med terms exam 2 Flashcards
first declension nom sing
a
first dec. nom plural
ae
1st dec genitive sing
ae
1st dec genitive plural
arum
-arum
1st declension genitive plural
second dec nom sing (m/f)
us
2 declension nom plural (m/f)
i
2nd declension m/f gen sing
i
2nd decision m/f genitive plural
orum
fragile
subject to being broken
digestible
can be digested
rabid
susceptible to madness
fluid
tends to flow
querulous
tendency to complain
creative
inclined to create things
verbose
full of words
perilous
full of danger
luminous
full of light
fraudulent
full of deceit
succulent
full of juice
lent
full of OR tending to
-ous
full of, characterized by, tending toward
adjectival suffixes
tending, inclined to, able to be
full of
-lent
-ose
-ous
-lent
full of
-ous
full of
-ose
full of
durable
able to endure
permeable
able to be permeated
-ile
having to do with
tending to
-ory
having to do with
adip-
fatty tissue
fatty tissue
adip-
act-, ag-
to do, to act
to do, to act
ag-, act-
aqu(a)-
water
water
aqu(a)
aud-, audit
to hear
to hear
aud, audit-
cern, cret-
to separate, distinguish
to separate, distinguish
cern, cret-
cad, cid
to fall
to fall
cad-, cid-
to cut kill
cis, cid-
cis-, cid-
to cut, kill
duc, duct
to lead, to draw
to lead, draw
duc-, duct
fibr
fiber
fiber
fibr
flect, flex
to bend
to bend
flect, flex
ger, gest
to carry, bear
to carry, to bear
ger, gest
grad, gress-
to go, to step
to go, to step
grad, gress-
gradual, regression
her, hes-
to stick
to stick
her, hes
adhere, cohesive
liqu
liquid
liquid
liqu
me, meat-
to go, pass through
permeable
to go, pass through
me, meat-
morb-
disease
disease
morb-
nasc-, nat-
to be born
native
to be born
nasc, nat-
nutr-, nutrit-
to nourish
to nourish
nutr-, nutrit-
pur
puss
puss
pur
sens, sent-
to feel, perceive
to feel, perceive
sens-, sent-
somn-
sleep
sleep
somn-
to hold
ten-, -tin-, tent-
ten-, tin-, tent-
to hold
trem-
to tremble
to tremble
trem-
varic-
twisted, swollen
twisted, swollen
varic-
vir-
virus
virus
vir-
vitr-
glass
glass
vitr-
antenatal
having to do with time before both
ante / nat / al
spina
spine, “thorn”
thorn
spina, spine
foramen, foramina
opening
nucleus pulposus
fleshy nucleus
nucleus
little nut
anulus fibrosus
fibrous little ring
anulus
little ring
spinous
thornlike
pedicles
little foot
spinal cord
medulla spinalis
lumb-
loin
thorax
breastplate
cervic
neck
tubercle
little swelling
little eminence
Hippocrates on epilepsy
ppl only claim epilepsy is of sacred, divine origin to avoid their own ignorance
disguise inability to help sufferers
Pliny the elder on treating epilepsy
artemon gave patients water from spring at night in the soul of killed person
human blood smeared on patient
apply to the mouth of someone who fell
treat by pricking big toes and smearing face with drops of blood
have young girl touch patient with right thumb
eat meat of virgin animals (brains of vulture, raw heart of seagull, ferret)
epilepsy
“the sacred disease”
strongly linked to being divine
Zeus punish mortals by creating pandora
the sacred disease
epilepsy
having to do with, full of fat
adipose
drowsy, prone to sleep
somnolent
to take into the body by swallowing or absorption
ingest
subject to bending
flexible
belonging to particular place by birth
native
inclined to hold on to something or
Persist
tenacious
characterized by disease
morbid
able to be drawn out, extended
ductible
characterized by step by step progression
gradual
full of poison, deadly
virulent
varicose
full of twists and swelling
nominal suffix
form nouns, NOT adjectives
often an quality to state of being
act of
result of act of
dependency
state of being dependent
ability
quality of being able
loyalty
quality of being loyal
radiance
result of radiating action
transcendence
result of act of transcending
incision
result of cutting in
regression
act of going backwards
remission
act of sending something back or letting go
magnitude
quality go having greatness
-ance
-ancy
-ence
-ency
-id alt.
-ity
fluid/fluidity
-or alt.
