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Chapter 7-8
Bioscientific Terminology: Ayers
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Undergraduate 2
01/15/2012

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-ter

Definition

 

 

 

means of, place for


Term

 

 

-ist, -ast

Definition

 

 

 

one who

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-te, -t

Definition

 

 

 

one who, that which

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-cian

Definition

 

 

 

specialist in, practioner of

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ACTIN-

Definition

 

 

ray

ex: actinogenic

Term

 

 

ARGYR-

Definition

 

 

silver

ex: argyria

Term

 

 

BA-

Definition

 

 

to step, go, walk

ex: basophobia

Term

 

 

BROM-

Definition

 

 

stench, bromine

ex: Bromoderma

Term

 

 

CHOL(E)-

Definition

 

 

bile, gall

ex: eucholia

Term

 

 

CLAS-

Definition

 

 

to break

ex: cardioclasis

Term

 

 

CRANI-

Definition

 

 

cranium

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CRI-/CRIN-

Definition

 

 

to separate, distinguish/to secrete

ex: endocrine, cytocrinia

Term

 

 

EURY(S)-

Definition

 

 

wide

ex: eurysome

Term

 

 

HEM-, HEMAT- (HAEM-, HAEMAT-)

Definition

 

 

 

blood

ex: haemin

Term

 

 

HIDRO(S)-

Definition

 

 

sweat

ex: chromihidrosis

Term

 

 

LITH-, -LITE

Definition

 

 

stone

ex: otolith

Term

 

 

MYI-

Definition

 

 

fly

ex: ophthalmomyiasis

Term

 

 

OP-, OPT-/PROSOP-

Definition

 

 

eye, to see/face

ex: hemianopsia, emmetropia

Term

 

 

ORTH-

Definition

 

 

straight, correct

ex: orthochromatic

Term

 

 

PHA-, PHAN-

Definition

 

 

to appear, show

ex: metaphase, diaphane

Term

 

 

RHE-, -RRH

Definition

 

 

to flow, current

ex: rheobase

Term

 

 

SCOP-

Definition

 

 

to view

ex: endoscope 

Term

 

 

STA-

Definition

 

 

to stand, stop, fix, regulate

ex: ananastasia, hemostasia

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STYL-

Definition

 

 

 

pillar

ex: style

Term

 

 

-ia, -y

Definition

 

 

state of, condition of, quality of

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-ism, ismus

Definition

 

 

condition of, belief in

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-sis, -sia, -sy, -se

Definition

 

 

act of, process of, result of

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-ma, -m, -me

Definition

 

 

result of the act of

Term

 

 

BLEP-

Definition

 

 

to see

ex: ablepsia

Term

 

 

COR(E)-

Definition

 

 

pupil of the eye

ex: cornea

Term

 

 

CRA-

Definition

 

 

to mix

ex: crasis

Term

 

 

CYAN-

Definition

 

 

blue

ex: cyanopia

Term

 

 

CYE-

Definition

 

 

to be pregnant

ex: metacyesis

Term

 

 

GALACT-, GALA-

Definition

 

 

milk

ex: galactase

Term

 

 

GEU-

Definition

 

 

to taste

ex: hypergeusia

Term

 

 

GLOSS-, GLOT(T)-

Definition

 

 

tongue, language

ex: bradyglossia

Term

 

 

IDI-

Definition

 

 

one's own, peculiar, distinct

ex: idiolect

Term

 

 

IS-

Definition

 

 

equal, same

ex: isozoic

Term

 

 

LAL-

Definition

 

 

to talk

ex: bradylalia

Term

 

 

MEGA-, MEGAL-

Definition

 

 

large, one million

ex: megalopic

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MOGI-

Definition

 

 

difficult

ex: mogigraphia

Term

 

 

NE-

Definition

 

 

new and different form of

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ODYN-

Definition

 

 

pain

ex: glossodynia

Term

 

 

ONYCH-

Definition

 

 

 

finger/toenail, claw

ex: neonychium

Term

 

 

PATH-

Definition

 

 

disease, suffering, feeling

ex: hyperpathia

Term

 

 

PEP(S)-, PEPT-

Definition

 

 

to digest

ex: pepsin

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PSEUD-

Definition

 

 

false

ex: pseudoscience

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TELE-

Definition

 

 

afar, operating at a distance

ex: telepathy

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