Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM


Top Flashcards (Certified)
All Flashcards

+ AMNE 301 > Module 6 > Flashcards

Module 6 Flashcards

1
Q

acanth-

A
  • root
  • primary meaning: thorn
  • subsidiary meaning: (plant) spine
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

ailur-

A
  • root
  • primary meaning: cat
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

al-

A
  • root
  • primary meaning: wing
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

alb-

A
  • root
  • primary meaning: white
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

amphi-

A
  • prefix
  • primary meaning: both
  • subsidiary meaning: around; on both sides
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

amyl-

A
  • root
  • primary meaning: starch
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

ankyl-

A
  • root
  • primary meaning: fused
  • subsidiary meaning: stiffened; hooked; crooked
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

anth-

A
  • root
  • primary meaning: flower
  • subsidiary meaning: blossom
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

anthrac-

A
  • root
  • stand-alone word: anthrax
  • primary meaning: coal
  • subsidiary meaning: anthrax; carbon
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

api-

A
  • root
  • primary meaning: bee
  • notes: no combining vowel
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

agent-

A
  • root
  • primary meaning: silver
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

argyr-

A
  • root
  • primary meaning: silver
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

atel-

A
  • root
  • primary meaning: incomplete
  • “a-“ + “tel-“
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

aure-

A
  • root
  • primary meaning: golden yellow
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

av-

A
  • root
  • primary meaning: bird
  • combining vowel “-i-“
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

bacc-

A
  • root
  • primary meaning: berry
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

botan-

A
  • root
  • primary meaning: plant
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

bov-

A
  • root
  • primary meaning: cow
  • subsidiary meaning: ox; bull
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

bry-

A
  • root
  • primary meaning: moss
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

candid-

A
  • root
  • primary meaning: white
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

capn- OR -capnia

A
  • capn- (root)
  • -capnia (abstract nominal suffix)
  • primary meaning: carbon dioxide
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

chlor-

A
  • root
  • primary meaning: green
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

chrom-

A
  • root
  • primary meaning: colour
  • subsidiary meaning: pigment
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q

