Appendix A: Aids to understanding words Flashcards
acetabul-
vinegar cup
adip-
fat
agglutin-
to glue together
aliment-
food
allant-
sausage
alveol-
small cavity
an-
without
ana-
up
andr-
man
append-
to hang something
ax-
axis
bil-
bile
-blast
bud
brady-
slow
bronch-
windpipe
calat-
something inserted
calyc-
small cup
cardi-
heart
carp-
wrist
cata-
down
chondr-
cartilage
chorio-
skin
choroid
skin-like
chym-
juice
-clast
break
cleav-
to divide
cochlea
snail
condyl-
knob
corac-
a crow’s beak
cort-
covering; renal
cran-
helmut
cribr-
sieve
cric-
ring
-crin
to secrete
crist-
crest
cut-
skin
cyt
cell
de-
separation from
decidu-
falling off
dendr-
tree
derm-
skin
detrus-
to force away
di-
two
diastol-
dilation
diure-
to pass urine
dors-
back
ejacul-
to shoot forth
embol-
stopper
endo-
within
epi-
upon
erg-
work
erythr-
red
exo-
outside
extra-
outside
fimb
fringe
follic-
small bag
fov-
pit
funi-
small cord or fiber
gangli-
a swelling
gastr-
stomach
-gen
to be produced
-genesis
origin
glen-
joint socket
-glia
glue