Session 10: Geology and Time

Question 1

anthracis

Answer 1

coal

Question 2

anthrax

Answer 2

bacterial disease that often causes a black skin sore in humans

Question 3

anthracosis

Answer 3

lung disease caused by inhaling coal dust

Question 4

calc-

Answer 4

chalk

Question 5

calcification

Answer 5

process of hardening due to deposition of calcium

Question 6

calcification

Answer 6

process of hardening due to deposition of calcium

Question 7

carbo-

Answer 7

charcoal

Question 8

carbuncle

Answer 8

skin “boil” that used to be commonly caused by anthrax

Question 9

chryso-

Answer 9

gold

Question 10

chrysotherapy

Answer 10

treatment with gold to alter immune response to diseases

Question 11

dust

Answer 11

conis

Question 12

pneumoconiosis

Answer 12

lung disease caused by inhalation of mineral or metallic dust, especially asbestos or silica

Question 13

eco-

Answer 13

house (environment)

Question 14

ecology

Answer 14

study of relationships between organisms and their environment

Question 15

electro-

Answer 15

amber

Question 16

electrocardiograph

Answer 16

a measurement of the voltages produced by contraction of the heart (amber is a fossil resin that develops static electricity when rubbed)

Question 17

geo-

Answer 17

earth, soil

Question 18

geophagia

Answer 18

eating dirt

Question 19

geophilic

Answer 19

preferring to reside in dirt

Question 20

helio-

Answer 20

sun

Question 21

heliosis

Answer 21

sunstroke

Question 22

litho-

Answer 22

stone

Question 23

lithotomy

Answer 23

removal of a stone from the urinary tract

Question 24

metallo-

Answer 24

metal

Question 25

metalloproteinase

Answer 25

enzyme that degrades a protein combined with a metal

Question 26

pelo-

Answer 26

mud

Question 27

pelodera

Answer 27

a parasitic larvae that normally lives in mud and wet straw

Question 28

plumb

Answer 28

lead

Question 29

plumbism

Answer 29

chronic lead poisoning

Question 30

psammo-

Answer 30

sand

Question 31

psammoma

Answer 31

tumor containing sand-like material

Question 32

silico-

Answer 32

silica, quartz, flint

Question 33

silicosis

Answer 33

lung disease caused by a stone dust

Question 34

thio-

Answer 34

sulfur

Question 35

thiobarbiturate

Answer 35

sulfur-containing drug used for short-term anesthesia

Question 36

acutus

Answer 36

sharp

Question 37

acute

Answer 37

short-lived, severe, sudden

Question 38

chron-

Answer 38

time

Question 39

chronic

Answer 39

of long duration

Question 40

crepuscular

Answer 40

twilight

Question 41

crepuscular

Answer 41

active at twilight

Question 42

dies

Answer 42

day

Question 43

circadian

Answer 43

“around the day”; occurring over 24 hours

Question 44

diurnus

Answer 44

day

Question 45

diurnal

Answer 45

occurring or active during the daylight

Question 46

meno-

Answer 46

month

Question 47

menopause

Answer 47

end of monthly uterine wall lining replacement

Question 48

menorrhea

Answer 48

monthly flow resulting from replacement of uterine lining

Question 49

nox/noctis

Answer 49

night

Question 50

nocturia

Answer 50

urinating at night

Question 51

nocturnal

Answer 51

active at night

Question 52

nyx/nyct-

Answer 52

night

Question 53

nyctalopia

Answer 53

difficulty in seeing at night

Question 54

tempo-

Answer 54

time

Question 55

temporal bone

Answer 55

thinnest portion of skull, an area ancients in war tried to deliver a blow and end the lifetime of an opponent