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Chapters 17-18
Bioscientific Terminology: Ayers
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Classics
Undergraduate 2
01/26/2012

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Term

 

 

CYN-

Definition

 

 

dog

ex: cynic

Term

 

 

HAPL-

Definition

 

 

single

ex: haploid

Term

 

 

KYM-, CYM-

Definition

 

 

wave

ex: cymotrichous

Term

 

 

LEMM(A)-

Definition

 

 

sheath, husk

ex: lemmocyte

Term

 

 

LOPH-/LOPHI-

Definition

 

 

crest, ridge, tuft/small crest, lophion

ex: dilophous

Term

 

 

LYMPH-

Definition

 

 

water, lymph

Term

 

 

MIT-

Definition

 

 

thread

ex: mitosis

Term

 

 

ORNIS-, ORNITH-

Definition

 

 

bird 


Term

 

 

PALE-, PALAE-

Definition

 

 

old, ancient

ex: paleotology

Term

 

 

PHA-/PHEM-

Definition

 

 

to speak/voice

ex: aphemia

Term

 

 

PHRAG-

Definition

 

 

to block up, wall in

ex: diaphragm

Term

 

 

PLAN-

Definition

 

 

wandering

ex: planet

Term

 

 

PLEUR-

Definition

 

 

side, rib, pleura

ex: anisopleural

Term

 

 

-PLO

Definition

 

 

folded, fold (3fold)

ex: diploma

Term

 

 

PNE(A)-, PNEUST-

Definition

 

 

breathing

ex: hyperpnea

Term

 

 

RHAPH-, -RRHAPH

Definition

 

 

to sew, suture

ex: raphe

Term

 

 

SPA-

Definition

 

 

to draw, jerk

ex: spasmodic

Term

 

 

STAPHYL-

Definition

 

 

bunch of grapes, uvula

ex: stayphlion

Term

 

 

STETH-

Definition

 

 

chest

ex: mesosthethium

Term

 

 

XEN-

Definition

 

 

host, stranger, foreigner

ex: xenophobia

Term

 

 

BALAN-

Definition

 

 

acorn, glans of penis

ex: balanoid

Term

 

 

CAMP(T)-, CAMPYL-

Definition

 

 

bent

ex: acampsia

Term

 

 

CARP-

Definition

 

 

wrist

ex: metacarpal

Term

 

 

CERC-

Definition

 

 

tail

ex: cercus

Term

 

 

CLEID-

Definition

 

 

clavicle

ex: hypocleidium

Term

 

 

DOCH-

Definition

 

 

to take, receive

ex: elaeodochon

Term

 

 

ECH-

Definition

 

 

echo, repetition

ex: echopathy

Term

 

 

GANGLI-

Definition

 

 

mass of nerve tissue, small cyst or swelling

ex: ganglioblast

Term

 

 

GLI-

Definition

 

 

glue

ex: glioma

Term

 

 

IN-

Definition

 

 

fiber, muscle

ex: inocyte

Term

 

 

RACH(I)-, RACH(I)-, -RRHACH

Definition

 

 

the spine

ex: rachitic

Term

 

 

-RRHAG

Definition

 

 

excessive discharge, ususally of blood

ex: hemorrhage

Term

 

 

SPHYGM-

Definition

 

 

pulse

ex: sphygmoid

Term

 

 

SPONDYL-

Definition

 

 

vertebra

ex: polyspondyly

Term

 

 

STERN-

Definition

 

 

chest, breastbone

ex: episternum

Term

 

 

THEL-

Definition

 

 

nipple

ex: thelion

Term

 

 

TOC-, TOK-

Definition

 

 

childbirth

ex: oligotocous

Term

 

 

TRE(T)-

Definition

 

 

to bore, perforate

ex: trema

Term

 

 

ZYM-

Definition

 

 

ferment, enzyme

ex: zymogenic

Term

 

 

BRY-

Definition

 

 

moss

ex: bryophyt

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