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40 Cards in this Set
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Membrane
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L. membrana "cover/parchment”
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Secrete
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L. secernere "to separate/set apart"
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Excrete
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- Crete (cernere) – Sift or separate
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Digest
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dis- "apart" (dis-) + gerere "carry out/wage/perform”
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Preparation
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Before (pre-) + parare "make ready"
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Mechanic
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(Machine based) G. mekhanikos “ inventive/ingenious”
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Zyme
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(to leaven/ transform)
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-ize
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(to apply the previous WR)
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Solution
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L. solvere "loosen/dissolve"
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Emulsion
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Ex- "out" (see ex-) + mulgere "to milk"
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Absorption
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L. absorbere "to swallow up" from ab- "from" (see ab-) + sorbere "suck in"
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Carnivore
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L. carnivorus "flesh-eating” Carn – Flesh + Vorare – To eat/devour
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Omni –
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All/everything
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Herba-
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herb
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detritus
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"a wearing away"
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Channel
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L. canalis "water pipe/groove/channel" from canna "reed" (water plant)
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Prehension
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L. prehendere hender (grasp or cling or hang)
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Masticate
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G. mastikhan "to gnash the teeth”
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Deglutition
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deglutare from de- (see de-) + glutire "to swallow"
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Regurgitation
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re- "back" (see re-) + Late Latin gurgitare "engulf/flood/swallow”
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Intestine
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L. intestinus (internal/within) G. Enteron
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Muscle
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L. musculus "a muscle" literally "little mouse" diminutive of mus "mouse
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Tract
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L. to pull
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Eso-
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Within
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Phagus
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– Eating/also to carry
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Peristalsis
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L. Stal (Constriction)
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Sensory
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L. sensus (perceive/ feel)
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Lubrication
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L. lubricus "slippery/ smooth"
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Palate
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L. palatus (roof of mouth / taste)
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Lipid
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L. lipos "fat/ grease"
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Alveolus
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L. alvus/alveolus (tray, trough, basin ? socket/pocket)
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Masseter
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G. (one that chews)
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Buccinator
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L. bucina (trumpet/ horn)
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Orbicular
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L. (Orb/ disc/ circular)
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Mandible
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L. mandibula “jaw”
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Saliva
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L. “Spittle”
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Abrasive
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L. ab- "off" + radere "scrape/ rough”
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Parotid
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(Par/ Ot /id) Near / Ear
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Occlusal
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– L. Occludere (to close)
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Cement
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– L. cæmenta "stone for mortar or holding”
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