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156 Cards in this Set
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pons, pontis
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a bridge
eg: pontine |
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porta
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= gate, entrance
eg: portal |
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portare
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= to carry
eg: portable |
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potare, potatum
potio, potionis |
= to drink
= a drink eg; potion |
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potens, potentis
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= potent, having power
eg: potentiation, pluripotent |
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premere, pressum
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= to press
eg: repression, compression |
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proprius
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= its own, proper
eg: proprietary, proprioreceptor |
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pubes, puberis
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= adult, pubic bone
eg: puberty |
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pulmo, pulmonis
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= lung
eg: pulmonary |
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pungere, punctum
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= to prick (punctum = a point)
eg: acupuncture, pungent |
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pupa
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= doll, child
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pus, puris
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pus
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pustula
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= blister, pimple
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putare, putatum
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= to think
eg: compute, reputation |
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qudrare, quadratum
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= to make square
eg: quadrant |
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quatere, quassum
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= to shake, strike
eg; concussion, percussion |
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quantum
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= how much
eg: quantity |
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rabere, rabidus, rabies
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= to be mad, mad, madness
eg: rabid rabies |
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radere, rasum
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= to scrape, scratch
eg: rasor, abrasive |
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radius
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= ray, beam
eg: radial, irradiation |
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radix, radicis
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= root
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ramus
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= branch
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regere, rectum, rectus
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= to keep straight, rectus
eg: erect |
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ren, renis
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= kidney
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repere, reptum
reptare, reptatum |
= to crawl, creep
eg: repent, reptile |
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rete, retis
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= network
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rigor
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= stifness
eg: rigid |
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rodere, rosum
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= to gnaw
eg: erode, corosion |
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rostrum
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= beak, snout
eg: rostral |
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rota, rotare, rotatum
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= wheel, to rotate
eg: rotation |
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ruber, rubris
rubigo |
= red
= rust |
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Ruga
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= wrinkle, crease, fold
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Rumpure, ruptum
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= to break, burst, rupture
eg: eruption, interruption |
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Saccus
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= bag, sac
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Sacer, sacri
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= sacred, holy
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saepire, saeptum
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= separate, to enclose
eg: septum |
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sal, salis
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= salt
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salire, saltum
saltare, saltatum |
= to jump
= to dance |
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salus, salutis
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= health, safety
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sanatatum, sanare
sanus |
= to heal, cure
= healthy, well eg: sanitation, sanity |
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sanguis, sanguinis
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= blood
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scandere, scansum (-scend)
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= to climb
eg: descend |
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scapula
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= shoulder, shoulder blade
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scindere, scissum
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= to cut, split
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scire, scitum
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= to know
eg: conscious |
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scribere, scriptum
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= to write, draw
eg: circumscrbibe, prescribe |
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secare, sectum
insectum segmentum |
= to cut
= insect = part, segment |
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sedere, sessum
sedare, sedatum |
= to sit
= to settle, calm eg: sedentary, sedative, obsession |
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semper
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= always
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senis, senex
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= old man
eg: senile |
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sentire, sensum
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= to sense, feel, percieve
eg: sensation |
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sequi, secutum
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= to follow
eg: sequence, consequent |
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serere, sertum
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= to join, connect
eg: serial, series |
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serpere
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= to creep
eg: serpent |
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serra
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= saw, saw like
eg: serrated |
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serum
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= watery fluid
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sesqui
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= one and a half, one half more
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siccus
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= dry
eg: desiccate |
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signum
sigillum |
= mark, sign
= seal eg: signal |
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sinister, sinistri
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= on the left
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sinus
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= curve, bent, cavity
eg: sinusoid |
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sol, solis
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= sun
eg: solar |
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solvere, solutum
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= to dissolve, loosen
eg: soluble, solution |
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somnus
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= sleep
eg: insomnia |
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sonare, sonatum
sonus |
= to make a sound
= a sound eg: supersonic, dissonant, consonant |
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sopor, soporis
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= deep sleep
eg: soporific |
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sorbere, sorptum
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= to suck in
eg: absorb. resorption |
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spargere, sparsum
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= to scatter
eg: dispersion |
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spatium
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= space
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specere, spectum
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= to see, look
eg: inspect, retrospect |
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species
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= form, kind, appearance
eg: specialist, specific |
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spina
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= thorn
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spirare, spiratum
spiraculum suspirium |
= to breath, blow
= breathing hole = deep breath, sigh eg: inspiratory, respiration, aspiration |
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stamen
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= thread, fiber
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stare, statum
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= to stand
eg: instability, distal, status |
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stella
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= star
eg: constellation |
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sternere, stratum
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= to spread, lay out
eg: stratiform, stratum |
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stilla
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= a drop
eg: distillation |
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stimulus
stimulare |
= a prick
= to excite eg: stimulation, |
