Lesson 18: Changes of Meaning in Technical Usage

Question 1

BALAN-

Answer 1

acorn, the glans penis (e.g. balanoid)

Question 2

BRY-

Answer 2

moss (e.g. bryophyte)

Question 3

CAMP(T)-, CAMPYL-

Answer 3

bent (e.g. acampsia)

Question 4

CARP-

Answer 4

wrist (e.g. matacarpal)

Question 5

CERC-

Answer 5

tail (e.g. cercus)

Question 6

CLEID-

Answer 6

clavicle (e.g. hypocleidium)

Question 7

DOCH-

Answer 7

to take or receive (e.g. hematodocha)

Question 8

ECH-

Answer 8

echo, repetition (e.g. echopathy)

Question 9

GANGLI-

Answer 9

mass of nerve tissue, small cyst or swelling (e.g. ganglioblast)

Question 10

GLI-

Answer 10

glue (e.g. neuroglia)

Question 11

IN-

Answer 11

fiber, muscle (e.g. inogen)

Question 12

RHACH(I)-, RACH(I)-, -RRHACH-

Answer 12

the spine (e.g. hematorhachis)

Question 13

-RRHAG

Answer 13

excessive discharge, usually of blood (e.g. leukorrhagia)

Question 14

SPHYGM-

Answer 14

pulse (e.g. sphygmoid)

Question 15

SPONDYL-

Answer 15

vertebra (e.g. spondylopyosis)

Question 16

STERN-

Answer 16

chest, breastbone (e.g. episternum)

Question 17

THEL-

Answer 17

nipple (e.g. mesothelium)

Question 18

TOC-, TOK-

Answer 18

childbirth (e.g. tokocyte)

Question 19

TRE(T)-

Answer 19

to bore, to perforate (e.g. helicotrema)

Question 20

ZYM-

Answer 20

ferment, enzyme (e.g. enzyme)