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Chapter 11-12
Bioscientific Terminology: Ayers
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Classics
Undergraduate 2
01/19/2012

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Cards

Term

 

 

-ium, -ion

Definition

 

 

little

Term

 

 

-idium, -idion

Definition

 

 

little

Term

 

 

-arium, -arion

Definition

 

 

 

little

Term

 

 

-isk, -iscus

Definition

 

 

little

Term

 

 

ASC-

Definition

 

 

bag

ex: ascus

Term

 

 

BRANCHI-

Definition

 

 

gills

ex: anthrobranchial

Term

 

 

CARP-

Definition

 

 

fruit

ex: carpolith

Term

 

 

-CELE

Definition

 

 

hernia, swelling

ex: hydrocele

Term

 

 

COLP-

Definition

 

 

vagina

ex: aerocolpos

Term

 

 

GEN(E)-/GON-

Definition

 

 

to produce, be produced/seed

ex: gonad

Term

 

 

HELI-

Definition

 

 

sun

ex: heliopsis

Term

 

 

MER-

Definition

 

 

part

ex: myomere

Term

 

 

NYCT-

Definition

 

 

night

ex: nyctophonia

Term

 

 

ONYM-

Definition

 

 

name

ex: metonym

Term

 

 

OO-

Definition

 

 

egg

ex: oocyte

Term

 

 

PACHY-

Definition

 

 

thick

ex: pachyacria

Term

 

 

PEN-

Definition

 

 

deficiency, want

ex: glycopenia

Term

 

 

PHLEB-

Definition

 

 

vein

ex: phlebismus

Term

 

 

PHTHI-

Definition

 

 

to waste away

ex: phthisiogyne

Term

 

 

PHYC-

Definition

 

 

seaweed, algae

ex: Phycomycetes

Term

 

 

PTO-

Definition

 

 

to fall

ex: proptosis

Term

 

 

SALPING-

Definition

 

 

tube (eustachian or fallopian)

ex: salpingocyesis

Term

 

 

SAUR-

Definition

 

 

lizard

ex: dinosaur

Term

 

 

XANTH-

Definition

 

 

yellow

ex: zooxanthin

Term

 

 

-ize

Definition

 

 

to make, treat, do something with

Term

 

 

-ate

Definition

 

 

to make, treat, do something with

Term

 

 

-AGRA

Definition

 

 

painful seizure

ex: melagra

Term

 

 

BRACHI-

Definition

 

 

arm

ex: brachiopod

Term

 

 

CENTE-

Definition

 

 

to puncture

ex: paracentesis

Term

 

 

CHIR-, CHEIR-

Definition

 

 

hand

ex: chiropractor

Term

 

 

CEL(I)-, COEL-, -COEL

Definition

 

 

abdominal cavity

ex: celiotomy

Term

 

 

DENDR-

Definition

 

 

tree

ex: dendron

Term

 

 

HYAL-

Definition

 

 

glass, vitreous body of the eye

ex: hyaloid

 

Term

 

 

LARYNG-

Definition

 

 

larynx

ex: laryngopathy

Term

 

 

LEI-

Definition

 

 

smooth

ex: leiodermia

Term

 

 

MALAC-

Definition

 

 

soft

ex: malacology

Term

 

 

MASTIG-

Definition

 

 

whip, flagellum

ex: mastigium

Term

 

 

MIS-

Definition

 

 

hate

ex: misogamy

Term

 

 

PTER-, PTERYG(I)-

Definition

 

 

wing, fin

ex: arthropterous

Term

 

 

SCHIZ-, SCHIS(T)-

Definition

 

 

to split

ex: schism

Term

 

 

SPLANCHN-

Definition

 

 

entrails, viscera

ex: macrosplanchnic

Term

 

 

THI-

Definition

 

 

sulfur

ex: thiogenic

Term

 

 

THORAC-

Definition

 

 

chest, thorax

ex: hemothorax

Term

 

 

TOX-

Definition

 

 

poison

ex: toxic

Term

 

 

TRICH-, THRIX-

Definition

 

 

hair

ex: schizotrichia

Term

 

 

XER-

Definition

 

 

dry

ex: xeric

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