Our Words (7-10)

Question 1

motor (mot-or)

Answer 1

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

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

Question 2

sedation (sed-at-ion)

Answer 2

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

Question 3

stimulant (stimul-ant)

Answer 3

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

any agent temporarily increasing functional activity

Question 4

eruption (e-rupt-ion)

Answer 4

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

Question 5

ligase (lig-ase)

Answer 5

lig = to bind

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

Question 6

filamentous (fil-a-ment-ous)

Answer 6

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

made up of long, interwoven or irregularly placed threadlike structures

Question 7

ambulant (ambul-ant)

Answer 7

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

able to walk; not confined to bed

Question 8

integument (in-teg-u-ment)

Answer 8

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

Question 9

spirograph (spir-o-graph)

Answer 9

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

Question 10

depilation (de-pil-at-ion)

Answer 10

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

hair removal

Question 11

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

Answer 11

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

Question 12

osseous (oss-e-ous)

Answer 12

oss = bone
ous = full of (adjectival)

bonelike, concerning bones

Question 13

infirm (in-firm)

Answer 13

in = not
firm = strong, able

weak or feeble, esp. from old age or disease

Question 14

leprosarium (lepros-arium)

Answer 14

arium = place of (nominal)

a hospital that provides care for patients with leprosy

Question 15

vital (vit-al)

Answer 15

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

pert. to or characteristic of life

Question 16

oscillate (oscill-ate)

Answer 16

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

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

Question 17

euphoriant (eu-phor-iant)

Answer 17

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

Question 18

erosion (e-ros-ion)

Answer 18

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

an eating away of tissue

Question 19

pilosebaceous (pil-o-seb-aceous)

Answer 19

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

concerning the hair and sebaceous glands

Question 20

germinoma (germin-oma)

Answer 20

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

Question 21

planoconvex (plan-o-con-vex)

Answer 21

plan = flat
con = with, together, very

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

Question 22

cutization (cut-iz-at-ion)

Answer 22

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

Question 23

exsiccation (ex-sicc-at-ion)

Answer 23

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)

Question 24

florid (flor-id)

Answer 24

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

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

Question 25

conglobation (con-glob-at-ion)

Answer 25

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

Question 26

ferrotherapy (ferr-o-therapy)

Answer 26

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

Question 27

ungual (ungu-al)

Answer 27

ungu = fingernail, toenail
al = having to do with/characterized by (adjectival)

pert. to or resembling the nails

Question 28

animism (anim-ism)

Answer 28

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

Question 29

micturate (mict-ur-ate)

Answer 29

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

to pass urine from the bladder

Question 30

mortal (mort-al)

Answer 30

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

subject to death

Question 31

vermifugal (verm-i-fug-al)

Answer 31

verm = worm
fuge = flight, escape
al = having to do with/characterized by (adjectival)

expelling worms from the intestines

Question 32

carnivore (carni-vore)

Answer 32

vor = to eat

an animal that eats primarily meat

Question 33

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

Answer 33

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

concerning several glands

Question 34

waveform (wave-form)

Answer 34

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

Question 35

villose (vill-ose)

Answer 35

vill = shaggy hair, tuft of hair
ose = full of (adjectival)

pert. to or furnished with villi or with fine hairlike extensions

Question 36

matrilineal (matr-i-lin-eal)

Answer 36

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

Question 37

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

Answer 37

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

Question 38

biocide (bi-o-cide)

Answer 38

bi = life
cide = killing, murder

any substance or physical intervention that destroys living organisms

Question 39

mediocarpal (medi-o-carp-al)

Answer 39

medi = middle
carp = wrist
al = having to do with/characterized by (adjectival)

pert. to the middle part of the carpus

Question 40

plurihormonal (plur-i-hormon-al)

Answer 40

plur = many
al = having to do with/characterized by (adjectival)

producing or secreting more than one hormone, as do some pituitary adenomas

Question 41

centriole (centr-i-ole)

Answer 41

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

Question 42

calcilytic (calci-ly-tic)

Answer 42

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

Question 43

spiculation (spic-ul-at-ion)

Answer 43

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