Vocab 4 Flashcards
(94 cards)
1
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HEMI- (ἡμι-)
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‘half’
- HEMI-SPHERE, a half of a sphere;
HEMI-BRANCH, a gill having
filaments on one side only, a halfgill; - HEMI-NEPHR-ectomy, removal of
part of a kidney; - HEMI-an-OP-ia or HEMI-an-OP-sia,
blindness over half the field of
vision; - HEMI-ALG-ia, pain affecting one
half of the body.
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MON- (μόνος)
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‘single’, ‘one’
- MON-ARCH;
- MONO-GRAPH, a detailed written
study of a single specialized subject
or an aspect of it; - MONO-CARP-ic, a plant flowering
only once and then dying; - MONO-TRICH-ous, having only
one flagellum at one pole (opp.
amphi-TRICH-ous)
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PROT- (πρῶτος)
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‘first’, ‘original’, ‘primitive’
- PROTO-CEPHAL-on, first of six
segments composing an insect’s
head; - PROTO-PHYTE, any plant of the
lowest and most primitive type; - PROTO-ZO-an, a unicellular or
noncellular animal organism
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DI- (δι-)
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‘twice’, ‘double’
- DI-LEM-ma, a situation in which a
difficult choice has to be made
between two or more alternatives; - DI-PLO-ma (‘folded paper’);
- DI-ARTHR-osis, a freely movable
articulation; - DI-oecious, having sexes separate,
usually refers to plants which have
male and female flowers on different
individuals - NOTE: not to be confused with prefix dia-
‘through’ of List 1 or the Latin prefix dis-
/di- ‘apart’ of List 6.
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DICH- (δίχα)
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‘in two’
- DICHO-tomy, a division or contrast
between two things (in botany,
repeated branching into two equal
parts); - DICH-OP-tic, having the borders of
the compound eyes separate, or
having the eyes wide apart (of an
insect)
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DEUT-, DEUTER- (δεύτερος)
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‘second’
- DEUTER-AGON-ist, the person
second in importance to the
protagonist in a drama; - DEUTERO-nomy (‘second law’);
DEUTERO-GENE-sis, second phase
of embryonic development
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TRI- (τρεῖς)
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‘three’
- TRI-POD;
- TRI-CYCLE;
- TRI-CHROMAT-ic, able to perceive
the three primary colours; - TRI-DACTYL, having three digits;
- TRI-COCC-us, a three-carpel fruit
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TETR(A)- (τετράς)
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‘four’
- TETRA-meter;
- TETRA-CHEIR-ous, having four
hands; - TETRA-CYCL-ic, with four whorls
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PENT(A)- (πέντε)
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‘five’
- PENTA-GON;
- PENTA-meter;
- PENTA-DACTYL, having all four
limbs normally terminating in five
digits
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HEXA- (ἕξ)
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‘six’
- HEXA-GON-al;
- HEXA-meter;
- HEXA-GYN-ous, having six pistils;
- HEXA-hedron, a POLY-hedron
having six faces; - HEX-ose, any monosaccharide
containing six carbon atoms
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HEPT(A)- (ἑπτά)
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‘seven’
- HEPTA-GYN-ous, having seven
pistils; - HEPTA-HYDR-ate, a compound
with seven molecules of water
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OCT(A)- (ὀκτώ)
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‘eight’
- OCTO-PUS;
- OCT-ODONT, having eight teeth;
- OCT-OPTHALM-us, having eight
eyes
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ENNE(A)- (ἐννέα)
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‘nine’
- ENNE-ad, a group of nine;
- ENNEA-GON, a nine-sided
polyhedron; - ENNE-ANDR-ous, having nine
stamens
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DEC(A)- (δέκα)
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‘ten’
- DECA-LOGUE, the Ten
Commandments; - DECA-HYDR-ate, compound with
ten molecules of water; - DECA-hedron, a ten-sided
polyhedron; - DECA-POD, having ten legs
