Chapter 3: Latin Numerical Prefixes (words)

Question 1

tribrachia

Answer 1

a developmental anomaly characterized by the tripling of the upper limb

Question 2

ambosexual

Answer 2

attracted to either sex (ie. bisexual)

Question 3

uniparental

Answer 3

having (or derived from) only one parent

Question 4

octoradial

Answer 4

having eight rays or arms

Question 5

uniaxial

Answer 5

having one axis (said of a joint)

Question 6

retrocession

Answer 6

backward displacement (esp. of the uterus)

Question 7

semiconscious

Answer 7

partially conscious or aware

Question 8

sexdigital

Answer 8

having six fingers on the hand (or toes on the foot)

Question 9

stationary

Answer 9

tending to stay (“stand”) in place

Question 10

quadriceps

Answer 10

having four heads (usually in reference to the muscle of the thigh)

Question 11

dearticulation

Answer 11

dislocation of a joint

Question 12

uniparous

Answer 12

producing only one offspring at a time (or having borne only one child)

Question 13

extracapsular

Answer 13

located or occurring outside a capsule

Question 14

decinormal

Answer 14

having one-tenth of the regular strength (eg. of a solution)

Question 15

remission

Answer 15

a “sending back”, the abatement of something (eg. cancer)

Question 16

circumcision

Answer 16

a “cutting around”, removal of the foreskin

Question 17

transvenous

Answer 17

performed or inserted through the veins

Question 18

unipotent

Answer 18

having one function or ability (eg. in cells)

Question 19

quintivalent

Answer 19

having five valences

Question 20

quadrumanous

Answer 20

possessing four handlike structures

Question 21

primates

Answer 21

the first/highest order of the class Mammalia

Question 22

nonipara

Answer 22

a woman who has given birth nine times

Question 23

semiligneous

Answer 23

partially woody (eg. a plant stem)

Question 24

unicornous

Answer 24

having one horn (eg. of the uterus)

Question 25

trimanual

Answer 25

requiring three hands (eg. in obstetrics)

Question 26

duplication

Answer 26

a folding or doubling of an organ

Question 27

unipapillary

Answer 27

with one “nipple-shaped” structure (esp. a kidney)

Question 28

fract-

Answer 28

to break

Question 29

dent-

Answer 29

tooth

Question 30

und-

Answer 30

wave

Question 31

cav-

Answer 31

hollow

Question 32

habit-

Answer 32

to live