Etymology Flashcards by Jessica Holt

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acetabul-

A

vinegar cup

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adip-

A

fat

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aer-

A

air

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alb-

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white

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an-

A

without

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ana-

A

up

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anul-

A

ring

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apo-

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away, off, apart

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append-

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to hang something

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arth-

A

joint

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astr-

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starlike

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aud-

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to hear

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ax-

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axis, axle

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bi-

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two

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bio-

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life

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-blast

A

bud, a growing organism in early stages

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burs-

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bag, purse

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calat-

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something inserted

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canal-

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channel

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cardi-

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heart

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carp-

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wrist

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cata-

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down

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cerebr-

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brain

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chondr

A

cartilage

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choroid

skinlike

-clast

break

clav-

bar

co-

with

cochlea

snail

condyl-

knob, knuckle

corac-

a crow's beak

corn-

horn

cort-

bark, rind

cran-

helmet

cribr-

sieve

-crin

to secrete

crist-

crest

cut-

skin

-cyt-

cell

de-

undoing

dendr-

tree

derm-

skin

di-

two

diure-

to pass urine

dors-

back

endo-

within, inside

ependym-

tunic

epi-

upon, above, in addition to

erg-

work

exo-

outside

fasc-

bundle

follic-

small bag

fov-

pit

glen-

joint socket

-glia-

glue

glyc-

sweet

-gram

something written

hist-

web, tissue

hol-

entire, whole

homeo-

same

horm-

impetus, impulse

hyal-

resemblance to glass

hypo-

below

inter-

among, between

intra-

inside

iris

rainbow

iso-

equal

kerat-

horn

labr-

lip

labrynth

mazy

lacri-

tears

lact-

milk

lamell-

thin plate

laten-

hidden

-lemm

rind or peel

lip-

fat

-logy

the study of

lut-

yellow

lys-

to break up

lyt-

break down

macr-

large

marcula

spot

malle-

hammer

meat-

passage

med-

middle

melan-

black

meta-

change

mit-

thread

mono-

one

moto-

moving

multi-

many

mut-

change

myo-

muscle

nas-

nose

neur-

nerve

ocul-

eye

odont-

teeth

olfact-

to smell

oligo-

few

orb-

circle

os-

bone

ov-

egglike

palpebra

eyelid

para-

beside

pelv-

basin

peri-

around, all around

phag-

to eat

photo-

light

pino-

to drink

poie-

make, produce

poly-

many

por-

passage

pro-

before

pseud-

false

reticul-

a net

sacchar-

sugar

sacro-

flesh

saltator-

a dancer

scler-

hand

seb-

grease

sens-

feeling

-som

body

squam-

scale

-stasis

standing still

-strat-

layer, spread out

stria-

groove

sub-

under

sudor-

sweat

super-

above

sutur-

sewing

syn-

with, together

syndesm-

band, ligament

tetan-

stiff

therm-

heat

toc-

birth

-tomy

cutting

-tonic

stretched

-troph

well fed

-trophic

influencing

tympan-

drum

uni-

one

vas-

vessel

vesicle-

bladder

vitre-

glass

-zym

causing to ferment