chromat-

A
  • root
  • primary meaning: colour
  • subsidiary meaning: pigment
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
25
chron-
- root - primary meaning: time - subsidiary meaning: timing
26
chrys-
- root - primary meaning: gold - subsidiary meaning: golden
27
cirrh- OR -cirrhosis
- cirrh- (root) - -cirrhosis (abstract nominal suffix) - primary meaning: orange-yellow
28
clad-
- root - primary meaning: branch
29
cocc- OR -coccus
- cocc- (root) - -coccus (nominal suffix) - primary meaning: berry - subsidiary meaning: berry-shaped bacterium
30
croc-
- root - primary meaning: yellow
31
crypt-
- root - primary meaning: hidden - subsidiary meaning: latent
32
cupr-
- root - primary meaning: copper
33
cyan-
- root - primary meaning: blue
34
electr-
- root - primary meaning: electricity
35
entom-
- root - primary meaning: insect
36
eos-
- root - primary meaning: red (stain)
37
equin-
- root - primary meaning: horse
38
erythr-
- root - primary meaning: red - subsidiary meaning: red blood cell
39
felin-
- root - primary meaning: cat
40
ferr-
- root - primary meaning: iron
41
flav-
- root - primary meaning: golden yellow
42
flor-
- root - primary meaning: flower - subsidiary meaning: blossom
43
foli-
- root - primary meaning: leaf
44
formic-
- root - primary meaning: ant
45
frig-
- root - primary meaning: cold
46
frigor-
- root - primary meaning: cold
47
frond-
- root - primary meaning: leafy branch - subsidiary meaning: frond
48
fruct-
- root - primary meaning: fruit
49
glauc-
- root - stand-alone word: glaucus - primary meaning: bluish grey
50
gluc-
- root - primary meaning: sugar
51
glyc-
- root - primary meaning: sugar
52
hal-
- root - primary meaning: salt
53
hipp-
- root - primary meaning: horse
54
hum-
- root - primary meaning: soil - subsidiary meaning: ground
55
hyal-
- root - primary meaning: glassy
56
hyl-
- root - primary meaning: material - subsidiary meaning: wood
57
ichthy-
- root - primary meaning: fish - subsidiary meaning: scaly
58
iod-
- root - primary meaning: violet - subsidiary meaning: iodine
59
kal-
- root - primary meaning: potassium
60
klept-
- root - primary meaning: steal - subsidiary meaning: theft
61
koni-
- root - primary meaning: dust
62
lab-
- root - primary meaning: slide - subsidiary meaning: slip
63
laps- OR -lapse
- laps- (root) - -lapse (nominal suffix) - primary meaning: slide - subsidiary meaning: slip
64
lectul-
- root - primary meaning: bed - subsidiary meaning: couch
65
lei-
- root - primary meaning: smooth
66
lep- OR -lepsy
- lep- (root) - -lepsy (abstract nominal suffix) - primary meaning: seizure - subsidiary meaning: attach
67
lepid-
- root - primary meaning: (animal) scale
68
leuk-
- root - primary meaning: white - subsidiary meaning: white blood cell - sometimes "leuc-"
69
lex-
- root - primary meaning: read
70
lign-
- root - primary meaning: wood
71
loc-
- root - primary meaning: place (location)
72
luc-
- root - primary meaning: light
73
lumin-
- root - stand-alone word: lumen - primary meaning: light
74
lute-
- root - primary meaning: yellow
75
meliss-
- root - primary meaning: bee
76
mis-
- root - primary meaning: aversion
77
molybd-
- root - primary meaning: lead
78
mut-
- root - primary meaning: change - subsidiary meaning: genetic change - combining vowel "-a-"
79
natr-
- root - primary meaning: sodium
80
necr- OR -necrosis
- necr- (root) - -necrosis (abstract nominal suffix) – death of - primary meaning: death - subsidiary meaning: corpse
81
nema-
- root - primary meaning: thread - subsidiary meaning: roundworm
82
nemat-
- root - primary meaning: thread - subsidiary meaning: roundworm
83
nid-
- root - primary meaning: nest
84
nigr-
- root - primary meaning: black
85
noct-
- root - primary meaning: night
86
nuc-
- root - primary meaning: nut
87
nyct-
- root - primary meaning: night
88
ole-
- root - primary meaning: oil
89
omni-
- root - primary meaning: all - subsidiary meaning: every
90
orth-
- root - primary meaning: straight - subsidiary meaning: erect; normal; right
91
oxysm- OR -oxysm
- oxysm- (root) - -oxysm (nominal suffix) - primary meaning: sudden
92
pachy-
- root - primary meaning: thick - subsidiary meaning: heavy
93
pallid-
- root - primary meaning: pale - subsidiary meaning: lacking colour
94
pedicul-
- root - primary meaning: louse
95
pest-
- root - primary meaning: plague
96
petr-
- root - primary meaning: stone - subsidiary meaning: rock
97
pex- OR -pexy
