Module 6 Flashcards
acanth-
thorn, prickle
amyl-
starch
anth-
flower, blossom
arbor-
tree
aur-
gold, golden
bacc-
berry
bry-
moss
chlor-
green
chrom-
colourful, tinted, colour, pigment
chromat-
colourful, tinted, colour, pigment
chrys-
gold, golden
cirrh-
yellow
clad-
branch
cocc-
berry
coccin-
scarlet
cortic-
bark, cortex, cortices, the outer layer
croc-
yellow
cyan-
blue
dendr-
dendrite, threadlike extension of a neuron
eury-
broad
flav-
yellow
flor-
flower, blossom
foli-
leaf
frond-
leaf, leafy branch, frond
hyl-
wood
lign-
wood
loc-
place, location
lute-
yellow
nuc-
nut
phyll-
leaf
phyt-
plant
ram-
branch
spor-
spore
virid-
green
xanth-
yellow
xyl-
wood
ailur-
cat
al-
wing
alb-
white
amph-
both (-i-, -o-)
av-
bird (-i-)
bacter-
bacteria, bacterium
bov-
cow, ox
can-
dog
candid-
white
carcin-
cancer, cancerous
-carcinoma
malignant tumour
cerat-
horn, horn-like
corne-
horn, horn-like
cornu-
horn, horn-like
crypt-
hidden
cyn-
dog
felin-
cat
hipp-
horse
ichthy-
fish, scaly
albid-
white
kerat-
horn, horn-like
leuc-
white
leuk-
white
nid-
nest
nigr-
black
onc-
tumour, a swelling, abnormal mass
-oncus
tumour, a swelling, abnormal mass
ornith-
bird
pachy-
thick
pale-
old, ancient
pisc-
fish
-plasia
proliferation, growth, development
pter-
wing
pteryg-
wing
set-
bristle, seta, setae
zo-
animal, living organism
acet-
vinegar, acid
ankyl-
crooked, bent, stiff, fixed, fused, imperforated
anthrac-
coal, black
antr-
antrum, cavity
api-
bee
argent-
silver
argyr-
silver
chron-
time
coll-
jelly, gelatin, gluey substance
cupr-
copper
echin-
spiny, a spine (points, not vertebrae)
entom-
insect
erythr-
red
formic-
ant
fruct-
fruit sugar
frug-
fruit sugar
gluten-
jelly, gelatin, gluey substance
glutin-
jelly, gelatin, gluey substance
fructos-
fruit sugar
insect-
insect
iod-
violet
meliss-
bee
meteor-
weather, atmosphere
noct-
night, during the night
phys-
air, gas
plumb-
lead
purpur-
purple
rhod-
red
rube-
red
rubr-
red
sacchar-
sugar
saur-
lizard
thi-
sulfur, sulphur
trop-
a turning, change
viol-
violet
rub-
red
append-
appendix
appendic-
appendix
-atresia
absence of the opening
atret-
without an opening
bar-
weight, pressure
bary-
weight, pressure
bathy-
depth, depths, deep
bath-
depth, depths, deep
c. diff
Clostridioides difficile, a species of infectious bacterium
-centesis
surgical puncture to withdraw fluid
chyl-
chyle, milky fluid in the intestines
chym-
chyme, gastric pulp
covid
corona virus disease
eiso-
into
eso-
into
extern-
outside
infer-
below
intern-
inside
LDH cholesterol
lactic dehydrogenase cholesterol
-malacia
a softening
mer-
partial, part, segment
olig-
few, small, scanty
-pexis
surgical attachment
-pexy
surgical attachment
-phylactic
protective of, protective against, protective by means of
-phylaxis
protection of, protection against, protection by means of
plex-
plexus, collection of nervous tissue, collection of blood or lymph cells
py-
pus
-rrhaphy
suture, suturing
scirrh-
hard, hard cancerous tumour
-sclerosis
a hardening, a hardening caused by
sem-
half (-i-)
-strophe
a turning, a twisting
tamoxifen
name of an anti-cancer drug
-tripsis
a crushing, a rubbing, friction
-tripsy
a crushing, a rubbing, friction