Chapter 5: Latin Suffixes 2 (words) Flashcards

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adipose (adip-ose)

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having to do with (“full of”) fat or fatty material

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somnolent (somn-o-lent)

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drowsy, prone to sleep

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ingest (in-gest)

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to take into the body by swallowing or absorption

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flexible (flex-ible)

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subject to being bent

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native (nat-ive)

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belonging to a particular place by birth

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tenacious (ten-acious)

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inclined to hold on to something or persist

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morbid (morb-id)

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having to do with or characterized by disease

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ductile (duct-ile)

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able to be drawn out or extended

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gradual (grad-ual)

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characterized by step-by-step progression

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virulent (vir-u-lent)

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full of poison, deadly, destructive

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digestive (di-gest-ive)

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tending to digest, having to do with digestion

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regressive (re-gress-ive)

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tending to take a step backwards

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varicose (varic-ose)

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full of twists and swelling

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nutritious (nutr-itious)

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related to nourishment

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aquatic (aqua-tic)

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pertaining to water

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auditory (audit-ory)

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related to the process of hearing

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spinous (spin-ous)

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full of spines

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reductive (re-duct-ive)

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inclined to lead backwards

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adhesive (ad-hes-ive)

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tending to stick or cling

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incisive (in-cis-ive)

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tending to cut in (as a comment)

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fibrous (fibr-ous)

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full of fibers

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retentive (re-tent-ive)

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tending to hold on to

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postnatal (post-nat-al)

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related to the time after birth

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active (act-ive)

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tending to do or act

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digestible (di-gest-ible)

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able to be digested

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sensory (sens-ory)

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tending to feel or perceive, related to perception

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tremulous (trem-ulous)

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inclined to tremble or shake

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vitreous (vitr-e-ous)

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full of glass, composed of glass

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purulent (pur-u-lent)

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full of pus

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excision (ex-cis-ion)

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the act of cutting away or taking out

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conduction (con-duct-ion)

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the transmission of signals (eg through nerves)

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puromucuous (pur-o-muc-uous)

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containing both pus and mucus

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cadaver (cad-aver)

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dead (“fallen”), body, corpse

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audiogram (aud-iogram)

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a written record of a hearing test

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somnambulist (somn-ambulist)

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one who is subject to sleepwalking

36
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adiposis dolorosa

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the formation of painful fat deposits in the skin

37
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excrementitious (ex-crement-itious)

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having to do with waste material

38
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delirium tremens

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“shaking madness”, a result of alcohol withdrawal