PNEUMAT-

Back 130

air, gas

Front 131

PHYLAC(T)-

Back 131

to guard, to protect

Front 132

PORPHYR-

Back 132

purple

Front 133

SARC-

Back 133

flesh

Front 134

SCLER-

Back 134

hard

Front 135

SEP-

Back 135

to rot, to putrify

Front 136

SIT-

Back 136

food

Front 137

SPLEN-

Back 137

spleen

Front 138

STEN-

Back 138

narrow

Front 139

STERE-

Back 139

solid, three-dimensional

Front 140

delirium

Back 140

a dazed or disoriented condition

historical metaphor: getting off the track while plowing

Front 141

muscle

Back 141

structures beneath the skin which control movement

historical metaphor: little mouse (appearance of mucsles rippling beneath the skin)

Front 142

cancer

Back 142

invading, rapidly dividing cells

historical metaphor: crab (appearance of blood vessels surrounding a tumor)

Front 143

inoculate

Back 143

to inject with serum or antigen so as to make immune

historical metaphor: to graft, as in gardening

Front 144

CYN-

Back 144

dog

Front 145

HAPL-

Back 145

single

Front 146

KYN-, CYM-

Back 146

wave

Front 147

LEMM(A)-

Back 147

sheath, husk, membrane

Front 148

LOPH-

Back 148

crest, ridge, tuft

Front 149

LYMPH-

Back 149

water, lymph

Front 150

MIT-

Back 150

thread

Front 151

ORNIS-, ORNITH-,

Back 151

bird

Front 152

PHA-

Back 152

to speak

Front 153

PHEM-

Back 153

voice

Front 154

PHRAG-, (PHRAGM-)

Back 154

to block, to wall up

Front 155

PLAN-

Back 155

wandering

Front 156

PLEUR-

Back 156

side, rib, pleura

Front 157

PLO-

Back 157

folded, fold

Front 158

PNE(A), PNEUST

Back 158

breathing

Front 159

RHAPH-, RRHAPH-

Back 159

to sew, to suture

Front 160

SPA-

Back 160

to draw, to jerk

Front 161

STAPHYL-

Back 161

bunch of grapes, uvula

Front 162

STETH-

Back 162

chest

Front 163

XEN-

Back 163

host, stranger, foreigner
(xenophobia)

Front 164

cryptic

Back 164

Technical meaning: hiding- as in habitat

Popular usage: having a hidden meaning

Front 165

topical

Back 165

Technical meaning:
pertaining to place; (med.) agent applied to body surface

popular usage: relevant, current

Front 166

abduction

Back 166

Technical meaning: drawing a body part away from the body axis

popular usage: kidnapping, illicit taking of person or object

Front 167

intramural

Back 167

technical meaning: within the material of the wall of an organ

popular usage: occurring within a group

Front 168

BALAN-

Back 168

acorn, glans penis

Front 169

BRY-

Back 169

moss

Front 170

CAMP(T)-, CAMPYL-

Back 170

bent

Front 171

CARP-

Back 171

wrist
(and fruit!)

Front 172

CERC-

Back 172

tail

Front 173

CLEID-

Back 173

clavicle
(collar bone)

Front 174

DOCH-

Back 174

to take or receive (duct)

Front 175

ECH-

Back 175

echo, repetition

Front 176

GANGLI-

Back 176

mass of nerve tissue, small cyst or swelling

Front 177

GLI-

Back 177

glue (support)

Front 178

IN-

Back 178

fiber, muscle

Front 179

RHACH(I)-, RACH(I)-, -RRHACH,

Back 179

spine

Front 180

-RRHAG-

Back 180

excessive discharge, usually of blood

Front 181

SPHYGM-

Back 181

pulse

Front 182

SPONDYL-

Back 182

vertebra

Front 183

STERN-

Back 183

chest, breastbone

Front 184

THEL-

Back 184

nipple

Front 185

TOK-, TOC-

Back 185

childbirth

Front 186

TRE(T)-

Back 186

to bore, to perforate

Front 187

cirrhosis

Back 187

degenerative disease of the

meaning of roots:
CIRRH-, "tawny, orange-yellow" liver characterized by an orange-yellow appearance of the liver

Front 188

hemorrhoid

Back 188

varicose condition of veins of the anus accompanied by bleeding

meaning of roots:
HEM-, "blood"; -RRH, "to flow"

Front 189

leprosy

Back 189

infectious disease of the skin with the formation of white, scaly scabs

meaning of roots: rough, scaly

Front 190

shingles

Back 190

skin along the course of a nerve, often encircling the waist

meaning of roots:
CINGUL-, "girdle"

Front 191

ADELPH-

Back 191

brother, sibling

Front 192

ANCON-

Back 192

elbow

Front 193

CALYPT(R)-

Back 193

hidden

Front 194

CHORD-

Back 194

cord

Front 195

CHOR(I)-

Back 195

fetal membrane (chorion)

Front 196

CHOR(I)-

Back 196

tunic of eyeball (choroid)