-ous
tumor/tumorous
vigor/vigorous
hippocrates on air
during an epidemic,
reduce air breathed
try to breath diff. air
lose weight
ac-, acu-
sharp, sour
sharp, sour
ac-, acu-
acuity
brev-
short
short
brev
abbreviate
bulli(t)
to boil
to boil
bulli(t)
cav-
hollow
hollow
cav-
dorm-, dormit-
to sleep
to sleep
dorm, dormit
err-
to wander
to wander
err-
erratic
error
fac, -fic, fact, -fect-
to make, do
to make do
fac, fin, fect, fect
fer-, lat-
to bear, produce
to bear produce
fer-, lat
flu-, -flux
to flow
to flow
flu-, flux
fact, frag, frang, -fring-
to break, bend
to break bend
fact, frag, frang, -fring-
fracture
fur-
to be angry
to be angry
fur-
grav-
heavy
heavy
grav-
luc-
light, shine
light, shine
luc-
lucid
proxim-
near, nearest
near(est)
proxim-
rig-
stiff, be stiff
stiff, be stiff
rig-
san-, sanit-
healthy, be healthy
healthy, be healthy
san-, sanit-
sci-
to know
to know
sci-
sec-, sect, seg
to cut
to cut
sec, sect, seg
sist-
to stand
to stand
sist
sorb, sorpt-
to suck in
to suck in
sorb, sorpt-
tend, tens, tent
to stretch
to stretch
tend, tens, tent
tum-
to swell
tumor
to swell
tum-
und-
wave
wave
und-
abundance
redundancy
vac, vacu-
to be empty
to be empty
vac, vacu
vig-
to thrive, be lively
to thrive, be lively
vig-
insanity
condition of being mentally unhealthy
lucid
illuminated, clear
vacuous
being empty
error
result of wandering, a mistake
gravid
pregnant, heavy with young
ebullition
state of boiling
quality state of being sharp
acuity
act of stepping forward
progression
a swelling
tumor
period of sleep
dormancy
quality of being short in duration
brevity
quality of being near something
proximity, juxtaposition
son-
sound
nerv-
tendon, nerve
rupt-
to break, burst
abrupt, rupture
port-
carry, bring
doc-
to teach
docile, doctor
noun or adj? -ance
noun
noun or adj? -ency
noun
noun or adj? -ety
noun
noun or adj? -ia
noun
noun or adj? -ion
noun
noun or adj? -aceous
adj.
noun or adj? -al
adj.
noun or adj? -itude
noun
noun or adj? -ity
noun
noun or adj? -or
noun
noun or adj? -ty
noun
noun or adj? -y
noun
noun or adj? -an
adj.
noun or adj? -ar
adj.
noun or adj? -ary
adj.
noun or adj? ate
adj.
noun or adj? -id
adj.
-ible noun or adj?
adj.
noun or adj? -ile
adj.
noun or adj? -ine
adj.
noun or adj? -ive
adj.
noun or adj? -lent
adj.
noun or adj? -ose
adj.
-ous noun or adj?
adj.
-ulous noun or adj?
adj.
“full of” noun or adj.
adj.
having to do with fever
febrile
somnolent
drowsy, prone to sleep
absorption
etc of sucking up
related to the tail
caudal
caudal
related to the tail
morbid
characterized by disease
deciduous
tending to fall off/out
possessing 2 feet
bipedal
ebullition
process of boiling
ovate
egg shaped
egg shaped
ovate
break up: congestion
con - gest - ion
break up: ineffective
in - ef - fest - ive
break up: fragility
frag - il - ity
break up effeminate
ef - femin - ate
break up - antenatal
ante - nat - al
pertaining to breast
mammary
within veins
intravenous
related to fat
sebaceous
characterized by lunacy
delirious
tending to fail
defective
characterized by slowness
torpid
torpid
characterized by slowness
aural
having to do with ear
having to do with ear
aural
quality of bigness
magnitude
cubital
at the elbow
at the elbow
cubital
cumb - to lie down
cumb
to lie down
palma
palm of hand and tree
similar spreading of tree branches and fingers of hand
gluteal
gloutus = buttock
gloutus
gluteal buttock
lumbar
small of the back
small of the back
lumbar
pectoral
chest
ham
popliteal region, back of the knee
hamate
bone in hand
plague
fate of Verus to bring destruction
arisen in Babylonia - vapor escaped from golden casket that solder smashed open in temple of Apollo
prevent disease
doctors light a blazing fire to make the air thinner
Acron the doctor
earned reputation during plague in Athens
helped keep fire burning beside the sick
Homer on the plague
1st affected mules and dogs (animals)
because humans breathe purer air as we stand higher up and so less rapidly affected but animals on the ground breath in diseased vapors from the earth
famous narrative of disease
Thucydides
describe Athens plague in 430 BC right around Peloponnesian war (Athens v Sparta)
overcrowding in city bc of war made disease spread worse
too many bodies to properly bury
contagio
touching
function of suffixes
form base into adj, noun, or verb
adjectival suffixes meaning
having to do with
OR resembling, characterized by, belonging to
choice of suffix based on
phonetics and base
adjectival meanings abbr.
