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2nd Declension Vocabulary Flashcards

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Acromion, i, n.

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Acromion

Part of scapula

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Angulus, i, m.

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Angle

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Annus, i, m.

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Year

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Bacillus, i, m.

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A rod-shaped microorganism

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Carpus, i, m.

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Wrist

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Cavum, i, n.

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Cave, cavity

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Cerebellum, i, n.

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Cerebellum

Literally “small brain”; the part of the brain at the back of the skull in vertebrates.

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Cerebrum, i, n.

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Brain

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Circulus, i, m.

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Circle

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Collum, i, n.

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Neck

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Colon, i, n.

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Large intestine/bowel

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Condylus, i, m.

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Protuberance on a joint (condyle)

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Cranium, i, n.

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Skull

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Cubitus, i, m.

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Elbow

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Digitus, i, m.

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Finger

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Dorsum, i, n.

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The back

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Ductulus, i, m.

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Small duct (tube, channel, tunel)

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Fundus, i, m.

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Bottom, base of an organ

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Ganglion, i, n.

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Ganglion

A centre in nerve system

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Grammum, i, n.

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Gram

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Humerus, i, m.

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Humerus

Upper arm bone

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Intestinum, i, n.

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Intestine

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Isthmus, i, m.

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A narrow organ, passage, or piece of tissue connecting two larger parts

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Jejunum, i, n.

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Jejunum, literally “fasting gut” because usually found empty after death; the part of the small intestine between the duodenum and ileum

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Labium, i, n.

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Lip

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Ligamentum, i, n.

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Ligament

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Litrum, i, n.

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Litre

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Lobus, i, m.

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Lobe

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Magister, tri, m.

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Teacher

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Manubrium, i, n.

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Manubrium

Literally “handle”; part of breast bone

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Miligrammum, i, n.

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Milligram

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Morbilli, orum, m.

Only exists in plural form

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Measles

Only exists in plural form

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Morbus, i, m.

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Illness, disease

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Musculus, i, m.

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Muscle

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Nasus, i, m.

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Nose

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Nervus, i, m.

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Nerve

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Oculus, i, m.

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Eye

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Oesophagus, i, m.

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Oesophagus

Part of the alimentary canal that connects the throat to the stomach; the gullet

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Olecranon, i, n.

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Olecranon

Bony elbow protuberance

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Organum, i, n.

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Organ

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Orificium, i, n.

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Orifice, entrance, opening

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Ostium, i, n.

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Orifice, entrance, opening

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Ovarium, i, n.

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Ovary

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Pericardium, i, n.

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Pericardium (double-walled sac that contains the heart and the roots of the great vessels)

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Radius, i, m.

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Radius; the thicker and shorter if the two bones in the forearm

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Ramus, i, m.

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Branch, bough

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Rectum, i, n.

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Final section of large intestine

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Septum, i, n.

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Septum

Thin partition, divider, barrier

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Spatium, i, n.

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Space

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Sternum, i, n.

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Sternum

Breast bone

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Sulcus, i, m.

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A groove or furrow, esp. one on the surface of the brain

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Thymus, i, m.

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Thymus- a lymphoid organ situated in the neck of vertebrates that produces T-cells for the immune system

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Tuberculum, i, n.

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Small swelling, bump, protuberance, excrescence, tumour

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Uterus, i, m.

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Womb

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Ventriculus, i, m.

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Ventricle

Literally “small belly”; is n medical terminology a hollow part or cavity in an organ esp. brain or heart

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Vestibulum, i, n.

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Vestibule

Literally “entrance hall”; in medical terminology central part of osseous labyrinth

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Vir, viri, m.

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Man

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Vitrum, i, n.

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Glass

Basic Medical Terminology (9 decks)

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