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CLA201 Latin Nouns
CLA201 Latin Nouns
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04/07/2005
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Abdomen, abdominis
 Definition
body cavity, paunch
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Acetabulum
 Definition
vinegar cup, the cup-shaped socket of the hipbone
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Acus
 Definition
needle, needlelike process
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Aculeus
 Definition
small point, sting
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Acumen, acuminis
 Definition
point
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Adeps, adipis
 Definition
fat
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Ager, agri
 Definition
field, land
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Ala
 Definition
wing, winglike process
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Alga
 Definition
seaweed
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Algor, algoris
 Definition
cold, coldness
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Alimentum
 Definition
nourishment, food
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Alveolus
 Definition
small hollow, cavity, pit; socket of root of a tooth; sac or cell
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Angulus
 Definition
angle
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Anima
 Definition
air, breath, life
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Annulus
 Definition
a ring
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Annus
 Definition
year
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Antenna
 Definition
sailyard; a feeler of an arthropod
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Anus
 Definition
the seat, fundament, the lower opening of the alimentary canal
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Apex, apicis
 Definition
tip, summit, end
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Aqua
 Definition
water
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Arbor, arboris
 Definition
tree
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Arcus
 Definition
bow, arch
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Articulus
 Definition
knucke, joint
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Atrium
 Definition
entrance-hall, room; auricle of the heart
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Auris
 Definition
ear
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Axilla
 Definition
armpit
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Axis
 Definition
axle, axis
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Bacillum, baculum
 Definition
little rod or staff; rod-shaped bacteria
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Barba
 Definition
beard
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Bilis
 Definition
bile
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Bucca
 Definition
cheek; mouth
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Bulla
 Definition
bubble, blister
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Bursa
 Definition
bag, pouch, sac
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Calx, calcis
 Definition
heel OR limestone, lime concretion
Term
Calcar
 Definition
spur
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Cancer, cancri
 Definition
crab; cancer, tumor
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Capillus
 Definition
hair; a minute bodily vessel
Term
Capsa
 Definition
box
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Caput, capitis (cep-, cip-)
 Definition
head
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Caro, carnis
 Definition
flesh
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Cartilago, cartilaginis
 Definition
gristle, cartilage
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Caseus
 Definition
cheese
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Cauda
 Definition
tail
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Caulis
 Definition
stalk
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Cella
 Definition
room, cell
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Cera
 Definition
wax
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Cerumen, ceruminis
 Definition
earwax
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Cerebrum
 Definition
brain
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Cervix, cervicis
 Definition
neck
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Cicatrix, cicatricis
 Definition
scar
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Cilium
 Definition
eyelid; hairlike process
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Clavis
 Definition
key; collarbone
Term
Collum
 Definition
neck
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Columen, columinis; Columna
 Definition
column
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Cor, cordis
 Definition
heart
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Cornu
 Definition
horn, hornlike projection
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Corpus, corporis
 Definition
body
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Cortex, corticis
 Definition
bark, outer layer
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Costa
 Definition
rib
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Coxa
 Definition
hip, hipjoint
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Cubitus
 Definition
elbow
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Cutis
 Definition
skin
Term
Dens, dentis
 Definition
tooth
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Digitus
 Definition
finger, toe
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Dorsum
 Definition
the back, upper part
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Ego
 Definition
I, the self
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Facies (fici-)
 Definition
form, figure; face; outer surface
Term
Fascia
 Definition
band, bundle; a band of tissue investing muscles or organs, a bandage
Term
Febris
 Definition
fever
Term
Femur, femoris
 Definition
thigh, thighbone
Term
Ferrum
 Definition
iron
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Fetus (fe-)
 Definition
a bringing forth, offspring, unborn offspring
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Fibra
 Definition
fiber, filament
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Fibula
 Definition
pin, brooch; outer bone of the leg
Term
Filum
 Definition
thread
Term
Flagellum
 Definition
whip, scourge; whiplike appendage
Term
Flos, floris
 Definition
flower, blossom
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Fluvius
 Definition
river
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Folium
 Definition
leaf
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Forma
 Definition
shape, form
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Fossa
 Definition
something dug, ditch; depression
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Frons, frondis
 Definition
leaf, leafy branch
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Frons, frontis
 Definition
forehead, front
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Frux, frugis; fructus
 Definition
fruit (of the earth)
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Fungus
 Definition
mushroom, fungus
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Furca
