Lesson 16: Figurative Usage Flashcards
GLAUC-
silvery, gray-green (e.g. glaucoma)
GON(Y)-, GONAT-
knee (e.g. gonalgia)
(H)APT-
to touch (e.g. haptics)
(H)APH-
sense of touch (e.g. haphalgesia)
KARY-, CARY-
nucleus, nut (e.g. karyogamy)
KERAT-, CERAT-, KER-, CER-
horn, horny tissue, cornea (e.g. kerotin)
LEPID-
scale (e.g. lepidosteoid)
NEM-, NEMAT-
thread (e.g. nematode)
NOS-
disease (e.g. paranosic)
ONC-, -ONCUS
tumor, swelling (e.g. adenoncus)
PHRA-
to speak (e.g. phrase, aphrasia)
PNEUM-, PNEUMAT-
air, gas (e.g. pneumatophore)
PHYLAC(T)-
to guard, to protect (e.g. cataphylaxis)
PORPHYR-
purple (e.g. porphyrin)
SARC-
flesh (e.g. sarcoma)
SCLER-
hard (e.g. sclera)
SEP-
to rot, to putrify (e.g. antiseptic)
SIT-
food (e.g. apositia)
SPLEN-
spleen (e.g. splenalgia)
STEN-
narrow (e.g. stenocardia)
STERE-
solid, three-dimensional (e.g. stereoplasm)