the body: lessons 11+12 Flashcards
caro, carnis
flesh
carnage
the killing of many people, massacre
carrion2
- dead and decaying flesh
- pertaining to dead flesh
incarnate
embodied in human form
collum
neck
accolade2
- honor, award, or expression of approval
- ceremonial tap on the shoulder with flat side of sword
decolletage
low neckline on garment
corpus, corporis
body
corporal
relating to or having an effect on the human body
corporeal2
- characteristic of or resembling the physical body
- having material substance, able to be seen
corps3
- military organization of officers
- army unit
- group of people with purpose and direction in common
corpulent
excessively bulky, fat
corpus2
- body or collection of writings
- structure of special character in an animal body
cor, cordis
heart
accord3
- harmony, agreement
- to grant or bestow upon
- to agree
cordial2
- hearty, warm, sincere
- stimulating
concordance2
- state of agreement, harmony
- index of all the words in a text
or, ossis
bone
ossify2
- turn into bone, to become bony
- to become rigid
derma
skin
dermatology
scientific study of skin and its diseases
epidermis
outer layer of skin
dorsum
back
dorsal
pertaining to the back
dossier
set of documents containing information about a person or event, file
endorse4
- write ones signature on back of a check
- sing a contract
- acknowledge receipt of payment
- to support actively, to sanction
gaster, gastreros
stomach, belly
gastric
pertaining to stomach
gastronome
person who is knowledgeable about good food and drink
nerus
sinew, nerve
enervate
to deprive of strength, weaken
sanguis, sanguinis
blood
sanguine2
- cheerful, hopeful
- reddish or ruddy
consanguinity2
- blood relationship
- any close relationship
sedeo, sedere, sedi, sessum
to sit, to settle
assiduous2
- unceasingly attentive, devoted
- persistent, diligent
dissident2
- differing, disagreeing, dissenting
- person who disagrees
seance
meeting at which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the dead
sedentary2
- much sitting
- remaining in one area, not migratory
supersede
to take place of, to replace