Lesson 1, 2 and 3 Flashcards
acanth-
thorn, spine
alg-
pain
alges-
sensitivity to pain
all-
other, divergence, difference from
angi-
(blood) vessel, duct
arteri-
(air passage) artery
arthr-
joint
bi-
life
brady-
slow
cardi-
heart
cephal-
head
crani-
skull
cyt-, -cyt-
cell
encephal-
brain
erythr-
red, red blood celll
lept-
thin, fine, slight
leuk-
white, white blood cell
Lith-
stone, calculus
log-, -log-
word, study
malac-
soft
mes-
middle, secondary, partial, mesentery
-meter, metr-
measure, measuring device
nephr-
kidney
neur-
nerve, nervous sytem
oste-
bone
prax-, -prax-
act, action
prot-
first, primitive, early
scler-
hard
stere-
solid, having three dimesions
tachy-
rapid
tox(i)-
poison
-logy, -logist (sf)
study, science, the study or science of
-malacia (sf)
the softening (of tissues) of
-sclerosis (sf)
the hardening (of tissues) of
-stenosis (sf)
the narrowing (of a part of the body)
-toxic (sf)
poisonous
acr-
[highest point] extremities particularly the hands and feet
ambly-
dull, faint