Our Words (7-10) Flashcards by Emily Crowder

motor (mot-or)

mot = to move
or = quality of being, act of (nominal)

a part or center that induces movements, as nerves or muscles

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sedation (sed-at-ion)

sed = to sit, to settle
ate = to make, to perform the act of (verbal)
ion = quality of being, act of (nominal)

the state of being calmed

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stimulant (stimul-ant)

stimul = to urge, to goad
ant = person or thing doing something (nominal)

any agent temporarily increasing functional activity

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eruption (e-rupt-ion)

e = out, from
rupt = to break, to burst
ion = quality of being, act of (nominal)

a visible breaking out, esp. of a skin lesion or a rash accompanying a disease such as measles or scarlet fever

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ligase (lig-ase)

lig = to bind

the general term for a class of enzymes that catalyze the joining of the ends of two chains of DNA

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filamentous (fil-a-ment-ous)

fil = thread
ment = act of, result of, means of (nominal)
ous = full of (adjectival)

made up of long, interwoven or irregularly placed threadlike structures

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ambulant (ambul-ant)

ambul = to walk
ant = person or thing doing something (nominal)

able to walk; not confined to bed

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integument (in-teg-u-ment)

in = into, on, not
teg = to cover
ment = act of, result of, means of (nominal)

a covering; the skin, consisting of the dermis and epidermis

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spirograph (spir-o-graph)

spir = to breathe
graph = to write
a graphical record of respiratory movements

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depilation (de-pil-at-ion)

de = down, away, off
pil = hair
ate = to make, to perform the act of (verbal)
ion = quality of being, act of (nominal)

hair removal

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vivification (viv-i-fic-at-ion)

viv = life to live
fic = to make, to do
ate = to make, to perform the act of (verbal)
ion = quality of being, act of (nominal)

transformation of protein through assimilation into the living matter of cellular organisms

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osseous (oss-e-ous)

oss = bone
ous = full of (adjectival)

bonelike, concerning bones

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infirm (in-firm)

in = not
firm = strong, able

weak or feeble, esp. from old age or disease

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leprosarium (lepros-arium)

arium = place of (nominal)

a hospital that provides care for patients with leprosy

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vital (vit-al)

vit = life, to live
al = having to do with/characterized by (adjectival)

pert. to or characteristic of life

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oscillate (oscill-ate)

oscill = to swing
ate = to make, to perform the act of (verbal)

to rapidly move back and forth between two locations or physical states

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euphoriant (eu-phor-iant)

eu = good, well, normal
phor = to bear, to carry
iant = person or thing doing something (nominal)

any agent or drug that induces an extraordinary sense of well-being

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erosion (e-ros-ion)

e = out, from
ros = to gnaw
ion = quality of being, act of (nominal)

an eating away of tissue

pilosebaceous (pil-o-seb-aceous)

pil = hair
seb = fat, grease
aceous = having to do with/characterized by (adjectival)

concerning the hair and sebaceous glands

germinoma (germin-oma)

germin = sprout, bud, germ
oma = nominal
a neoplasm usually arising from germ cells in the testis, ovary, or mediastinum

planoconvex (plan-o-con-vex)

plan = flat
con = with, together, very

an optical lens that is flat on one side and convex on the other

cutization (cut-iz-at-ion)

cut = skin
ize = to make, to cause to be (verbal)
ate = to make, to perform the act of (verbal)
ion = quality of being, act of (nominal)

skinlike changes in a mucous membrane as a result of continued inflammation

exsiccation (ex-sicc-at-ion)

ex = out, from
sicc = dry, to dry
ate = to make, to perform the act of (verbal)
ion = quality of being, act of (nominal)

the process of drying up (in chemistry, removing the water from compounds or solutions)

florid (flor-id)

flor = flower
id = tending to, inclined to, able to be (adjectival)

complete or full-bodied, as in an illness that is in full flower

conglobation (con-glob-at-ion)

con = with, together, very glob = sphere, lump ate = to make, to perform the act of (verbal) ion = quality of being, act of (nominal) an aggregation of particles in a rounded mass

ferrotherapy (ferr-o-therapy)

ferr = iron therapy = treatment the use of iron in treating anemia

ungual (ungu-al)

ungu = fingernail, toenail al = having to do with/characterized by (adjectival) pert. to or resembling the nails

animism (anim-ism)

anim = soul, spirit ism = nominal attribution of spiritual qualities and mental capabilities to nonhuman living creatures, e.g. animals or trees, or to inanimate objects, e.g. mountains

micturate (mict-ur-ate)

ur = urine ate = to make, to perform the act of (verbal) to pass urine from the bladder

mortal (mort-al)

mort = death al = having to do with/characterized by (adjectival) subject to death

vermifugal (verm-i-fug-al)

verm = worm fuge = flight, escape al = having to do with/characterized by (adjectival) expelling worms from the intestines

carnivore (carni-vore)

vor = to eat an animal that eats primarily meat

multiglandular (mult-i-gland-ul-ar)

mult = many, much ule = little (nominal) ar = having to do with/characterized by (adjectival) concerning several glands

waveform (wave-form)

form = form shape the shape or the representation of a signal, as in cardiology, the shape of the electrical shock used in cardioversion or defibrillation

villose (vill-ose)

vill = shaggy hair, tuft of hair ose = full of (adjectival) pert. to or furnished with villi or with fine hairlike extensions

matrilineal (matr-i-lin-eal)

matr = mother eal = having to do with/characterized by (adjectival) pert. to or affecting inheritance from the mothers in a family, but not the fathers

equipotential (equ-i-pot-ent-ial)

equ = equal, even pot = to be able or powerful ent = person or thing doing something (nominal) ial = having to do with/characterized by (adjectival) having the same electric charge or physical strength

biocide (bi-o-cide)

bi = life cide = killing, murder any substance or physical intervention that destroys living organisms

mediocarpal (medi-o-carp-al)

medi = middle carp = wrist al = having to do with/characterized by (adjectival) pert. to the middle part of the carpus

plurihormonal (plur-i-hormon-al)

plur = many al = having to do with/characterized by (adjectival) producing or secreting more than one hormone, as do some pituitary adenomas

centriole (centr-i-ole)

centr = center ole = little (nominal) a minute organelle consisting of a hollow cylinder closed at one end and open at the other, found in the cell center or attraction sphere of a cell

calcilytic (calci-ly-tic)

calci = limestone, calcium ly = to loosen, to dissolve tic = having to do with/characterized by (adjectival) tending to block calcium sensing receptors on parathyroid chief cells

spiculation (spic-ul-at-ion)

spic = point, spike ule = little (nominal) ate = to make, to perform the act of (verbal) ion = quality of being, act of (nominal) in radiology, the presence of spike-shaped lines extending from the surface of a mass