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stridere
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= to cry
eg: strident (loud and harsh) |
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stringere, strictum
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= to draw tight, press together
eg: constriction, |
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struere, structum
struma |
= to arrange, construct
= someting heaped up, tumour eg: obstruction, instrument |
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stupere
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= to be struck senseless
eg: stupefied, stupor |
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succus
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= juice
eg: succulent |
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sudare
sudor, sudoris |
= to sweat
= sweat |
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sulcus
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= groove
eg: sulciform |
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sutura
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= seam
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suavis
sudare |
= sweet
= to make sweet eg: suave, persuade |
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Tangere, tactum (also tag-)
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= to touch
eg: tangible, tactile, contagious |
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Tardus
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= slow
eg: retardation |
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tegere, tectum
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= to cover
eg: protection, detect |
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tellus, telluris
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= the earth
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temperare, temperatum
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= to mix, moderate
eg: temperature, distemper |
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tempus, temporis
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= time
eg: temporal, temporary |
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tendere, tentum, tensum
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= to stretch
eg: tensile, tendon |
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tenere, tentum
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= to hold, keep
eg: retention, tenacious, incontinence |
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tentare, tentatum
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= to try, test
eg: tentacle, tentative |
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tenuis
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= stretched out
eg: attenuate |
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Tangere, tactum (also tag-)
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= to touch
eg: tangible, tactile, contagious |
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Tardus
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= slow
eg: retardation |
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tegere, tectum
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= to cover
eg: protection, detect |
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tellus, telluris
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= the earth
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temperare, temperatum
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= to mix, moderate
eg: temperature, distemper |
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tempus, temporis
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= time
eg: temporal, temporary |
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tendere, tentum, tensum
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= to stretch
eg: tensile, tendon |
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tenere, tentum
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= to hold, keep
eg: retention, tenacious, incontinence |
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tentare, tentatum
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= to try, test
eg: tentacle, tentative |
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tenuis
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= stretched out
eg: attenuate |
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terere, trirum
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= to rub off, chafe
eg: detritus, attrition |
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terminus
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= the end, boundry
eg: exterminate |
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terra
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= earth
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torpere
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= to be stiff
eg: torpent, torpid |
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torquere, tortum, torsum
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= to twist, turn
eg: extorsion, torque, distorsion |
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totus
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= all, entire
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trahere, tractum
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= to draw
eg: distraction, traction, retract |
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tremere
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= to tremble, shake
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trudere, trusum
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= to thrust, push
eg: intrusion, |
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tuba, tubus
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= pipe
eg: intubate |
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tuber, tuberis
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= hump, knob
eg: proturbance, tuberculum |
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tumere
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= to swell
eg: tumour |
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tundere, tusum
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= to beat, strike
eg: obtuse, contusion |
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turbare, turbatum,
turbidus turbo, turbinus |
= to stir, disturb
= muddy = whirlwind eg: turbid, turbidity, turbine |
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turgere
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= to swell out
eg: turgid |
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tussis
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= cough
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ulcus, ulceris
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= open sore, ulcer
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umbra
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= shade, shadow
eg: penumbra |
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unda
undulare, undulatum |
= wave
= undulate, fluctuate eg: redundant, inundate |
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vaccinus
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= relating to a cow
eg: vaccination |
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vacus
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= empty
eg: evacuate |
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vagina
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= sheath, vagina
eg: invaginate |
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valere
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= to be strong, well
eg; ambivalent, invalid, prevalence |
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vallis
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= valley, depression
eg: vallecular |
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vallum
vallare |
= wall
= to wall in eg: circumvallate |
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valva
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= a valve
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varius
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= changing
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vas
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= vessel
eg: vasomotor, vascular, vasodilation |
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vehere, vectum
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= to carry
eg: convection, advent, vector, vehicle |
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vellere, vulsum
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= to tear, pick
eg: convulsion, divulsion |
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vena
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= vein
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venenum
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= poison
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venire, ventum
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= to come
eg: intervention, circumvent, prevention |
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venter, ventris
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= belly, abdomen
eg: ventral, ventricle |
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vergere
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= to bend, turn
eg: convergent, diverge |
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vertere, versum
vertex, verticis vortex, vorticis |
= to turn
= summit = a whirl eg: eversion, retroversion, extrovert |
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vesica
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= bladder
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via
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= way, passage
eg: deviation, viable |
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vibrare, vibratum
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= to shake, vibrate
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videre, visum
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= to see
eg: television, visible |
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vir
virtus, virtutis |
= man
= manliness, virtue eg: virtual, virile |
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virus
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= a poison
eg: virulent |
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viscus, visceris
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= internal organ
eg: visceral |
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vita
vivus vivere, victum |
= life
= living = to live eg: vital, viable |
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volare
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= to fly
eg: volatile |
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volvere, volutum
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= to roll
eg: evolution |
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vorare
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= to eat, devour
eg: herbivore, voracious |
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vox, vocis
vocare, vocatum |
= voice
= to call eg: provocative, vocal |