Vocab 5 Flashcards
ADELPH- (ἀδελφός)
‘brother’, ‘sibling’
ALEX- (ἀλέξω)
‘to ward off’
ANCON- (ἀγκών)
‘elbow’
ANTR- (ἄντρον)
‘cavity’, ‘sinus’
BALAN- (βάλανος)
‘acorn’, ‘the glans penis’
BRONCH(I)- (βρόγχια)
‘air tube’
BRY- (βρύον)
‘moss’
CALYPT(R)- (καλυπτός)
‘hidden’
CAMP(T)-, CAMPYL- (κάμπτω;
καμπύλος)
‘bent’
CARP- (καρπός)
‘wrist’
CERC- (κέρκος)
‘tail’
CHLAMYD- (χλαμύς, χλαμύδος
‘cloak’, ‘envelope’
CHORD- (χορδή)
‘cord’
CHOR(I)- (χόριον)
‘fetal membrane’, ‘tunic of the
eye-ball’
CHY-; CHYM-, CHYL- (χέω; χύμα;
χυλός)
‘to pour’; ‘juice’
CLEID- (κλείς, κλειδός)
‘clavicle’
CLON(US)- (κλόνος)
‘muscle spasm’
COLL(A)- (κόλλα)
‘glue’
CONDYL- (κόνδυλος)
‘knob’, ‘knuckle’
CORM- (κορμός)
‘trunk of a tree or body’
DOCH- (δοχός. cf. δέχομαι)
‘to take or receive’
ECH- (ἠχώ)
‘echo’, ‘repetition’
GANGLI- (γαγγλίον)
‘mass of nerve tissue’, ‘small cyst or
swelling’
GLI- (γλία)
‘glue’
GON(I)- (γωνία)
‘angle’
HAL- (ἅλς)
‘salt’
IN- (ἴς, ἰνός)
‘fibre’, ‘muscle’
NOT- (νῶτον)
‘the back’
OM- (ὦμος)
‘shoulder’
OPISTH- (ὄπισθεν)
‘behind’
PALI(N)- (πάλιν)
‘again’, ‘back’
PHARYNG- (PHARYNX) (φάρυγξ,
φάρυγγος)
‘pharynx’
PHY- (φύω)
‘to grow’
POIKIL- (ποικίλος)
‘varied’, ‘irregular’, ‘mottled’
POR- (πόρος)
‘passage’, ‘pore’
PTY-; PTYAL- (πτύω; πτύαλον)
‘to spit’; ‘saliva’
PYCN-, PYKN- (πυκνός)
‘thick’, ‘frequent’
PYL(E)- (πύλη)
‘gate’, ‘entrance’
RHABD- (ῥάβδος)
‘rod’
RHACH(I)-, RACH(I)-, -RRACH- (ῥάχις)
‘the spine’
-RRHAG- (ῥηγνύμι)
‘excessive discharge, usually of blood’
SPERM(A)-, SPERMAT- (σπέρμα,
σπέρματα)
‘seed’, ‘semen’
SPHEN- (σφήν)
‘wedge’
SPHYGM- (σφυγμός)
‘pulse’
SPIR- (σπεῖρα)
‘coil’
SPONDYL- (σπόνδυλος)
‘vertebra’
SPOR- (σπορά)
‘seed’, ‘spore’
STERN- (στέρνον)
‘chest’, ‘breastbone’
STIG- (στίγμα, στίγματα)
‘pricking’, ‘mark’, ‘point’
SYRING-, (SYRINX) (σῦριγξ, σύριγγνος)
‘pipe’, ‘tube’
TA- (τάσις. cf. τείνω)
‘to stretch’
TEL(E)- (τέλος)
‘completion’, ‘end’, ‘purpose’
THEL- (θηλή)
‘nipple’
TOC-, TOK- (τόκος)
‘childbirth’
TON- (τόνος. cf. τείνω)
‘stretching’, ‘tension’
TRACHEL- (τράχηλος)
‘neck’
TRE(T)- (τρῆμα; τετραίνω)
‘bore’, ‘to perforate’
TROCH- (τροχός)
‘wheel’, ‘disk’
XYL- (ξύλον)
‘wood’
ZYM- (ζυμόω)
‘ferment’, ‘enzyme’