 Definition
fork, prong
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Geminus
 Definition
twin, paired, born togeter
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Gemelli
 Definition
twins
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Gemma
 Definition
bud, gem
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Genu
 Definition
knee, kneelike bend or protuberance
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Genus, generis
 Definition
origin, kind, race; class
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Germen, germinis
 Definition
sprout, germ
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Gingiva
 Definition
the gum
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Glans, glandis
 Definition
acorn; gland
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Globus
 Definition
ball, sphere
Term
Gluten, glutinis
 Definition
glue, gelantin(ous)
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Gutta
 Definition
a drop
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Guttur, gutturis
 Definition
throat
Term
Halitus
 Definition
breath
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Hiatus
 Definition
an opening, gap, fissure
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Homo, hominis
 Definition
man, human being
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Hora
 Definition
hour
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Hortus
 Definition
garden
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Humerus
 Definition
shoulder, upper arm
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Humor
 Definition
liquid, moisture
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Humus
 Definition
earth, soil
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Ilium
 Definition
flank, the wide upper portion of the hipbone
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Inguen, inguinis
 Definition
groin
Term
Jugum
 Definition
yoke; a depression or ridge connecting two structures
Term
Lapsus
 Definition
a slip, a falling
Term
Labium, labrum
 Definition
lip, lip-like structure
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Lac, lactis
 Definition
milk
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Lacrima
 Definition
tear
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Lamina, lamella
 Definition
thin plate, layer
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Larva
 Definition
ghost, mask; early stage of some animals when unlike the parent
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Latus, lateris
 Definition
side
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Let(h)um
 Definition
death
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Ligamentum
 Definition
ligament
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Lignum
 Definition
wood
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Lingua
 Definition
tongue
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Ligula
 Definition
small tongue, shoe-tongue or latchet; strap
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Locus
 Definition
place
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Lux, lucis
 Definition
light
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Lumbus
 Definition
loin
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Lumen, luminis
 Definition
light; space between walls of a tubular organ
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Luna
 Definition
moon
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Macula
 Definition
spot, stain
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Mala
 Definition
cheek, cheekbone, jaw
Term
Mamma
 Definition
breast, the mammary gland, pap
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Mandibula
 Definition
jaw, bone of lower jaw
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Manus
 Definition
hand
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Manubrium
 Definition
handle
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Mater, matris
 Definition
mother
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Matrix, matricis
 Definition
a breeding animal; womb; the groundwork in which anything is cast, or develops
Term
Maxilla
 Definition
jaw, upper jawbone
Term
Meatus
 Definition
passage
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Mens, mentis
 Definition
mind
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Mensis
 Definition
month
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Mentum
 Definition
chin
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Moles
 Definition
mass
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Morbus
 Definition
disease
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Mors, mortis
 Definition
death
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Mucus
 Definition
mucus
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Mus, muris
 Definition
mouse
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Musculus
 Definition
little mouse; muscle
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Naris
 Definition
nostril
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Nasus
 Definition
nose
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Nervus
 Definition
sinew; nerve
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Nidus
 Definition
nest; the point of origin or development
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Nomen, nominis
 Definition
name, means of knowing
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Norma
 Definition
a measure, standard or pattern; regular or normal
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Nox, noctis
 Definition
night
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Nux, nucis
 Definition
nut
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Nucleus
 Definition
little nut, kernel, core
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Oculus
 Definition
eye; bud
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Odor
 Definition
a smell
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Oleum
 Definition
oil
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Orbis
 Definition
circle, wheel
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Orbita
 Definition
path, track
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Ordo, ordinis
 Definition
order, arrangement
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Origo, originis
 Definition
beginning
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Os, oris
 Definition
mouth, opening
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Orificium
 Definition
making an opening, orifice
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Os, ossis
 Definition
bone
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Ovum
 Definition
egg, female reproductive cell
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Ovarium
 Definition
place for the ova
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Palatum
 Definition
roof of the mouth, palate
Term
Palpus
 Definition
soft palm of the hand; feeler
Term
Paries, parietis
 Definition
wall (of an organ or cavity)
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Pars, partis
 Definition
part
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Pectus, pectoris
 Definition
breast, chest
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Pellis
 Definition
skin
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Pelvis
 Definition
