Module 7 - Terminations

Question 1

-atresia

Answer 1

absence of the opening to

Question 2

-blast

Answer 2

embryonic cell

Question 3

-cide

Answer 3

act of killing; destruction; agent used to kill/destroy [preceded by cv i unless told otherwise]

Question 4

-cleisis

Answer 4

closure; blockage

Question 5

-cyesis

Answer 5

pregnancy

Question 6

-genesis

Answer 6

formation; development; growth

Question 7

-genic

Answer 7

forming; developing; producing; produced by; pertaining to the formation/development/production of

Question 8

-gravida

Answer 8

woman who is (or has been) pregnant for (nth time) [root which immediately precedes indicates number of pregnancies; preceding cv always i]

Question 9

-para

Answer 9

woman who has given birth (n times) [root preceding indicates n; cv preceding is always i]

Question 10

• pexy

- pexis

Answer 10

surgical attachment [often of one organ/tissue to another] (2)

Question 11

-strophe

Answer 11

a turning; a twisting

Question 12

-poiesis

Answer 12

formation; development; production; act of shaping

Question 13

-poietic

Answer 13

forming; developing; producing; shaping; pertaining to the formation/development/production/shaping of