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Chapters 31-32
Bioscientific Terminology: Ayers
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Undergraduate 2
02/20/2012

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-itude

Definition

 

 

 

quality, state of

Term

 

 

-ity, -ety, -ty

Definition

 

 

quality, state of

Term

 

 

-ance, -ancy, -ence, -ency

Definition

 

 

quality/state of being

Term

 

 

-or

Definition

 

 

 

he who, that which

Term

 

 

ADIP-

Definition

 

 

fat

ex: adiposis

Term

 

 

CALL-

Definition

 

 

hard skin

ex: callus

 

Term

 

 

CRE-, CRESC-, CRET-

Definition

 

 

to grow

ex: crescendo

Term

 

 

FA-, FAT-

Definition

 

 

to speak

ex: fable

Term

 

 

FLU-, FLUX-/FLUVI-

Definition

 

 

to flow/river

ex: fluency

Term

 

 

FOSS-

Definition

 

 

ditch, trench, to dig

ex: fossula

Term

 

 

MAGN-

Definition

 

 

large, great

ex: magnify

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MAMM-

Definition

 

 

breast

ex: mammogram

Term

 

 

MORT-

Definition

 

 

death

ex: immortal

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NOC-, NOX-

Definition

 

 

harm

ex: nociperception

Term

 

 

PAT-

Definition

 

 

to spread or lie open

ex: patent

Term

 

 

PET-, PETIT-

Definition

 

 

to seek

ex: petition

Term

 

 

PROPRI-

Definition

 

 

one's own 

 ex: proprietary

Term

 

 

SEC-, SEG-, SECT-

Definition

 

 

to cut

ex: section

Term

 

 

SED-, SID-, SESS-

Definition

 

 

to sit, settle

ex: obsession

Term

 

 

SET-

Definition

 

 

bristle

ex: setula

Term

 

 

TRACT-

Definition

 

 

to draw, drag

ex: protract

Term

 

 

TUBER-

Definition

 

 

swelling

ex: tuberculosis

Term

 

 

VEH-, VECT-

Definition

 

 

to carry

ex: convection

Term

 

 

VIT-

Definition

 

 

life

ex: vital

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-ion

Definition

 

 

 

act, state of, result of the act of

Term

 

 

-ure

Definition

 

 

act of, result of the act of

Term

 

 

-us

Definition

 

 

act of, result of the act of

Term

 

 

-or

Definition

 

 

state of, result of the act of

Term

 

 

CAV-

Definition

 

 

hollow

ex: cavicorn

Term

 

 

COCT-

Definition

 

 

to cook, boil

ex: concoction

Term

 

 

CUT-, CUSS-

Definition

 

 

to shake, strike

ex: percussion

Term

 

 

DOL-

Definition

 

 

to feel/cause pain

ex: indolent

Term

 

 

EBURN-

Definition

 

 

ivory

ex: eburnitis

Term

 

 

FENESTR-

Definition

 

 

window, opening

ex: defenestration

Term

 

 

GLUTIN-

Definition

 

 

glue

ex: glutinous

Term

 

 

HI-, HIAT-

Definition

 

 

to stand open

ex: hiatus

Term

 

 

I-, IT-

Definition

 

 

to go

ex: initial

Term

 

 

LAMIN-/LAMELL-

Definition

 

 

thin plate/diminuitive

ex: laminate

Term

 

 

LAT-

Definition

 

 

broad, wide

ex: lateral

Term

 

 

LIG-

Definition

 

 

to bind

ex: ligament

Term

 

 

MEAT-

Definition

 

 

to go, pass

ex: meatus

Term

 

 

MIT(T)-, MIS(S)-

Definition

 

 

to send, let go

ex: transmit

Term

 

 

PLEX-

Definition

 

 

to interweave, braid

ex: complex

Term

 

 

PUNG-, PUNCT-

Definition

 

 

to prick, point

ex: puncture

Term

 

 

RIG-

Definition

 

 

to be stiff

ex: rigid

Term

 

 

RUB(R)-

Definition

 

 

red

ex: rubella

Term

 

 

SCRIB-, SCRIPT-

Definition

 

 

to write

ex: inscription

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VOLV-, VOLUT-

Definition

 

 

to roll, turn

ex: revolution

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