Front 197

CLON(US)-


muscle spasm

Back 197

muscle spasm

Front 198

COLL(A)-

Back 198

glue
(collagen)

Front 199

EC-, OEC-, OEK-, OIK-, OIC

Back 199

house, enclosure, surroundings

Front 200

NOT-

Back 200

the back

Front 201

OM-

Back 201

shoulder

Front 202

OPISTH-

Back 202

behind

Front 203

PHY-

Back 203

to grow

Front 204

POR-

Back 204

passage, pore

Front 205

PTY-

Back 205

to spit

Front 206

PTYAL-

Back 206

saliva

Front 207

RHABD-

Back 207

rod

Front 208

SPOR-

Back 208

seed, spore

Front 209

STIG-

Back 209

prickling, mark, point

Front 210

TEL(E)-

Back 210

completion, end, purpose
(telophase- last phase)

Front 211

TROCH-

Back 211

wheel, disk

Front 212

XYL-

Back 212

wood
(xylophone- wood sound)

Front 213

ALEX-

Back 213

to ward off

Front 214

ANTR-

Back 214

cavity, sinus

Front 215

BRONCH(I)-

Back 215

air tube

Front 216

CHLAMYD-

Back 216

cloak, envelope

Front 217

CHYM-, CHYL-

Back 217

juice

Front 218

CONDYL-

Back 218

knob, knuckle

Front 219

CORM-

Back 219

trunk of tree or body

Front 220

GON(I)-

Back 220

angle
(polyGON, triGONometry)

