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Chapter 9-10
Bioscientific Terminology: Ayers
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Classics
Undergraduate 2
01/15/2012

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Term

 

 

-oma

Definition

 

 

tumor arising in or composed of, swelling containing, diseased condition, result of

Term

 

 

-osis

Definition

 

 

diseased condition of, act of, process of

Term

 

 

-itis

Definition

 

 

inflammation of, inflammatory disease of

Term

 

 

-in, -ine

Definition

 

 

chemical substance

Term

 

 

ADEN-

Definition

 

 

gland

ex: adenophore

Term
 
 
ANGI-
Definition

 

 

vessel

ex: angitis

Term

 

 

ARACHNI-

Definition

 

 

spider

ex: arachnida

Term

 

 

ASTR-, ASTER-

Definition

 

 

star

ex: asteroid

Term

 

 

BLAST-

Definition

 

 

bud, germ, embryonic cell

ex: blastoderm

Term

 

 

CHLOR-

Definition

 

 

green, chlorine

ex: chloroplast

Term

 

 

COCC-

Definition

 

 

berry shaped organism

ex: cytococcus

Term

 

 

CONI-

Definition

 

 

dust

ex: otoconium

Term

 

 

EO(S)-

Definition

 

 

 

dawn or early age, rosy

ex: eolithic

Term

 

 

LY-

Definition

 

 

to loosen, dissolve, break up

ex: lysin

Term

 

 

MENING-

Definition

 

 

membrane, meninges, membranes enveloping the brain and spinal cord

ex: meningitis

Term

 

 

METR-

Definition

 

 

uterus

ex: hematometra

Term

 

 

MYEL-

Definition

 

 

spinal cord, narrow

ex: myelin

Term

 

 

NEUR-

Definition

 

 

nerve, nervous system, tendon

ex: neuroanatomy

Term

 

 

ORCH(I)-, ORCHID-

Definition

 

 

testicle

ex: synorchism

Term

 

 

PAN-, PANT-

Definition

 

 

all, complete

ex: panmnesia

Term

 

 

PNEUMON-, PNEUM-

Definition

 

 

lung

ex: pneumolith

Term

 

 

POLI-

Definition

 

 

gray

ex: polioplasm

Term

 

 

THROMB-

Definition

 

 

clot

ex: thrombocyte

Term

 

 

-us

Definition

 

 

individual, person

 

Term

 

 

-idea, -ida, - id

Definition

 

 

descended from, related to

Term

 

 

AGOG(UE)-

Definition

 

 

inducing the flow of, expelling

ex: cholagogue

Term

 

 

ARCH(E)-

Definition

 

 

ancient, beginning, primitive

ex: architecture

Term

 

 

AUX(E)-

Definition

 

 

increase

ex: auxin

Term

 

 

DIDYM-

Definition

 

 

twin, testicle

ex: didymolite

Term

 

 

GYR-

Definition

 

 

circle, ring

ex: gyrose

 

 

Term

 

 

HIPP-

Definition

 

 

horse

ex: hippidion

Term

 

 

ISCHI-

Definition

 

 

hip

ex: ischiomelus

Term

 

 

LEP-

Definition

 

 

to seize

ex: narcolepsy

Term

 

 

MACR-

Definition

 

 

large, long

ex: macroglossia

Term

 

 

MEL-

Definition

 

 

limb

ex: gastromelus

Term

 

 

MICR-

Definition

 

 

small, one millionth

ex: microsaur

Term

 

 

NARC-

Definition

 

 

stupor

ex: narcacion

Term

 

 

OMPHAL-

Definition

 

 

naval

ex: omphalion

Term

 

 

PEX-/PAG-

Definition

 

 

to fasten/united

ex: hysteropexy

Term

 

 

PLATY(S)-

Definition

 

 

board, flat

ex: platydactyl

Term

 

 

SAPR-

Definition

 

 

rotten

ex: saprobic

Term

 

 

SIAL-

Definition

 

 

saliva

ex: glycosialia

Term

 

 

STHEN-

Definition

 

 

strength

ex: hypersthenia

Term

 

 

TACH(Y)-

Definition

 

 

swift

ex: tachinidae

Term

 

 

UR-

Definition

 

 

tail

ex: uromelus

Term

 

 

MYC-, MYCET-

Definition

 

 

fungus

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