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HECT- (ἑκατόν)
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‘hundred’
- HECT-ARE, one hundred acres
(10,000 square metres); - HECTO-GRAM, one hundred grams
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KILO- (χίλιοι)
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‘one thousand’
- KILO-CALOR-ie, one thousand
calories (equal to one large calorie); - KILO-GRAM, one thousand grams
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ALL- (ἄλλος)
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‘other’, ‘different’
- ALLE-GOR-y, a story, poem, or
picture which can be interpreted to
reveal a hidden meaning, typically a
moral or political one; - ALLO-plasty, a plastic operation in
which material outside the human
body is used; - ALLO-PATR-ic, animals or plans
occurring in separate nonoverlapping geographical areas
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ANKYL- (ἀγκύλος)
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‘bent’, ‘stiff’, ‘adhesion of parts’
- ANKYLO-CHEIL-ia, adhesion of
the lips; - ANKYL-osis, abnormal stiffening
and immobility of a joint due to
fusion of the bones; - ANKYLO-SAUR, a heavily built
dinosaur
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BRACHY- (βραχύς)
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‘short’
- BRACHY-ODONT or BRACHYDONT, a molar tooth with a low
crown; - BRACHY-PODUS;
- BRACHY-logy, concise or shortened
expression
NOTE: Not to be confused with the similar
BRACHI- ‘arm of List 3
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CAC-, (KAK-) (κακός)
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‘bad’
- CACO-PHON-y;
- CAC-AESTHE-sia, any morbid
sensation; - CAC-OSM-ia, imaginary odours,
particularly putrefactive odours
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CAU-, CAUS- (καίω; καῦμα)
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‘to burn’
- CAUS-tic;
- en-CAUS-tic;
- CAUM-AESTHE-sia, experience of
a sense of heat when temperature is
not high; - CRYO-CAUT-ery, the destruction of
tissues by application of extreme
cold; - CAUT-er-ize to apply an agent
capable of burning or destroying
tissue
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CLI-, CLEI-; CLEIST- (κλείω; κειστός)
A
‘to close’; ‘closed’
- CLEISTO-GAM-y, state of having
small, inconspicuous, self-fertilizing
flowers; fertilization without opening
of florets; - CORE-CLI-sis, pathologic closure or
obliteration of the pupil
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CLY(S)- (κλύζω)
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‘to wash’
- cata-CLYSM;
- ENTERO-CLY-sis, injection of a
fluid preparation into the rectum;
hypo- - DERMO-CLY-sis, introduction of
large quantities of fluids into
subcutaneous tissues
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CROT- (κρότος)
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‘pulse beat’
- TRI-CROT-ism, the condition of
having three waves corresponding to
one pulse beat
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CYCL- (κύκλος)
‘circle’, ‘wheel’
* BI-CYCLE;
* en-CYCLO-PED-ia;
* a-CYCL-ia, state of arrested
circulation of bodily fluids;
* CYCLO-COEL-ic, with intestines
coiled in one or more distinct spirals
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CYN- (κύων, κυνός)
‘dog’
* CYN-ic;
* CYNO-CEPHAL-ous, with the head
shaped like a dog’s;
* CYNO-POD-ous, with non-retractile
claws
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DOLICH- (δολιχός)
‘long’
* DOLICHO-PLATY-CEPHAL-us, a
person having a long skull which is
unusually broad;
* DOLICHO-RRHINE, having a long
nose
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ER-, EROT- (ἔρως, ἔρωτος)
‘love’, ‘sexual love’
* AUTO-EROT-ic, relating to sexual
excitement generated by stimulating
or fantasizing about one’s own body;
* ALLO-EROT-ism, sexual
excitement induced by and directed
toward another
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GENY-; GENI- (γένυς; γένειον)
‘jaw’, ‘cheek’; ‘chin’
* GENY-plasty, surgical
reconstruction of the jaw;
* GENIO-GLOSS-us, muscle of the
tongue arising from the mandible
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GLAUC- (γλαυκός)
silvery’, ‘grey-green’
* a-GLAUC-OP-sia, green-blindness
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GON(Y)-, GONAT- (γόνυ, γόνατος)
‘knee’
* GON-ALG-ia, pain in the knee joint;
