Chapter 9: Latin Suffixes 6 (words)

Question 1

corpuscle (corpus-cle)

Answer 1

corpus = body
cle = little (nominal)
a minute body or particle of matter

Question 2

intraventricular (intra-ventr-i-cul-ar)

Answer 2

intra = within
ventr = belly, stomach
cul = act of, result of, means of (nominal)
ar = having to do with, characterized by (adjectival)
contained within a ventricle (e.g. of the brain or heart)

Question 3

expectorate (ex-pector-ate)

Answer 3

ex = out, from
pector = chest
ate = to make, to perform the act of (verbal)
to discharge from the chest

Question 4

glabella (glab-ella)

Answer 4

glabr = smooth
ella = little (nominal)
a smooth area on the forehead between the eyebrows

Question 5

molecule (mol-e-cule)

Answer 5

mol = mass, bulk
cule = little (nominal)
a small mass or particle

Question 6

planula (plan-ula)

Answer 6

plan = flat
ula = little (nominal)
a larva with a flattened body

Question 7

intercellular (inter-cell-ul-ar)

Answer 7

inter = between, among
cell = room
ar = having to do with, characterized by (adjectival)
occurring between cells

Question 8

auricle (aur-i-cle)

Answer 8

aur = ear
cle = little (nominal)
a “little ear”, the lobe of an ear

Question 9

ossicle (oss-i-cle)

Answer 9

oss = bone
cle = little (nominal)
a small bone

Question 10

capillary (capill-ary)

Answer 10

capill = hair
ary = having to do with, characterized by (adjectival)
a “hair-like” blood vessel

Question 11

mortify (mort-i-fy)

Answer 11

mort = death
fy = to make, to cause to be (verbal)
to cause to die, to make as dead

Question 12

clavicle (clav-i-cle)

Answer 12

clav = key
cle = little (nominal)
the collarbone, a “little key”

Question 13

eviscerate (e-viscer-ate)

Answer 13

e = out, from
viscer = entrails
ate = to make, to perform the act of (verbal)
to take the entrails out of something

Question 14

inflate (in-flate)

Answer 14

in = into, on
to breathe into, to fill with air

Question 15

gullet (gull-et)

Answer 15

et = little (nominal)
the throat

Question 16

tubercle (tuber-cle)

Answer 16

tuber = swelling
cle = little (nominal)
a small swelling (e.g. on a bone or the skin)

Question 17

capitulum (capit-ulum)

Answer 17

capit = head
ulum = little (nominal)
a “little head”, the tip of a structure (e.g. a bone)

Question 18

immobilize (im-mob-il-ize)

Answer 18

im = not
mo = to move
ile = characterized by (adjectival)
ize = to make, to cause to be (verbal)
to cause something to be unable to move

Question 19

dislocate (dis-loc-ate)

Answer 19

dis = apart
loc = place, to place
ate = to make, to perform the act of (verbal)
to alter the normal position (e.g. of a joint)

Question 20

glabrate (glabr-ate)

Answer 20

glabr = smooth
ate = having to do with, characterized by (adjectival)
smooth, bald

Question 21

mortiferous (mort-i-fer-ous)

Answer 21

mort = death
fer = to bear, to produce
ous = full of (adjectival)
bringing death

Question 22

globule (glob-ule)

Answer 22

glob = sphere, lump
ule = little (nominal)
any small, rounded body

Question 23

unguiculus (ungu-i-cul-us)

Answer 23

ungu = fingernail, toenail
cule = little (nominal)
us = act of, result of, means of (nominal)
a small nail or claw

Question 24

visceroparietal (viscer-o-pariet-al)

Answer 24

viscer = entrails
pariet = wall
al = having to do with, characterized by (adjectival)
related to the entrails and abdominal wall

Question 25

reticulation (ret-i-cul-at-ion)

Answer 25

ret = net
cul = act of, means of, result of (nominal)
ate = to make, to perform the act of (verbal)
ion = quality of being, act of (nominal)
the formation of a network mass

Question 26

granule (gran-ule)

Answer 26

gran = grain, seed
ule = little (nominal)
a small, grain-like mass

Question 27

ferrokinetics (ferr-okinetics)

Answer 27

ferr = iron
the study of the use, storage, and excretion of iron

Question 28

sternoclavicular (sterno-clav-i-cul-ar)

Answer 28

clav = key
cul = act of, means of, result of (nominal)
ar = having to do with, characterized by (adjectival)
having to do with the breastbone and collarbone

Question 29

subcutaneous (sub-cut-ane-ous)

Answer 29

sub = under, up from under
cut = skin
ane = having to do with, characterized by (adjectival)
ous = full of (adjectival)
beneath the skin