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Title: Bioscientific Vocabulary

Description: Greek Bases

Total Flash Cards: 73

Created: 12/09/2007 23:23:08

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Term

CAMP(T)-

CAMPYL-

 Definition
bent
Term

CAU-

CAUS-

 Definition
to burn
Term
-CELE
 Definition
hernia, swelling
Term

CEL(I)-

COEL-

-COEL

 Definition
cavity, abdominal cavity
Term
CERC-
 Definition
tail
Term
CHOR(I)-
 Definition
fetal membrane (chorion), tunic of the eyeball (choroid)
Term
CLAD-
 Definition
branch
Term
CLEID-
 Definition
clavicle
Term

CLI-

CLEI-

 

CLEIST-

 Definition

to close

closed
Term
CLY(S)-
 Definition
to wash
Term
CONDYL-
 Definition
knob, knuckle
Term
CORM-
 Definition
trunk of a tree of body
Term
CRA-
 Definition
to mix
Term

CRI-

CRIN-

 Definition

to separate, to distinguish

te secrete
Term
CROT-
 Definition
pulse beat
Term
CYE-
 Definition
to be pregnant
Term

DE-

DESM-

 Definition

to bind

ligament
Term
DOCH-
 Definition
to take or receive
Term
DOLICH-
 Definition
long
Term
EURY(S)-
 Definition
wide
Term
GANGLI-
 Definition
mass of nerve tissue, small cyst or swelling
Term

GENY-

GENI-

 Definition

jaw, cheek

chin
Term
GON(I)-
 Definition
angle
Term
ISCH-
 Definition
to suppress
Term
LEMM(A)-
 Definition
sheath, husk
Term
LEP-
 Definition
to seize
Term
LEPT-
 Definition
thin, delicate
Term

LOPH-

LOPHI-

 Definition

crest, ridge, tuft

small crest, lophion
Term
LY-
 Definition
to loosen, to dissolve, to break up
Term
MEL-
 Definition
limb
Term
MIT-
 Definition
thread
Term
MYEL-
 Definition
spinal cord, marrow
Term
ODYN-
 Definition
pain
Term

ONC-

-ONCUS

 Definition
tumor, swelling
Term
ONT-
 Definition
being, individual
Term
OPISTH-
 Definition
behind
Term
OSM-
 Definition
smell
Term
PHLEB-
 Definition
vein
Term
PHREN-
 Definition
mind, diaphragm
Term
PHTHI-
 Definition
to waste away
Term
PHY-
 Definition
to grow
Term
PHYC-
 Definition
seaweed, algae
Term
PHYLAC(T)-
 Definition
to guard, to protect
Term
PLAN-
 Definition
wandering
Term
PLEUR-
 Definition
side, rib, plerua
Term
-PLO-
 Definition
folded, fold (as in three-fold)
Term

PNE(A)-

PNEUST-

 Definition
breathing
Term
POIKIL-
 Definition
varied, irregular, mottled
Term
PTO-
 Definition
to fall
Term

PTY-

PTYAL-

 Definition

to spit

saliva
Term

PYCN-

PYKN-

 Definition
thick, frequent
Term
PYEL-
 Definition
pelvis, especially of the kidney
Term
PYL(E)-
 Definition
gate, entrance
Term
RHABD-
 Definition
rod
Term

RHACH(I)-

RACH(I)-

-RRHACH-

 Definition
the spine
Term

RHAPH-

-RRHAPH-

 Definition
to sew, to suture
Term
SAPR-
 Definition
rotten
Term
SPA-
 Definition
to draw, to jerk
Term
SPHEN-
 Definition
wedge
Term
SPHYGM-
 Definition
pulse
Term

SPONDYL-

 Definition

vertebra
Term
STEN-
 Definition
narrow
Term
STETH-
 Definition
chest
Term

STREPT-

STROPH-

 Definition
turned, twisted
Term
TA-
 Definition
to stretch
Term
TACH(Y)-
 Definition
swift
Term
TEL(E)-
 Definition
completion, end, purpose
Term
THEL-
 Definition
nipple
Term
THI-
 Definition
sulfur
Term
THYM-
 Definition
mind, emotions
Term

TOC-

TOK-

 Definition
childbirth
Term
TRE(T)-
 Definition
to bore, to perforate
Term
TROCH-
 Definition
wheel, disk