* GON-ARTHR-itis, inflammation of
the knee joing;
* GONATO-CELE, knee tumour
NOTE: not to be confused with root GON(I)- ‘angle’
of List 5
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HAPL- (ἁπλόος)
‘single’, ‘simple’
* HAPLO-id, have the number of
chromosomes characteristic of
mature germ cells for the organism
in question;
* HAPL-OP-ia, single vision, as
opposed to DIPL-OP-ia
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(H)APT-; (H)APH-; APS- (ἅπτω --⟩ ἅψω,
ἑάφθη)
‘to touch’; ‘sense of touch’
* HAPH-ALGE-sia, a sensation of
pain experience on the mere
touching of an object;
* HAPT-ics, the branch of psychology
dealing with the tactile sense;
* syn-APSE, the region of connection
between two neurons
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HOL- (ὅλος)
‘whole’, ‘entire’
* CAT-HOL-ic (in respect of the
whole);
* HOLO-CAUST (burning of the
whole);
* HOLO-GASTRO-SCHIS-is, fissure
involving the whole length of the
abdomen
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HOM-, HOME- (ὁμός)
‘same’, ‘similar’
* HOMO-CHROM-ous, of one colour;
* HOMO-PHONE, pronounced alike
but different in meaning or
derivation or spelling;
* HOMO-PTER-ous, having wings
alike
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HYPN- (ὕπνος)
‘sleep’
* HYPN-AGOG-ic, inducing sleep,
pertaining to inception of sleep,
applies to visions seen just before
complete sleep
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IDE- (ἰδέα)
‘idea’, ‘mental image’
* MONO-IDE-ism, absorption in a
single idea, as in mental depression,
hypnosis or trance;
* IDEO-phobia, morbid fear of ideas
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KARY-, CARY- (κάρυον)
‘nucleus’, ‘nut’
* CARYO-CLAS-tic, agent which
splits the cell nucleus;
* KARYO-GAM-y, the fusion of cell
nuclei, as in fertilization
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KERAT-, CERAT-, KER-, CER- (κέρας,
κέρατος)
‘horn’, ‘horny tissue’, ‘cornea’
* RHINO-CER-os;
* BRACHY-CER-ous, short-horned,
or with short antennae;
* KERAT-oma, a horny thickening of
the skin;
* KERATO-MALAC-ia, softening of
the cornea
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KYM-, CYM- (κῦμα)
‘wave’
* KYMO-GRAPH, an instrument for
recording physiologic cycles or
actions in a patient;
* MYO-KYM-ia, constant quivering
of a muscle;
* CYMO-TRICH-ous, having wavy
hair
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LEMM(A)- (λέμμα)
‘sheath’, ‘husk’
* MYO-LEMMA or SARCOLEMMA, the sheath of muscular
fibre;
* NEURO-LEMMA, delicate elastic
membrane outside medullary sheath
of nerve fibre;
* LEMMO-CYTE, a formative cell for
the neurolemma
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LEPID- (λεπίς, λεπίδος)
‘scale (as in on lizards, fish, etc.)’
* HOMO-LEPID-ous, having one kind
of scales;
* LEPIDO-SAUR-ia, reptiles with
scaly skin, including lizards and
snakes
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LEPT- (λεπτός)
‘thin’, ‘delicate’
* DOLICHO-LEPTO-CEPHAL-us, a
person whose skull, in addition to
being long, is also high and narrow;
* LEPTO-DERMAT-ous, thin-skinned
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LEUK-, (LEUC-) (λευκός)
‘white’
* LEUK-AEM-ia;
* LEUKO-CYTE, a colourless cell
which circulates in the blood;
* LEUKO-ENCEPHAL-itis,
inflammation of the white substance
of the brain
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LYMPH- (Lat. lympha from Greek
νύμφη)
‘water’, ‘lymph’
* CYTO-LYMPH, cell-sap, the fluid
part of protoplasm;
* KARYO-LYMPH, nuclear sap;
* LYMPHO-CYTE, a small
mononuclear cell of blood or lymph;
* LYMPH-ADEN-oma, tumourlike
enlargement of a lymph gland
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MES- (μέσος)
‘middle’
* MESO-POTAM-ia; MESO-PHYTE,
plant thriving in a temperate climate
with a normal amount of moisture;
* MESO-POD-ium; middle part of the
molluscan foot
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MIT- (μίτος)
‘thread’
* MITO-sis, indirect or karyokinetic
cell division, with chromosome
formation, etc.;
* MITO-GENE-sis, formation as a
result of mitosis;
* MITO-CHONDR-ion, an organelle
found in large numbers in most cells
* NOTE: not to be confused with the Latin
Root MIT- ‘send’ of List 9
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MYX- (μύξα)
‘mucus’, ‘slime’
* MYX-oma, connective tissue tumour
composed of cells of stellate and
spindle form with processes
