Vocab 5

Question 1

ADELPH- (ἀδελφός)

Answer 1

‘brother’, ‘sibling’

Question 2

ALEX- (ἀλέξω)

Answer 2

‘to ward off’

Question 3

ANCON- (ἀγκών)

Answer 3

‘elbow’

Question 4

ANTR- (ἄντρον)

Answer 4

‘cavity’, ‘sinus’

Question 5

BALAN- (βάλανος)

Answer 5

‘acorn’, ‘the glans penis’

Question 6

BRONCH(I)- (βρόγχια)

Answer 6

‘air tube’

Question 7

BRY- (βρύον)

Answer 7

‘moss’

Question 8

CALYPT(R)- (καλυπτός)

Answer 8

‘hidden’

Question 9

CAMP(T)-, CAMPYL- (κάμπτω;
καμπύλος)

Answer 9

‘bent’

Question 10

CARP- (καρπός)

Answer 10

‘wrist’

Question 11

CERC- (κέρκος)

Answer 11

‘tail’

Question 12

CHLAMYD- (χλαμύς, χλαμύδος

Answer 12

‘cloak’, ‘envelope’

Question 13

CHORD- (χορδή)

Answer 13

‘cord’

Question 14

CHOR(I)- (χόριον)

Answer 14

‘fetal membrane’, ‘tunic of the
eye-ball’

Question 15

CHY-; CHYM-, CHYL- (χέω; χύμα;
χυλός)

Answer 15

‘to pour’; ‘juice’

Question 16

CLEID- (κλείς, κλειδός)

Answer 16

‘clavicle’

Question 17

CLON(US)- (κλόνος)

Answer 17

‘muscle spasm’

Question 18

COLL(A)- (κόλλα)

Answer 18

‘glue’

Question 19

CONDYL- (κόνδυλος)

Answer 19

‘knob’, ‘knuckle’

Question 20

CORM- (κορμός)

Answer 20

‘trunk of a tree or body’

Question 21

DOCH- (δοχός. cf. δέχομαι)

Answer 21

‘to take or receive’

Question 22

ECH- (ἠχώ)

Answer 22

‘echo’, ‘repetition’

Question 23

GANGLI- (γαγγλίον)

Answer 23

‘mass of nerve tissue’, ‘small cyst or
swelling’

Question 24

GLI- (γλία)

Answer 24

‘glue’

Question 25

GON(I)- (γωνία)

Answer 25

‘angle’

Question 26

HAL- (ἅλς)

Answer 26

‘salt’

Question 27

IN- (ἴς, ἰνός)

Answer 27

‘fibre’, ‘muscle’

Question 28

NOT- (νῶτον)

Answer 28

‘the back’

Question 29

OM- (ὦμος)

Answer 29

‘shoulder’

Question 30

OPISTH- (ὄπισθεν)

Answer 30

‘behind’

Question 31

PALI(N)- (πάλιν)

Answer 31

‘again’, ‘back’

Question 32

PHARYNG- (PHARYNX) (φάρυγξ, φάρυγγος)

Answer 32

‘pharynx’

Question 33

PHY- (φύω)

Answer 33

‘to grow’

Question 34

POIKIL- (ποικίλος)

Answer 34

‘varied’, ‘irregular’, ‘mottled’

Question 35

POR- (πόρος)

Answer 35

‘passage’, ‘pore’

Question 36

PTY-; PTYAL- (πτύω; πτύαλον)

Answer 36

‘to spit’; ‘saliva’

Question 37

PYCN-, PYKN- (πυκνός)

Answer 37

‘thick’, ‘frequent’

Question 38

PYL(E)- (πύλη)

Answer 38

‘gate’, ‘entrance’

Question 39

RHABD- (ῥάβδος)

Answer 39

‘rod’

Question 40

RHACH(I)-, RACH(I)-, -RRACH- (ῥάχις)

Answer 40

‘the spine’

Question 41

-RRHAG- (ῥηγνύμι)

Answer 41

‘excessive discharge, usually of blood’

Question 42

SPERM(A)-, SPERMAT- (σπέρμα, σπέρματα)

Answer 42

‘seed’, ‘semen’

Question 43

SPHEN- (σφήν)

Answer 43

‘wedge’

Question 44

SPHYGM- (σφυγμός)

Answer 44

‘pulse’

Question 45

SPIR- (σπεῖρα)

Answer 45

‘coil’

Question 46

SPONDYL- (σπόνδυλος)

Answer 46

‘vertebra’

Question 47

SPOR- (σπορά)

Answer 47

‘seed’, ‘spore’

Question 48

STERN- (στέρνον)

Answer 48

‘chest’, ‘breastbone’

Question 49

STIG- (στίγμα, στίγματα)

Answer 49

‘pricking’, ‘mark’, ‘point’

Question 50

SYRING-, (SYRINX) (σῦριγξ, σύριγγνος)

Answer 50

‘pipe’, ‘tube’

Question 51

TA- (τάσις. cf. τείνω)

Answer 51

‘to stretch’

Question 52

TEL(E)- (τέλος)

Answer 52

‘completion’, ‘end’, ‘purpose’

Question 53

THEL- (θηλή)

Answer 53

‘nipple’

Question 54

TOC-, TOK- (τόκος)

Answer 54

‘childbirth’

Question 55

TON- (τόνος. cf. τείνω)

Answer 55

‘stretching’, ‘tension’

Question 56

TRACHEL- (τράχηλος)

Answer 56

‘neck’

Question 57

TRE(T)- (τρῆμα; τετραίνω)

Answer 57

‘bore’, ‘to perforate’

Question 58

TROCH- (τροχός)

Answer 58

‘wheel’, ‘disk’

Question 59

XYL- (ξύλον)

Answer 59

‘wood’

Question 60

ZYM- (ζυμόω)

Answer 60

‘ferment’, ‘enzyme’