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Chapter 5 Practice Flashcards

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1
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Give the meaning of: adipose

A

having to do with, full of fat or fatty material

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Give the meaning of: somnolent

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drowsy, prone to sleep

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Give the meaning of: ingest

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to take into the body by swallowing or absorption

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Give the meaning of: flexible

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subject to being bent

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Give the meaning of: native

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belonging to a particular place by birth

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Give the meaning of: tenacious

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inclined to hold onto something or persist

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Give the meaning of: morbid

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having to do with or characterized by disease

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Give the meaning of: ductile

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able to be drawn out or extended

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Give the meaning of: gradual

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characterized by step by step progression

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Give the meaning of: virulent

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full of poison, deadly, destructive

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Name the term for: tending to digest, having to do with digestive

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digestive

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Name the term for: tending to take a step backwards

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regressive

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Name the term for: full of twists and swelling

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varicose

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Name the term for: related to nourishment

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nutritious

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Name the term for: pertaining to water

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aquatic

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Name the term for: relating to the process of hearing

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auditory

17
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Name the term for: full of spines

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spinous

18
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Name the term for: inclined to lean backwards

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reductive

19
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Name the term for: tending to stick or cling

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adhesive

20
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Name the term for: tending to cut in (as a comment)

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incisive

21
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Fill in the blank: fibr- full of fibers

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fibrous

22
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Fill in the blank: retent- tending to hold on to

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retentive

23
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Fill in the blank: postnat- related to the time after birth

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postnatal

24
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Fill in the blank: act- tending to do or act

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active

25
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Fill in the blank: digest- able to be digested

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digestible

26
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Fill in the blank: -ory tending to feel or perceive, related to perception

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sensory

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Fill in the blank: -ile able to act, with a propensity for moving about

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agile

28
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Fill in the blank: -ulous inclined to tremble or shake

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tremulous

29
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Fill in the blank: -eous full of glass, composed of glass

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vitreous

30
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Fill in the blank: -ulent full of pus

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purulent

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