separated by mucoid material;
* MYXO-POD-ium, a slimy
PSEUDO-POD-ium
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NEM-, NEMAT- (νῆμα, νήματος)
‘thread’
* MICRO-NEM-ous, furnished with
short filaments;
* NEMAT-ode, roundworm
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NOS- (νόσος)
‘disease’
* NOSO-GEO-GRAPH-y, the
geography of endemic diseases;
* NOSO-PHYTE, any pathogenic
vegetable organism;
* PHOTO-NOS-us, disease from
intense or glaring light, such as snow
blindness
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OEDE- (EDE-) (οἰδέω)
‘to swell’
* OEDE-ma, excessive accumulation
of fluid in tissue spaces;
* ARTHR-OEDE-ma, oedema
affecting the joints;
* TROPH-OEDE-ma, oedema due to
damaged nourishment or nerve
supply
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ONC-, -ONCUS (ὄγκος)
‘tumour’, ‘swelling’
* ONCO-logy;
* ADEN-ONCUS, an enlargement or
tumour of a gland;
* par-OPTHALM-ONC-osis,
development of tumour near the eye
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ONT- (εἰμί --⟩ ὄντος)
‘being’, ‘individual’
* ONTO-logy, the branch of
metaphysics dealing with the nature
of being;
* SCHIZ-ONT, a cell that divides by
schizogony to form daughter cells (in
biology, -ont denotes an individual
or cell of a specified type)
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ORNIS-, ORNITH- (ὄρνις, ὄρνιθος)
‘bird’
* ORNITHO-logy;
* HELI-ORNITH-idae, a family of
tropical aquatic birds comprising the
sun grebes;
* ORNITHO-philous, of flowers
pollinated through the agency of
birds
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OXY-, OX- (ὀξύς)
‘sharp’, ‘acid’, ‘oxygen’
* PAR-OXY-sm;
* OXY-GEN;
* OXY-BLEP-sia, acuteness of vision;
* OXY-DACTYL, having slender,
tapering digits;
* OXY-philous, tolerating only acidic
soils or substrates
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PALAE- (PALE-) (παλαιός)
‘old’, ‘ancient’
* PALAE-ONTO-logy;
* PALAEO-GRAPH-y;
* PALAEO-ENCEPHAL-on, the
phylogenetically old part of the brain
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PETR- (πέτρα)
‘rock’
* PETR-OL-eum;
* PETER;
* PETRO-philous, attached to or living
on rocks, especially used of marine
life
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PHA-; PHEM- (φήμι; φάσις)
‘to speak’; ‘voice’
* a-PHEM-ia an inability to articulate
words or sentences due to a central
lesion;
* HETERO-PHEM-ia, the
unconscious saying of one thing
while another is meant
NOTE: don’t confuse with PHA- ‘appear’ of List 2.
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PHON- (φωνή)
‘sound’, ‘voice’
* TELE-PHONE;
* BARY-PHON-ia a heavy or deep
quality of voice;
* RHINO-PHON-ia, nasal tone in the
speaking voice
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PHOT- (φῶς, φωτός)
‘light’
* PHOTO-GRAPH;
* PHOTO-LY-tic, of a substance
which is decomposed by action of
light;
* PHOTO-TROPH-ic, requiring light
as a source of energy in nutrition
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PHRA- (φράζω)
‘to speak’
* PHRA-se;
* para-PHRA-se;
* peri-PHRA-sis;
* a-PHRA-sia, loss of power to utter
connected phrases;
* em-BOLO-PHRA-sia, insertion of
meaningless words into speech,
embololalia
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PHRAG- (φραγμός; φράγνυμι)
‘to block up’, ‘to wall in’
* dia-PHRAG-m;
* em-PHRAC-tic, any agent that
obstructs the function of an organ,
especially the excretory function of
the skin
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PHYL- (φυλή)
‘race’
* PHYL-um, (in zoology) a principal
taxonomic category that ranks above
class and below kingdom;
* POLY-PHYL-etic, a group of
organisms derived from more than
one common evolutionary ancestor
or ancestral group and therefore not
suitable for placing in the same taxon
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PHYLAC(T)- (φύλαξ, φύλακος;
φυλάκτωρ)
‘to guard’, ‘to protect’
* pro-PHYLACT-ic;
* cata-PHYLAX-is, movement and
transportation of phylactic agents,
such as leukocytes, to the site of an
infection (X=c+s)
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PLAN- (πλάνος)
‘wandering’
* PLAN-et;
* ANGIO-PLAN-ia, irregularity or
abnormality in the course of a vessel
(ANGI-ec-TOP-ia);
* a-PLANO-GAM-ete, a nonmotile,
conjugating germ cell of various
plants and animals;
* PLANO-mania, a morbid desire for
wandering
NOTE: don’t confuse with Latin root PLAN- ‘flat’ of
List 7.