basin, basin-shaped cavity
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Appendix, appendicis
 Definition
something hung to, appendage; appendix
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Penna
 Definition
feather, plume, wing; fin
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Pes, pedis
 Definition
foot
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Petiolus
 Definition
little foot; stalk, stem
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Pediculus
 Definition
little foot; stem; louse
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Pilus
 Definition
hair
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Pinna
 Definition
feather, wing; fin
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Piscis
 Definition
fish
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Planta
 Definition
a sprout or cutting; sole of the foot
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Pluma
 Definition
feather
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Potio, potionis
 Definition
drink, potion
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Pubes, puberis
 Definition
adult; pubic bone
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Pulmo, pulmonis
 Definition
lung
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Punctum
 Definition
a point
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Pupa
 Definition
doll, child; stage after larva of insects
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Pupilla
 Definition
pupil of the eye
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Pus, puris
 Definition
pus
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Rabies
 Definition
rage, madness
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Radula
 Definition
scraper
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Radius
 Definition
rod, spoke, ray, beam; bone on outer side of forearm
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Radix, radicis
 Definition
root
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Ramus
 Definition
branch
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Rectum
 Definition
the distal part of the large intestine
Term
Ren, renis
 Definition
kidney
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Rostrum
 Definition
beak, snout
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Rota
 Definition
wheel
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Rubigo, rubiginis
 Definition
rust
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Ruga
 Definition
wrinkle, crease, fold
Term
Saccus
 Definition
bag, sac, pouch
Term
Sal, salis
 Definition
salt
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Saliva
 Definition
saliva
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Salus, salutis
 Definition
health, safety
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Sanguis, sanguinis
 Definition
blood
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Saxum
 Definition
rock, stone
Term
Scapula
 Definition
shoulder, shoulder-blade
Term
Sebum
 Definition
grease, fatty secretion
Term
Insectum
 Definition
insect
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Segmentum
 Definition
part, segment
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Semen, seminis
 Definition
seed
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Series
 Definition
row, orderly arrangement
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Serpigo, serpiginis
 Definition
a creeping eruption
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Serra
 Definition
saw, saw-like notches
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Serum
 Definition
watery fluid, blood serum
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Seta
 Definition
bristle
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Silex, silicis
 Definition
flint; dust containing silicon dioxide
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Sinus
 Definition
curve, bent surface; cavity or recess
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Sol, solis
 Definition
sun
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Somnus
 Definition
sleep
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Sonus
 Definition
sound
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Sopor, soporis
 Definition
deep sleep
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Species
 Definition
sight, view, appearance; form, kind
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Spiraculum
 Definition
breathing-hole
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Suspirium
 Definition
deep breath, sigh
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Squama
 Definition
scale, flake, thin plate
Term
Stamen, staminis
 Definition
thread, fiber; male part of a flower
Term
Stella
 Definition
star
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Stilla
 Definition
a drop
Term
Stimulus
 Definition
a goad, prick
Term
Stria
 Definition
furrow, groove, streak
Term
Struma
 Definition
something heaped up; tumor; goiter
Term
Succus
 Definition
juice, fluid
Term
Sudor, sudoris
 Definition
sweat
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Sulcus
 Definition
furrow, groove
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Tabes
 Definition
a wasting away
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Talus
 Definition
ankle, ankle-bone
Term
Tempora
 Definition
the temples
Term
Tempus, temporis
 Definition
time
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Tenaculum
 Definition
a means of holding
Term
Tergum
 Definition
the back
Term
Terra
 Definition
earth
Term
Tibia
 Definition
pipe, flute; the shinbone, the inner and larger bone of the lower leg
Term
Tuba, tubus
 Definition
tube, pipe
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Tuber, tuberis
 Definition
hump, knob, swelling; projection
Term
Turbo, turbinis
 Definition
whirlwind, whirling; top-like (bone of the nose); spiral
Term
Tussis
 Definition
cough
Term
Ulcus, ulceris
 Definition
open sore, ulcer
Term
Uncus
 Definition
hook, barb
Term
Unda
 Definition
wave
Term
Unguentum
 Definition
ointment, salve
Term
Unguis
 Definition
nail, claw, hoof
Term
Urina
 Definition
urine
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Uterus
 Definition
womb
Term
Vagina
 Definition
sheath, sheath-like structure; vagina
Term
Vallum
 Definition
wall, rampart
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Valva
 Definition
leaf of a door; valve
Term
Varix, varicis
 Definition
enlarged and tortuous vein
Term
Vas
 Definition
vessel
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Vena
 Definition
vein
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Venenum
 Definition
poison, drug
Term
Venter, ventris
 Definition
belly, abdomen, cavity
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Vermis
 Definition
worm
Term
Vertex, verticis
 Definition
summit, top; crown of head
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Vortex, vorticis
 Definition
a whirl, spiral arrangement
Term
Vertebra
 Definition
a joint (of the spine)
Term
Vesica
 Definition
bladder, blister
Term
Via
 Definition
way, path, passage
Term
Vir
 Definition
man
Term
Virus
 Definition
a potent juice, poison
Term
Viscum
 Definition
birdlime of mistletoe, a sticky substance
Term
Viscus, visceris
 Definition
internal organ, especially one in a cavity of the body; bowels
Term
Vita
 Definition
life
Term
Vitrum
 Definition
glass
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