Chapter 5 Practice Flashcards
Give the meaning of: adipose
having to do with, full of fat or fatty material
Give the meaning of: somnolent
drowsy, prone to sleep
Give the meaning of: ingest
to take into the body by swallowing or absorption
Give the meaning of: flexible
subject to being bent
Give the meaning of: native
belonging to a particular place by birth
Give the meaning of: tenacious
inclined to hold onto something or persist
Give the meaning of: morbid
having to do with or characterized by disease
Give the meaning of: ductile
able to be drawn out or extended
Give the meaning of: gradual
characterized by step by step progression
Give the meaning of: virulent
full of poison, deadly, destructive
Name the term for: tending to digest, having to do with digestive
digestive
Name the term for: tending to take a step backwards
regressive
Name the term for: full of twists and swelling
varicose
Name the term for: related to nourishment
nutritious
Name the term for: pertaining to water
aquatic
Name the term for: relating to the process of hearing
auditory
Name the term for: full of spines
spinous
Name the term for: inclined to lean backwards
reductive
Name the term for: tending to stick or cling
adhesive
Name the term for: tending to cut in (as a comment)
incisive
Fill in the blank: fibr- full of fibers
fibrous
Fill in the blank: retent- tending to hold on to
retentive
Fill in the blank: postnat- related to the time after birth
postnatal
Fill in the blank: act- tending to do or act
active
Fill in the blank: digest- able to be digested
digestible
Fill in the blank: -ory tending to feel or perceive, related to perception
sensory
Fill in the blank: -ile able to act, with a propensity for moving about
agile
Fill in the blank: -ulous inclined to tremble or shake
tremulous
Fill in the blank: -eous full of glass, composed of glass
vitreous
Fill in the blank: -ulent full of pus
purulent