Front 221

HAL-

Back 221

salt

Front 222

PALI(N)-

Back 222

again, back

Front 223

POIKIL-

Back 223

varied, irregular, mottled

Front 224

PYCN-, PYKN-,

Back 224

thick, frequent

Front 225

PYL(E)-

Back 225

gate, entrance

Front 226

SPERM(A)-, SPERMAT-

Back 226

seed, sperm

Front 227

SPHEN-

Back 227

wedge

Front 228

SPIR-

Back 228

coil

Front 229

SYRING-, SYRINX-

Back 229

pipe, tube

Front 230

TA-

Back 230

to stretch

Front 231

TON-

Back 231

stretching tension

Front 232

TRACHEL-

Back 232

neck

Front 233

a-, an-

Back 233

no, not, without

Front 234

ab-

Back 234

away from

Front 235

ad-

Back 235

toward

Front 236

ana-

Back 236

up, apart

Front 237

ante-

Back 237

forward, before

Front 238

anti-

Back 238

against

Front 239

auto-

Back 239

self, own

Front 240

bi-

Back 240

two

Front 241

brady-

Back 241

slow

Front 242

cata-

Back 242

down

Front 243

con-

Back 243

with, together

Front 244

contra-

Back 244

against, opposite

Front 245

de-

Back 245

down, lack of

Front 246

dia-

Back 246

thorough, complete

Front 247

dys-

Back 247

bad, painful, difficult, abnormal

Front 248

ec-, ecto-

Back 248

out, outside

Front 249

en-, endo-

Back 249

in, within

Front 250

epi-

Back 250

upon, on, above

Front 251

eu-

Back 251

good, normal

Front 252

ex-

Back 252

out, away from

Front 253

hemi-

Back 253

half

Front 254

hyper-

Back 254

excessive, above

Front 255

hypo-

Back 255

deficient, under

Front 256

in-

Back 256

not, into

Front 257

infra-

Back 257

below

Front 258

inter-

Back 258

between

Front 259

intra-

Back 259

into, within

Front 260

macro-

Back 260

large

Front 261

mal-

Back 261

bad

Front 262

meta-

Back 262

change, beyond

Front 263

micro-

Back 263

small, one millionth

Front 264

neo-

Back 264

new

Front 265

pan-

Back 265

all

Front 266

para-

Back 266

near, beside, abnormal

Front 267

per-

Back 267

through

Front 268

peri-

Back 268

surrounding

Front 269

poly-

Back 269

many, much

Front 270

post-

Back 270

after, behind

Front 271

pre-

Back 271

before, in front of

Front 272

pro-

Back 272

before, forward

Front 273

pseudo-

Back 273

false

Front 274

re-

Back 274

back, again

Front 275

retro-

Back 275

behind, backward

Front 276

sub-

Back 276

under

Front 277

supra-

Back 277

above, upper

Front 278

syn-, sym-

Back 278

together, with

Front 279

tachy-

Back 279

fast

Front 280

ultra-

Back 280

beyond, excess

Front 281

uni-

Back 281

one

Front 282

AN-

Back 282

anus, rectum

Front 283

BUCC-

Back 283

cheek

Front 284

CELI-

Back 284

belly, abdomen

Front 285

CHOLECYST-

Back 285

gallbladder

Front 286

CHOLEDOCH-

Back 286

bile duct

Front 287

DENT-

Back 287

tooth

Front 288

GINGIV-

Back 288

gums

Front 289

LABI-

Back 289

lip

Front 290

LAPAR-

Back 290

abdomen

Front 291

LINGU-

Back 291

tongue

Front 292

MANDIBUL-

Back 292

jaw

Front 293

OR-

Back 293

mouth

Front 294

PHARYNG-

Back 294

throat

Front 295

SIALADEN-

Back 295

salivary gland

Front 296

AMYL-

Back 296

starch

Front 297

BIL-

Back 297

gall, bile

Front 298

CHOL-

Back 298

gall, bile

Front 299

-ase

Back 299

enzyme

Front 300

-iasis

Back 300

abnormal condition

Front 301

-prandial

Back 301

meal

Front 302

ana-

Back 302

up

Front 303

cata-

Back 303

down

Front 304

epi-

Back 304

above

Front 305

hypo-

Back 305

below

Front 306

inter-

Back 306

between

Front 307

meta-

Back 307

change

Front 308

-ial

Back 308

pertaining to

Front 309

-iac

Back 309

pertaining to

Front 310

-ior

Back 310

pertaining to

Front 311

-ism

Back 311

process
(patriotism...process of being a patriot?)

Front 312

-ose

Back 312

pertaining to, full of

(lactose- full of milk)

Front 313

-plasm

Back 313

formation

Front 314

-somes

Back 314

body

Front 315

-type

Back 315

picture, classification

Front 316

-ectasis, -ectasia

Back 316

stretching, dilation

Front 317

-emesis

Back 317

vomiting

Front 318

-lysis

Back 318

destruction, breakdown, separation

Front 319

-pepsia

Back 319

digestion

Front 320

-phagia

Back 320

eating, swallowing

Front 321

-plasty

Back 321

surgical repair

Front 322

-ptosis

Back 322

prolapse, fall, sag

Front 323

-ptysis

Back 323

spitting

Front 324

-rrhagia, -rrhage

Back 324

bursting forth of blood

Front 325

-rrhaphy

Back 325

suture

Front 326

-rrhea

Back 326

discharge, flow

Front 327

-spasm

Back 327

sudden, involuntary contraction of muscles

Front 328

-stasis

Back 328

stopping, controlling

Front 329

-stenosis

Back 329

tightening, stricture, narrowing

Front 330

-tresia

Back 330

opening

Front 331

CALI-, CALIC-

Back 331

calyx (cup-like collecting region of renal pelvis)

Front 332

CYST-

Back 332

urinary bladder

Front 333

GLOMERUL-

Back 333

glomeruli (collection of capillaries)

Front 334

MEAT-

Back 334

meatus (opening, canal)

Front 335

NEPHR-

Back 335

kidney

Front 336

PYEL-

Back 336

renal pelvis

Front 337

REN-

Back 337

kidney

Front 338

TRIGON-

Back 338

trigone (region of bladder where ureters enter and urethra exits)

Front 339

URETER-

Back 339

ureters (carry urine from kidney to bladder)

Front 340

URETHR-

Back 340

urethra (carries urine from bladder to meatus)

Front 341

VESIC-

Back 341

urinary bladder

Front 342

AZOT-

Back 342

nitrogen

Front 343

BACTERI-

Back 343

bacteria

Front 344

DIPS-

Back 344

thirst

Front 345

KET-, KETON-

Back 345

ketone bodies, acids

Front 346

NOCT-

Back 346

night

Front 347

OLIG-

Back 347

scanty

Front 348

PY-

Back 348

pus

Front 349

UR-, URIN-

Back 349

urine

Front 350

AMNI-

Back 350

amnion (membrane surrounding fetus)

Front 351

CERVIC-

Back 351

cervix, neck (of uterus)

Front 352

CHORI-

Back 352

chorion
(membrane around fetus)

Front 353

COLP-

Back 353

vagina

Front 354

EPISI-

Back 354

vulva

Front 355

GALACT-

Back 355

milk

Front 356

GYNEC-

Back 356

woman, female

Front 357

HYSTER-

Back 357

uterus

Front 358

LACT-

Back 358

milk

Front 359

MAMM-

Back 359

breast

Front 360

MAST-

Back 360

breast

Front 361

MEN-

Back 361

menstruation

Front 362

METR-, METRI-

Back 362

uterus

Front 363

MY-

Back 363

muscle

Front 364

MYOM-

Back 364

muscle tumor (fibroids)

Front 365

NAT-

Back 365

birth

Front 366

O-, OO-

Back 366

egg

Front 367

OOPHOR-

Back 367

ovary

Front 368

PERINE-

Back 368

perinium
(taint :P)

Front 369

SALPING-

Back 369

uterine tubes, oviducts, fallopian tubes

Front 370

UTER-

Back 370

uterus

Front 371

VAGIN-

Back 371

vagina

Front 372

VULV-

Back 372

vulva

Front 373

-arche

Back 373

beginning

Front 374

-cyesis

Back 374

pregnancy

Front 375

-gravida

Back 375

pregnancy

Front 376

-para, -parous

Back 376

to bear, bring forth

Front 377

-rrhea

Back 377

discharge

Front 378

-salpinx

Back 378

uterine tube

Front 379

-tocia

Back 379

labor, birth