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28 Cards in this Set
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Ar.
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= Arabic
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AS.
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= Anglo Saxon
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Ch.
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= Chinese
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Eng.
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= English
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Ger.
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= German
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Gr.
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= Greek
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Ital.
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= Italian
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L.
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= Latin
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ME.
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= Middle English
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ML.
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= Medieval Latin
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Mod.L.
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= Modern Latin
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OE.
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= Old English
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OF.
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= Old French
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Sp.
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abdomen
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The orgin of this term is not known. Perhaps it is derived from the Latin abdere = to hide; hence it might mean the cavity in which odds and ends are hidden away.
Others believe it has come from the Latin root adeps = fat. |
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abducens
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See ABDUCTOR.
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abductor
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L. ab = away from, and ducere = to lead.
These muscles are named for their function, and the abducens nerve similarly is named because it turns the eyeball outward. |
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accessory
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L. accedere = to be added to; from ad = to, and cedere = to come.
The accessory nerve is functionally accessory to the vagus. |
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accommodation
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L. accommodare = to make fit; from ad = to, and commodare = to adjust.
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acetabulum
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L. acetum = vinegar, and -bulum, a suffix signifying the instrument.
This cup-shaped part of the hip was thought to resemble a small vinegar cruet of roman times. |
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acetylcholine
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L. acetum = vinegar, and Gr.
chole = bile. From acetum came acetic and acetyl; from chole came choline. It is the acetyl derivative of choline. |
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achilles
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Gr. The infant Achilles was dipped into the river Styx by his mother to render him impervious to wounds. She held him by his heel, which remained vulnerable, and it was in the heel that he was fatally wounded by an arrow at the battle of Troy.
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achondroplasia
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Gr. a = not, chondros = cartilage, plasis = a molding, and -ia = condition.
In other words, a failure of normal development of cartilage. |
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acinus
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L. acinus = grape.
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acoustic
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Gr. akoustikos = pertaining to hearing.
Hence the auditory nerve. |
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acromegaly
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Gr. akron = tip or extremity, and megas = large.
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acromion
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Gr. akron = tip or summit, and omos = shoulder.
The word akron gives the combing forms acra- or acro-.The famous Acroplois in Athens was built on a summit. |
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adductor
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L. ad = to, and ducere = to lead.
The muscles so named draw the part toward the medial line. |