BCHR
belonging character has resemblance
-aceous
adj. suffix
membrane parts
membr/ an / e
substantive adjective
adjective can be used as a noun
ex: juvenile, roman
the good, the bad, the ugly
adjective is used as a noun
substantive
chamber
atri-
atri-
chamber
aur-
ear
ear
aur-
caud-
tail
tail
caud-
cord-
heart
heart
cord-
cost-
rib
rib
cost-
dent-
tooth
tooth
dent-
dors-
back
dorsal
back
dors-
faci-
face
facial
face
faci
fasci-
band, bundle
band, bundle
fasci-
fascia, fascism
febr-
fever
fever
febr-
front-
forehead
forehead
front
gingiv-
gums
gums
gingiv-
lact-
milk
milk
lact-
lingu-
tongue
tongue
lingu-
mamm-
breast
breast
mamm-
nas-
nose
nose
nas-
or-
mouth
oral, orifice
mouth
or-
ov-
egg
ovulate
egg
ov-
ovulate
palat-
palate, roof of mouth
palate, roof of mouth
palat-
pector-
chest
chest
pector-
ped-
foot
foot
ped-
pulmon-
lung
lung
pulmon-
ren-
kidney
kidney
ren
seb-
fat, grease
fat, grease
seb-
spin-
spine
spine
spin-
ventr-
belly, stomach
belly, stomach
ventr-
caudal vertebrae
coccyx, from greek cuckoo
coccyx
caudal vertebrae from greek cuckoo
costal
having to do with ribs
caudal
related to tail
mammary
related to breasts
lactic
having to do with milk
febrile
having to do with fever
scapular
related to shoulder blade
atrial
related to chamber (of heart)
ovate
egg shaped, resembling
renal
having to do with kidneys
assoc. with fibula
fibular
having to do with uterus
uterine
pertaining to eye
ocular
belonging to roof of mouth
palatal
related to ear
aural
having to do with back
dorsal
pertaining to saliva
salivary
characterized by having teeth
dentate
related to face
facial
characterized by fatty material
sebaceous
remembering adj. suffixes
mostly start with a, some I
- aceous, al, ial/ual,
an, ane, ar, Ary, ate,
ic, tic, ile, il
ine
ocular, mammary, ovate, pelvic, sonic, civil, juvenile, uterine
centr-
center, middle
fort-
strong
insul-
island
vigil-
kep watch
foli-
leaf
lateral
position relative to trun/center
proximal
nearer
medial
in the middle
distal
far away
-ate
shaped like
hamate
shaped like hook
-form
shape or resemblance
cuneiform
cuneiform
shaped like wedge
pisiform
shaped like pea
shaped like pea, wedge
pisiform, cuneiform
hamulus
little hook
projects from hamate bone into carpals
little hook
hamulus
malleolus
little hammer
little hammer
malleolus
navicular
like a little boat
-oid
in the likeliness resemblance, image of
trapezoid
like a table
cuboid
like a cube
scaphois
like a boat
like a boat
scaphoid
talus
ankle
calcaneus
relating to heel
relating to heel
calcaneus
trapezium
trapezoid, like a table
pandora
took the lid off the jar and released evils contents causing man to suffer
brought disease
plato opinion
unhealthy lifestyle and flatulence, idleness
doctors had to deal with sickness ppl gave themselves from lifestyle
Seneca the younger opinion
eating a variety of foods causes a variety of disease
peoples health was simple when dinner was simple
diverse foods will disagree with each other
ill-matched food pairs are unstable inside
complex, diverse diseases to match complex and diverse foods
unnatural glutton in cuisine
mythology of origin of disease
prometheus stole fire from zeus to give mortals
punished
prometheus doomed to cycle of hepatecphagy and hepatogenesis (liver eaten out everyday by eagle)
mortals also punished
Gods create 1st woman Pandora “All-Gift” and opened jar of evils to plague the earth with disease
hierarchy of people
gold, silver, bronze
thru chest
perpectoral
adj, latin suffixes can also mean
tending, inclined, able to be
tending to, inclined to, able to be
adjectival suffix
-able meaning
adj. tending to, inclined to, able to be
-acious meaning
adj. tending to, inclined to, able to be
-id meaning
adj. tending to, inclined to, able to be
-ile meaning
adj. tending to, inclined to, able to be
-itious
adj. tending to, inclined to, able to be
-ive
adj. tending to, inclined to, able to be
-ory
adj. tending to, inclined to, able to be
-ulous
adj. tending to, inclined to, able to be
-uous
adj. tending to, inclined to, able to be
full of suffixes
-lent, -ose, -ous
-ous vs -uous
full of VS able to tending to be
-uous meaning
able to tending to be
conspicuous
able or tending to be seen
- nous
-ile added to noun
having to do with
- juvenile
-ile added to verbal base
tending to
- volatile
-ory type
forms noun
-us vs -ous
noun vs adj.
