Lesson 17: Specialization & Generalization of Meaning Flashcards
CYN-
dog (e.g. cynopodous)
HAPL-
single (e.g. haploid)
KYM-, CYM-
wave (e.g. cymotrichous)
LEMM(A)-
sheath, husk (e.g. myolemma)
LOPH-
crest, ridge, tuft (e.g. dilophous)
LOPHI-
small crest, lophion (e.g. lophiostomate)
LYMPH-
water, lymph (e.g. lymphoblast)
MIT-
thread (e.g. mitosis)
ORNIS-, ORNITH-
bird (e.g. archaeornis)
PALE- (PALAE-)
old, ancient (e.g. paleocranium)
PHA-
to speak (e.g. cataphasia)
PHEM-
voice (e.g. paraphemia)
PHRAG-
to block up, to wall in (e.g. endophragm)
PLAN-
wandering (e.g. planet, planoblast)
PLEUR-
side, rib, pleura (e.g. pleurodont)
-PLO-
folded, fold (as in ‘threefold’) (e.g. diploma, polyploid)
PNE(A)-, PNEUST-
breathing (e.g. hyperpnea)
RHAPH-, -RRHAPH
to sew, to suture (e.g. raphe)
SPA-
to draw, to jerk (e.g. paraspasm)
STAPHYL-
bunch of grapes, uvula (e.g. staphylococcus)
STETH-
chest (e.g. microstethophone)
XEN-
host, stranger, foreigner (e.g. xenolith)