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PLEUR- (πλευρόν)
‘side’, ‘rib’, ‘pleura’
* an-ISO-PLEUR-al, bilaterally
asymmetrical;
* eu-DI-PLEUR-al, symmetrical about
a median plane, bilaterally
symmetrical;
* PLEUR-ODYN-ia, pain in the
abdominal wall;
* PLEURO-SOMATO-SCHIS-is,
lateral abdominal fissure
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-PLO- (-πλόος)
‘folded’, ‘fold’ (as in ‘threefold’)
* DI-PLO-ma;
* DI-PLO-m-at;
* DI-PLO-CEPHAL-us, an organism
with two heads;
* HETERO-PLO-id, not having a
multiple of the basic HAPLO-id
number of chromosomes;
* TETRA-PLO-id, with four times the
normal haploid number of
chromosomes
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PNE(A)-, PNEUST- (πνέω; πνευστικός)
‘breathing’
* amphi-PNEUST-ic, having both gills
and lungs throughout life history;
* HOLO-PNEUST-ic, with all
spiracles open for respiration;
* hyper-PNEA, increase in depth of
inspiration
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PNEUM-, PNEUMAT- (πνεῦμα,
πνεύματα)
‘air’, ‘gas’
* PNEUMAT-iz-ation, progressive
development of, or state of having,
air-filled cavities in the bone
NOTE: related to root PNEUMON-, ‘lung’ of List 3
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POIE- (ποιέω)
‘to make’
* PO-et;
* ONOMATO-POE-ia;
* ANGIO-POIE-sis, the process by
which certain cells cause the
formation of blood vessels in new
tissue;
* HIDRO-POIE-sis, formation of
sweat
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PORPHYR- (πορφύρα)
‘purple’
* PORPHYR-in, a heterocyclic ring
derived from porhin, named for its
deep-red or purple colour;
* PORPHYR-in-uria, the excretion in
the urine of an abnormal amount of
porphyrin
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PRESBY- (πρέσβυς)
‘old’
* PRESBY-CUS-is, progressive
hearing loss occurring with age;
* PRESBYO-PHREN-ia, failure of the
sense of location and memory in the
aged
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PYEL- (πύελος)
‘pelvis (especially of the kidney)’
* CYSTO-PYEL-itis, inflammation of
the urinary bladder and pelvis of the
kidney;
* PYELO-stomy, incision of the renal
pelvis;
* PYELO-GRAPH-y, an X-ray
technique for producing an image of
the renal pelvis and urinary tract
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PYG- (πυγή)
‘rump’
* PYG-id-ium, the terminal part or
hind segment of the body in certain
invertebrates;
* PYGO-POD-ous, having feet set far
back, as some birds
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PYR-, PYRET-; PYREX- (πῦρ; πυρετός;
πυρέττω --⟩ ἐπύρεξα)
‘fire’, ‘fever’; ‘fever’
* PYRETO-GEN-ic, causing fever;
* PYRETO-lysis, reduction of fever
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RHAPH-, -RRHAPH- (ῥαφή)
‘to sew’
* RHAPE, the seamlike union of the
two lateral halves of a part or organ
(as of a tongue);
* dys-RAPH-ism, defective raphe
formation, defective
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RHIZ-, -RRHIZ- (ῥίζα)
‘root’
* POLY-RRHIZ-al, having many
roots;
* RHIZO-SPHERE, soil immediately
surrounding the root system of a
plant
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SARC- (σάρξ, σαρκός)
‘flesh’
* SARCO-PHAG-us;
* SARCO-BI-ont, living on flesh;
* SARCO-CARP, the fleshy or pulpy
part of a fruit
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SCLER- (σκληρός)
‘hard’
* SCLER-osis;
* SCLER-a, the sclerotic coat of the
eyeball, i.e., the firm fibrous outer
layer of the eyeball;
* SCLERO-MENINX, dense fibrous
lining of the cranial cavity and spinal
canal, dura mater
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SEP- (σήπω)
‘to rot’, ‘to putrefy’
* a-SEP-tic, pertaining to the exclusion
of microorganisms causing decay;
* anti-SEP-tic, preventing SEP-sis or
poisoning by destruction of or
