XXVII

Question 1

coron- (Lat.)

Answer 1

crown

Question 2

farc-, farct- (Lat.)

Answer 2

to stuff, to cram

Question 3

isch- (Gk.)

Answer 3

to supress

Question 4

lu-, lut- (Lat.)

Answer 4

to wash

Question 5

mitr- (Gk.)

Answer 5

bandage, waistband

Question 6

ram- (Lat.)

Answer 6

branch

Question 7

thromb- (Gk.)

Answer 7

clot

Question 8

a powerful tendon that attaches the lower muscles of the legs to the heel; thetis, the mother of the famous Homeric warrior Achilles, was said to have dipped her son into the River Styx while holding him by the heel so that he could become immortal, but as his heel was never fully immersed in the water, he died when truck with an arrow in this unprotected area (“calcaneal tendon” “tendon of the heel”)

Answer 8

achilles tendon

Question 9

the 1st or uppermost cervical vertebra, which articulates with the occipital bone above and supports the skull; so named from Atlas, a mythic giant born from the Titan Iapetus, resposible for holding up the vault of the heavens (in some accounts, a punishment for his involvement in the rebellion of the Titans agaisnt the Olympian gods)

Answer 9

atlas (vertebra)

Question 10

dilated cutaneous veins around the umbilicus; so called because of a perceived resemblance between the veins and head of the snake-haired medusa (note the genitive singular Medusae)

Answer 10

caput Medusae

Question 11

membranous fold that partially or wholly occludes the external orifice of the vagina; Greek word hymen, “membrane” may be of the same origin as the name Hymen, the Greek and Roman god of marriage, although this etymology is disputed

Answer 11

hymen

Question 12

the mons pubis (pubic mound) of a woman. a rounded, fleshy prominence over the pubic bone; lit “mound of venus” named after the Roman goddess of love and sex, corresponding generally to the Greek Aphrodite (veneris is the genetive singualr of the third declension noun Venus)

Answer 12

mons Veneris

Question 13

in genetics, the presence of cells of diff origin in an individualm whether by mutation, transplant, or some other process; named from the chimera, a hybrid monster depicted as an amalgam of a lion, goat and serpent

Answer 13

chimerism

Question 14

abnormal overgrowth or excess is stature, named from the Giants (lat. & gk. gigantes), a race of monstrous creatures that were born from Gaia (earth) and drops of blood galling from the castrated genitals of Ouranos (sky) also spelled gigantism

Answer 14

gigantism

Question 15

a person or animal with both male and female sex organs, so called because of the mythical figure Hermaphrodites, the son of Hermes and Aphrodite who became conjoined with the nymph Salmacis, after which her possessed a dual sexuality

Answer 15

hermaphrodite

Question 16

excessive self-interest or self love; named form Narcissus, a beautiful young man who saw his reflection in a stream and was so transfized by the sight that he could not move; depending on the version of the story he then committed suidcide, or fell into the spring and drowned, or was transformed into a flower

Answer 16

Narcissism

Question 17

acute, extreme anxiety, often leading to abnormal thinking or behavior, lit. “pertaining to Pan”; the Greek god Pan presided over mountains, forest, caves, and other places in which strange sounds could be heard, and the fear caused by such noises was associated directly with the god

Answer 17

panic

Question 18

persistent abnormal erection of the penis, usually without any sexual desire; Priapus was a Greek god of fertility and sexuality marked by a constant ithyphallic (erect) state; he was also associated generally with prosperity (statuettes of erect penises were frquently employed as good-luck charms)

Answer 18

priapism

Question 19

hypersexuality in a male; lit. “the condition of being satyr’ a hybrid (often ithyphallic) creature associated with Dionysus and known for constant cravings for wine and sex; cf. “nymphonia,” hypersexuality in a women

Answer 19

satyriasis

Question 20

related to or transmitted by sexual contact ( esp. disease); lit. “having to do with Venus”

Answer 20

venereal

Question 21

a colorless, water-soluble alkaline gas that can be toxic in high concentraions; so called because it was emitted by sal ammoniacus (salt of Ammon), a salt obtained by the Romans near the temple of Jupiter Ammon in Egypt (the Egyptian deity Amum was king of the gods and was therefore associated with the Greek Zues and the Roman Jupiter)

Answer 21

ammonia

Question 22

a drug that increases sexual libido; from a Greek word meaninf “having to do with Aphrodite” the goddess of love and sex

Answer 22

aphrodisiac

Question 23

a poisonous alkanoid occurring naturally in deadly nighshade (Atropa belladonna); called by the name of atropos (Inflexible) one of the Greek Fates, the goddesses responsible for apportioning to humans their respective lifespans

Answer 23

atropine

Question 24

a metallic element that is a silvery white liquid at room temp; named from Mercury, the Roman messenger god presiding over commerce, travel and boundaries (identified with the Greek Hermes); some elements known in antiquity were associated with the planets (the sun, and gold, mars and iron) and likewise mercuary was associated with the god/planet of the same name, perhaps because of its mobility (cf. the alt. name “quicksilver”) the Greek name hydragyros (liquid silver) gives the element its symbol Hg

Answer 24

mercury

Question 25

the principle alkaloid of opium, used mainly as a narcotic analgesic; so called from Morpheus, the methodological son of Hypos (sleep) on account of his ability to induce dreams

Answer 25

morphine

Question 26

a readioactive element obtained by splitting uranium atoms with neutrons; so called because it came directly after uranium in the periodic table, and neptune is one planet father out from Uranus (uranium itseld had ben named after the newly discovered planet; the same process was also used to labe plutonium, the next element in the able after neptunium)

Answer 26

neptunium

Question 27

an amino acid serving as a major base of sphingolipids in mmals; some soures calim an etymology from sphin- (to bind) but the actual namesake is the sphinx (Gk, Sphinx, sphing-) a hybrid female monster faous for her riddles; sphingosine was so called in 1881 because of the "many enigmas it presented to the inquirer"

Answer 27

sphingosine