Greek/latin Roots (Biology) #2

Front 1

kerat, kera, kerato, cerato, cerat

Back 1

Horn, horny tissue

Hint 1

Angiokeratoma or angioceratoma: A skin disease characterized by clusters of dilated blood vessels and by thickened skin, forming warty growths; especially, on the scrotum, fingers, and toes.

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centi

Back 2

One hundred (100)

Front 3

brachi

Back 3

Arm

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zo/zoa

Back 4

Animal

Hint 4

Protozoa

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-plasia

Back 5

(Condition of) formation or development

Hint 5

Heteroplasia: development of cytologic and histologic elements that are not normal for the organ or part in question, as the growth of bone in a site where there is normally fibrous connective tissue.

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-plastic

Back 6

Pertaining to formation.

Capability to be formed.

Able to be molded, pertaining to molding.

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schizo-

Back 7

Split, division, cleavage

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Milli

Back 8

One thousand (1,000)

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encephal

Back 9

Brain

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Styl

Back 10

Spike, stem

Hint 10

Styloid process

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Path-, patho-

Back 11

Disease, suffering

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antho

Back 12

flower or flower-like

Hint 12

Anthology:a published collection of poems or other pieces of writing.

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deci

Back 13

tenth (0.1)

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-fuge

Back 14

to drive away or out

Hint 14

centrifuge

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-gestion

Back 15

to carry

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glottis

Back 16

mouth or windpipe

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hexa

Back 17

6

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hiber-

Back 18

winter

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ism

Back 19

a state/condition

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kilo

Back 20

one thousand (1,000)

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lepid-

Back 21

scale

Hint 21

The Lepidoptera is an order of insects that includes moths and butterflies. 180,000 species of Lepidoptera are described, in 126 families and 46 superfamilies, 10% of the total described species of living organisms.

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mega

Back 22

one million (1,000,000)

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-osis

Back 23

state/condition

Hint 23

hypnosis

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pachy-

Back 24

thick

Hint 24

pachycephaly, pachymucosa

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-phoresis

Back 25

transmission/carrying

Hint 25

Electrophoresis: electricity the migration of electrically charged molecules through a medium under the influence of an electric field

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proto-

Back 26

first

Hint 26

By the 19th century, linguists knew that all modern Indo-Europeanlanguages descended from a single tongue. Called Proto-Indo-European, or PIE, it was spoken by a people who lived from roughly 4500 to 2500 B.C., and left no written texts.

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sarco-

Back 27

flesh

Hint 27

sarcomere: The contractile unit of the myofibril of a striated muscle.

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-scope

Back 28

to look/observe

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thysan-

Back 29

tassel, fringe

Hint 29

thysanostoma: genus

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trich-

Back 30

hair

Hint 30

Trichotillomania: a compulsive or irresistible urge to pull out one’s own hair.

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tillen

Back 31

pull

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Trichotillomania: a compulsive or irresistible urge to pull out one’s own hair.

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mania

Back 32

madness, frenzy

Hint 32

Trichotillomania: a compulsive or irresistible urge to pull out one’s own hair.

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vert

Back 33

turn

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-ura

Back 34

tail

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Infra-

Back 35

below

Hint 35

Infraorbital (below eye); infraclavicular (below clavicle or collarbone)

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phore

Back 36

bearer of, bearing,

Hint 36

chromophore: n. - Any chemical group or residue (as NO2; N2; or O2) which imparts some decided color to the compound of which it is an ingredient.

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chondro

Back 37

cartillage

Hint 37

Chondritis is inflammation of cartilage. [1] It takes several forms, osteochondritis, costochondritis, Relapsing polychondritis among them. Costochondritis is inflammation in the junction of a rib and its cartillage and is notable for feeling like a heart attack.

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septic

Back 38

germs

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psych

Back 39

mind

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virus

Back 40

poison

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ven

Back 41

vein/vessel

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affer-

Back 42

carrying to

Hint 42

afferent

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effer-

Back 43

carrying away from

Hint 43

efferent

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chloro-

Back 44

green

Hint 44

chloroplast

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clad-

Back 45

branch

Hint 45

cladogram

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deut-

Back 46

second (as in numbers)

Hint 46

Deuterogamist: Anyone who marries a second time after a divorce or the death of one's spouse. deuterogamy: the practice of doing so.

Deuterogenesis: The appearance of a new adaptive character late in life.

Deuterography: A duplicate written or printed passage.

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eco-

Back 47

house, enviroment

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Bioecology -n. The science of organisms as affected by the factors of their environments.

2. The study of the environment and life history of organisms.

3. The study of the interrelations among living organisms in their natural environment; ecology.

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extra-, extro-, exter-

Back 48

beyond, outside, external

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Extraterritorial (adj.)

1. Located outside territorial boundaries; such as, fishing in extraterritorial waters.

2. Of or relating to people who are exempt from the legal jurisdiction of the country in which they reside.

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fil-, filo-, filari-

Back 49

thread, string

Hint 49

Filamentous: Made up of long, interwoven or irregularly placed threadlike structures.

Filiform: Threadlike or shaped like threads.

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foli-

Back 50

leaf

Hint 50

foliage

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-gnath-, gnatho-

Back 51

jaw

Hint 51

Dysgnathia: Abnormality of the jaw; any developmental abnormality of the maxilla (upper), or mandible (lower), or both jaws.

Gnathalgia: Having a pain in the jaw.

Gnathic: Relating to or a reference to the jaw and/or the cheeks.

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hapl- haplo-

Back 52

single, one

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haploid: Having only a single set of chromosomes.

Haplodermatitis: Simple inflammation of the skin.

Inflammation of the skin with no complications. "The doctor told his patient that she had a secondary infection known as haplodermatitis so her condition was not as serious as it could have been."

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-mer

Back 53

part, referring to parts, segment

Hint 53

ploymer= many parts

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-phyll-, phyllo-

Back 54

leaf

Hint 54

Aphyllous (adj.) Lacking or having no leaves: Cacti are the most common aphyllous plants known. Since aphyllous plants don't have leaves, they perform photosynthesis in their stems and branches.

Hypophyllic/llous: A reference to something growing on the lower surfaces of leaves.

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rhiz-, rhizo-,

Back 55

root

Hint 55

Rhizodermis is the root epidermis (also referred to as epiblem), the outermost primary cell layer of the root.

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sept

Back 56

wall

Hint 56

septum

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xanth-, xantho-, xan-

Back 57

the color yellow, blond

Hint 57

Xanthemia

1. Tempoary yellowing of the skin due to excessive carotene in the diet, commonly seen in infants fed too much mashed carrots or adults consuming high quantities of carrots or beta-carotene.

2. Excess carotene in the blood, producing a pigmentation of the skin and mucous membranes that resembles jaundice.

Axanthopsia: A defect of vision in which the retina fails to respond to yellow.

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Avulsion

Back 58

The act of pulling or tearing away