exclusion of microorganisms from
body tissue
NOTE: don’t confuse with Latin root SEP- ‘separate’
of List 9
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SIT- (σῖτος)
'food’
* para-SITE;
* apo-SIT-ia, aversion to or loathing of
food;
* SITO-therapy, the use of food for
therapeutic purposes, a.k.a. DIETOtherapy;
* SITO-TROP-ism, tendency to turn in
the direction of food
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SPA- (σπάω)
‘to draw’, ‘to jerk’
* SPAS-m;
* anti-SPAS-tic, anti-SPASM-od-ic, or
SPAS-m-o-LY-tic, an agent relieving
convulsions or spasmodic pains
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SPLEN- (σπλήν)
‘spleen’
* SPLEN-etic;
* GASTRO-SPLEN-ic, relating to the
stomach and spleen;
* SPLEN-ALG-ia, pain originating in
the spleen
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STAPHYL- (σταφυλή)
‘bunch of grapes’, ‘uvula’
* BRACHY-STAPHYL-ine, having a
short alveolar arch;
* STAPHYLO-COCC-us, spherical
bacteria sometimes occurring in
clusters;
* STAPHYLO-RRAPH-y, repair of a
cleft palate by plastic operation and
suture
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STEAR-, STEAT- (στέαρ, στέατος)
‘fat’, ‘tallow’
* STEAT-itis, inflammation of adipose
tissue;
* STEAT-oma, a sebaceous cyst or
tumour of a sebaceous gland;
* STEAR-in, a white crystalline
substance which is the main
constituent of tallow and suet
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STEN- (στενός)
‘narrow’
* STENO-GRAPH-y, shorthand;
* STENO-COR-iasis, narrowing of the
pupil;
* STENO-STOMAT-ous, narrowmouthed
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STETH- (στῆθος)
‘chest’
* MESO-STETH-ium, middle part of
the sternum in vertebrates;
* MICRO-STETHO-PHONE, a
STEHO-SCOPE that amplifies the
sounds heard
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STREPT-, STROPH- (στρεπτός; στροφή)
‘turned’, ‘twisted’
* PHLEBO-STREP-sis, the twisting of
a vein;
* STREPTO-COCC-us, a bacterium of
a genus that includes the agents of
souring of milk and dental decay,
and haemolytic pathogens causing
various infections such as scarlet
fever and pneumonia
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STERE- (στερεός)
‘solid’, ‘three-dimensional’
* STEREO-PHON-ic;
* STEREO-ARTHRO-lysis, loosening
stiff joints by operation or
manipulation;
* STEREO-PLASM, more solid part
of a protoplasm, opp. of HYDROPLASM
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THALL- (θαλλός)
‘young shoot’
* THALLO-PHYTE, plant not
differentiated into stem and root,
such as algae, fungi and lichens;
* THALL-us (pl. thalli), a plant body
that is not differentiated into stem
and leaves and lacks true roots and a
vascular system (i.e. algae, fungi,
lichens, and some liverworts)
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THYM- (θυμός)
‘mind’, ‘emotions’
* eu-THYM-ia, a joyful but tranquil
mood;
* hyper-THYM-ia, heightened
emotional response;
* hypo-THYM-ia, subnormal
emotional response and depression
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TRIB-, TRIP- (τρίβω --⟩ ἔτρψα)
‘to rub’, ‘to crush’
* OMPHALO-TRIP-sy, separation of
the umbilical cord by a crushing
instrument;
* XERO-TRIP-sis, dry friction
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XEN- (ξένος)
‘host’, ‘stranger’, ‘foreigner’
* XENO-phobia;
* peri-XEN-itis, inflammation around
a foreign body embedded in the
tissues;
* XENO-CHROMA, the effect of
foreign pollen producing a change in
colour of fruit;
* XENO-LITH, a fragment of a rock
included in another rock
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ZYG- (ζυγόν)
‘yoke’; relating to joining or pairing
* ZYG-ODONT, having molar teeth in
which the four tubercles are united in
pairs;
* ZYG-ote, cell formed by the union
of two gametes or reproductive cells
(a fertilized ovum)