mucus vs mucous
list nominal nouns
-ance, -ia
-ion
-itude
-ity, ety, ty
-or
-y
English nominal nouns
nouns
tolerence, -ance, ence, ancy, ency
ance, ence, ancy, ency
nominal form NOUNS
-ia suffix forms
nouns
insomnia, inertia
-ion forms
nouns
-ity, ety, -ty forms
NOUNS
-or suffix
NOUN
quality of being, state, act of
candor tumor, vigor
nominal suffixes meanings
quality or state of being
(result) of act of
virile
having masc. qualities
tending to cut in, as comment
incisive
incisive
tending to cut in, as comment
tending to hold on
retentive
able to act, with propensity for moving
agile
act of cutting out/away
excision
subject to sleepwalking
somnambulist
voc-
voice
termin-
end
soci-
ally
fug-
flee
vestig-
trace
semen producing
seminiferous
tumefacient
tending to produce swelling
ALL noun suffixes
-ance, ency
-ety,
ia,
ion
itude
ity,
or, ty, -y
dict
speak
lud-
play, mock
nov-
new
scrib-
write
1st dec. nom sing
-a
1st dec. nom plural
-ae
1st dec. gen sing
-ae
1st dec. gen plural
-arum
declension -a
1st nom sing,
2nd neuter nom plural
-ae declension
1st declension nom plural , gen. sing
-orum declension
2 and 2N Genitive plural
2nd dec. nom sing
-us
2nd dec. nom plural
-i
2nd dec. gen sing
-i
2nd dec. gen plural
-orum
-arum decl.
1st gen plural
2nd dec. Neuter Nom sing
-um
2nd dec. Neuter nom plural
-a
2nd dec. Neuter gen sing
-i
2nd dec. Neuter gen plural
-orum
2nd declension Genitive sing
-I
and neuter
-I declension
2nd gen singular,
2m/f nom plural
3rd dec. gen sing
-is
3rd dec cons. stem gen plural
-um
3rd declension I stem gen plural
-ium
-ium declension
3rd dec. I stem gen plural
3rd dec. cons. neuter nom plural
-a
3rd dec. I-stem nom plural
-es
3rd decision nom plural i-stem neuter
-ia, a
3rd declension nom plural
-es
-a (neuter)
-es (I-stem)
-ia, a
3rd declension m/f nom plural
-es
4th dec. nom sing
-us
4th dec. gen sing
-us
4th dec. nom plural
-us
4th dec. gen plural
-uum
4th dec. Neuter nom sing
-u
4th dec. Neuter nom plural
-ua
4th dec. Neuter gen sing
-us
4th dec. Neuter gen plural
-uum
5th declension nom sing
-es
5th dec. nom plural
-es
5th dec. gen sing
ei
5th decl. gen plural
-erum
-erum decl.
5th gen plural
-uum declension
4th gen plural
-ium dec.
3rd I-stem gen plural
gen singular declensions
ae
I, I
is
us
ei
gen plural declensions
arum
orum
um, ium
uum
erum
ramus
branch
mandible
lower jaw
sphenoid bone
likeliness of a wedge
behind eye
parent language
proto-indo European
cognate
languages are cousins, related but NOT nec. derived
sound alike
Grimms law
explains consonant shifts d–>t
latin influence on english
1066 William the conqueror invaded England (he was French) = Norman French
borrowed words from French, derived from latin
triquertral
3 cornered
lunate
like/resembling moon
capitate
shaped like a head
scaphoid
like a boat
trapezium
like a little table
trapezoid
like a table
-ate suffix
resembling
talus
ankle
malleolus
little hammer
cuneiform
wedge shaped
navicular
like a little boat
Hesoids tale of prometheus and pandora
after steal fire to give mortals from zeus, was punished
hepat
liver
liver
hepat
disease causes
moral decline
lazy lifestyle
variety of foods
genitive singular
ae, i, is, us, ei
nucleus pulposus
fleshy little nut
anulus fibrosus
fibrous little ring
spinous process
thornlike bony outgrowth
artic-
joint
tubercle
little swelling or eminence
hippocrates on the sacred disease
no more divine than any other disease
called divine out of ignorance
thinks accumulation of phlegm in brain or change in wind
fasci- history
symbol of roman authority
bundle of rods
result of the act
vig-
lively, to thrive
palmar
palm of the hand, palm trees
cubital
at the elbow
frum cuma, to lie down
gluteal
from gloutus, buttock
