Chapter 2: Latin Prefixes 2 (words)

Question 1

juxtacortical

Answer 1

located or occurring near the surface/skin of an organ or tissue

Question 2

abrasion

Answer 2

the wearing or scraping away of a substance, or an area of the body surface stripped of skin or membrane by such a process

Question 3

excoriation

Answer 3

a wearing off or abrading of the skin, or an area so affected

Question 4

adaxial

Answer 4

located alongside or directed toward the axis

Question 5

circumocular

Answer 5

surrounding or occurring around the eye

Question 6

conglutinant

Answer 6

promoting union or adhesion (eg. the edges of a wound), “gluing together”

Question 7

exsanguination

Answer 7

extensive loss or draining of blood through hemorrhage

Question 8

invertebrate

Answer 8

any animal that has no vertebral column

Question 9

transiliac

Answer 9

across or between the two ilia, the superior portions of the hip bone

Question 10

transfusion

Answer 10

the introduction of blood or blood components into the bloodstream, a “pouring across”

Question 11

inject

Answer 11

to force (“throw”) a substance (esp. a drug or vaccine) into the body

Question 12

circumvascular

Answer 12

around or encircling a vessel

Question 13

collateral

Answer 13

secondary or accessory, located on the side or flank, a side branch (eg. of a blood vessel or nerve)

Question 14

juxtaarticular

Answer 14

near a joint

Question 15

circumarticular

Answer 15

around a joint

Question 16

abarticular

Answer 16

distant from a joint

Question 17

prolapse

Answer 17

the falling forward or slipping of a body part from its normal location

Question 18

concussion

Answer 18

a “striking together”, a head injury

Question 19

succussion

Answer 19

a “shaking under”, a technique used in detecting water in a body cavity

Question 20

contusion

Answer 20

a bruise, the result of a blunt-force strike

Question 21

obtundent

Answer 21

a soothing agent that deadens the senses

Question 22

aggregate

Answer 22

a sum of total substances coming together in a mass

Question 23

ambivert

Answer 23

someone showing both introversion and extroversion

Question 24

revascularization

Answer 24

restoration of blood flow to the vessels

Question 25

suppository

Answer 25

a medicinal substance “placed up under” an orifice

Question 26

transudation

Answer 26

the oozing or sweating of a fluid through pores

Question 27

effusion

Answer 27

the escape or pouring of fluid into another area

Question 28

agglutinant

Answer 28

a substance that causes adhesion or gluing

Question 29

transvesical

Answer 29

across or through the bladder

Question 30

grad-

Answer 30

step, degree

Question 31

medi-

Answer 31

middle

Question 32

part-

Answer 32

part, portion

Question 33

cand-

Answer 33

to glow white

Question 34

cord-

Answer 34

heart