- pex- (root) - -pexy (abstract nominal suffix) - primary meaning: fixing (to) - subsidiary meaning: (surgical) attachment - note: usually has prefix
98
phos-
- root - primary meaning: light
99
phot-
- root - primary meaning: light
100
phrac-
- root - primary meaning: enclose - subsidiary meaning: obstruct - note: also "phrag-"
101
phthir-
- root - primary meaning: louse
102
phyll- OR -phyll
- phyll- (root) - -phyll (nominal suffix) - primary meaning: leaf
103
phyt- OR -phyte
- phyt- (root) - -phyte (nominal suffix) - primary meaning: plant - subsidiary meaning: growth
104
pisc-
- root - primary meaning: fish
105
plast- OR -plasty
- plast- (root) - -plasty (abstract nominal suffix) - primary meaning: form; develop
106
platy-
- root - primary meaning: flat - subsidiary meaning: broad
107
plec-
- root - primary meaning: paralyze - subsidiary meaning: strike
108
pleg- OR -plegia
- pleg- (root) - -plegia (abstract nominal suffix) - primary meaning: paralyze - subsidiary meaning: strike
109
plumb-
- root - primary meaning: lead [metal]
110
poie- OR -poiesis
- poie- (root) - -poiesis (abstract nominal suffix) - primary meaning: produce - subsidiary meaning: make; form
111
poli-
- root - primary meaning: grey - subsidiary meaning: grey matter [of the brain/spinal cord]
112
porphyr-
- root - primary meaning: purple
113
pt- OR -ptosis
- pt- (root) - -ptosis (abstract nominal suffix) - primary meaning: prolapse - subsidiary meaning: fall; sag; drop
114
pur-
- root - primary meaning: pus
115
purpur-
- root - primary meaning: purple
116
py-
- root - primary meaning: pus
117
ram-
- root - primary meaning: branch
118
rhiz-
- root - primary meaning: root - subsidiary meaning: nerve root
119
rhod-
- root - primary meaning: rose - subsidiary meaning: pink; red
120
rub-
- root - primary meaning: red
121
rube-
- root - primary meaning: reddish
122
rubr-
- root - primary meaning: red
123
sacchar-
- root - primary meaning: sugar
124
sal-
- root - primary meaning: salt
125
sapr-
- root - primary meaning: rotten - subsidiary meaning: putrid; decaying
126
scapul-
- root - primary meaning: shoulder blade
127
sect-
- root - primary meaning: cut
128
ser-
- root - primary meaning: serum
129
sol-
- root - primary meaning: sun
130
somn- OR -somnia
- somn- (root) - -somnia (abstract nominal suffix) - primary meaning: sleep
131
spasm- OR -spasm
- spasm- (root) - -spasm (nominal suffix) - stand-alone word: spasm - primary meaning: spasm (involuntary muscle contraction)
132
spor-
- root - primary meaning: spore
133
squam-
- root - primary meaning: scale
134
stabil-
- root - primary meaning: stable; fixed
135
stabl-
- root - primary meaning: stable; fixed
136
-stalsis
- nominal suffix - primary meaning: contraction
137
stann-
- root - primary meaning: tin
138
stigm-
- root - primary meaning: point - subsidiary meaning: mark; spot
139
stigmat-
- root - primary meaning: point - subsidiary meaning: mark; spot
140
tax- OR -taxis
- tax- (root) - -taxis (nominal suffix) - primary meaning: coordination - subsidiary meaning: order
141
terr-
- root - primary meaning: earth - subsidiary meaning: land
142
thanat-
- root - primary meaning: death
143
ther-
- root - primary meaning: animal
144
thi-
- root - primary meaning: sulfur
145
top-
- root - primary meaning: place (location)
146
tox-
- root - primary meaning: poison
147
toxi- OR -toxin
- toxi- (root) - -toxin (nominal suffix) – poison - primary meaning: poison
148
-toxic
- adjectival suffix – "tox-" + "-ic" - primary meaning: poisonous
149
trep-
- root - primary meaning: turn - subsidiary meaning: twist
150
-tribe OR -tripsy
- -tribe (nominal suffix) – agent or instrument - -tripsy (abstract nominal suffix) - primary meaning: rub - subsidiary meaning: grind; crush
151
vacc-
- root - primary meaning: cow
152
venen-
- root - primary meaning: poison - also "venom-"
153
verm-
- root - primary meaning: worm
154
vermin-
- root - primary meaning: worm
155
viol-
- root - primary meaning: violet
156
virid-
- root - primary meaning: green
157
xanth-
- root - primary meaning: yellow
158
xen-
- root - primary meaning: strange - subsidiary meaning: foreign; alien
159
xer-
- root - primary meaning: dry
160
xiph-
- root - primary meaning: sword
161
zym-
- root - primary meaning: fermentation - subsidiary meaning: enzyme

+ AMNE 301 (6 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2025 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions