Latin Vocabulary 4 Flashcards
-oid
like, resembling.
Example: coccoid, resembling a coccus.
-oma
tumor.
Example: lymphoma, a tumor of the lymphatic tissues.
ortho-
straight, direct.
Example: orthomyxovirus, a virus with a straight, tubular capsid.
pan-
all, universal.
Example: pandemic, an epidemic affecting a large region.
para-
beside, near.
Example: parasite, an organism that “feeds beside” another.
peri-
around.
peritrichous, projections from all sides.
phaeo-
brown.
Example: Phaeophyta, brown algae.
phago-
eat.
Example: phagocyte, a cell that engulfs and digests particles or cells.
philo-, -phil
liking, preferring.
Example: thermophile, an organism that prefers high temperatures.
-phyll
leaf.
Example: chlorophyll, the green pigment in leaves.
-phyte
plant.
Example: saprophyte, a plant that obtains nutrients from decomposing organic matter.
pil-
a hair.
Example: pilus, a hairlike projection from a cell.
plankto-
wandering, roaming.
Example: plankton, organisms drifting or wandering in water.
plast-
formed.
Example: plastid, a formed body within a cell.
pod-
foot.
Example: pseudopod, a footlike structure.
poly-
many.
Example: polymorphism, many forms.
pseudo-
false.
Example: pseudopod, false foot.
psychro-
cold.
Example: psychrophile, an organism that grows best a low temperatures.
-ptera
wing.
Example: Diptera, the order of true flies, insects with two wings.
pyo-
pus.
Example: pyogenic, pus-forming.
rhizo-
root.
Examples: Rhizobium, a bacterium that grows in plant roots; mycorrhiza, a fungus in or on plant roots.
rhodo-
red.
Example: Rhodospirillum, a red-pigmented, spiral-shaped bacterium.
rubri-
red.
Example: Clostridiium rudrum, red-pigmented colonies.
sapr-
rotten.
Example: Saprolegnia, a fungus that lives on dead animals.
sarco-
flesh.
Example: sarcoma, a tumor of muscle or connective tissues.
schizo-
split.
Example: schizomyctes, organisms that reproduce by splitting an early name for bacteria.
scolec-
worm.
Example: scolex, the head of a tapeworm.
sept-
rotting.
Example: septic, presence of bacteria that could cause decomposition.
