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Vocab 7 Flashcards

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-ance, -ancy; -ence, -ency (-antia, -entia)
Noun-Forming Suffixes

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‘quality of being’, ‘state of being’

  • vigilance, hesitancy, eloquence,
    innocence, fluency
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-ary (-arium)
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‘place for’, ‘apparatus’

  • mortuary, library, infirmary,
    aquarium, sanitarium, herbarium
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-ble, -bul- (-bula, -bulum)
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‘result of the act of’, ‘means of’, ‘place for’

  • fable, fabulous, mandible,
    mandibular, pabulum, infundibulum
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-cle, -cul- (-culum)
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‘result of the act of’, ‘means of’

  • spectacle, receptacle, obstacle,
    tentacle, tentacular, curriculum,
    vinculum, tentaculum
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-crum, -cr- (-crum)
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‘result of the act of’, ‘means of’

  • fulcrum, simulacrum, involucrum,
    involucral
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-ion (-io)
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‘act of’, ‘state of’, ‘result of the act of’

  • action, commotion, incision
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-itude (-itudo)
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‘quality of’, ‘state of’

  • longitude, multitude, gratitude
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-ity (-ety, -ty) (-itas)
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‘quality of’, ‘state of’

  • gravity, dexterity, brevity
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-men, -min- (-men)
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‘result of’, ‘means of’, ‘act of’

  • specimen, regimen, acumen,
    acuminate
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-ment (-mentum)
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‘result of’, ‘means of’, ‘act of’

  • ligament, ferment, excrement,
    momentum
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-or (-or)
Noun-Forming Suffixes

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‘she or he who’, ‘that which’

  • actor, motor, victor, incisor
    NOTE: You may come across the suffix -trix, which
    is the Latin feminine ending which corresponds to the
    Latin masculine -or. So Director vs. Directrix.
    Modern English has largely done away with the -trix
    ending, using -or for all genders, but it still lingers.
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-ory (-orium)
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‘place for’, ‘apparatus’

  • dormitory, lavatory, auditorium,
    sanatorium
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-ure (-ura)
Noun-Forming Suffixes

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‘act of’, ‘result of the act of’

  • rupture, capture, fracture
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-us (-us)
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‘act of’, ‘result of the act of’

  • prospectus, consensus, impetus
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-or (-our) (-or)
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‘state of’, ‘result of the act of’

  • tumour, pallor, error
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-trum, -tr- (-trum)
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‘result of the act of’, ‘means of’

  • spectrum, rostrum, claustrum,
    claustrophobia
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-tude (-tudo)
Noun-Forming Suffixes

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forms abstract nouns

  • beatitude, solitude
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-y (-ia)
Noun-Forming Suffixes

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‘quality of’, ‘state of’, ‘act of’

  • misery, modesty, perjury, neuralgia,
    insomnia, asonia
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ACIN- (acinus)

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‘grapes in a cluster’

  • ACIN-ar, pertaining to an acinus, a
    small seed or kernel, as of a grape;
  • inter-ACIN-ar, among alveoli of a
    racemose gland;
  • ACIN-iform, grape- or berry- shaped
    (applied to a silk gland in a spider)
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AL- (ala)

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‘wing’,

  • ALA, any winglike projection or
    structure;
  • ex-AL-ate, not having winglike
    appendages, apterous;
  • ALI-FER-ous, having wings;
  • ALI-NOT-um, the dorsal plate of an
    insect to which wings are attached
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ANNUL- (annulus)

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‘ring’

  • ANNULUS, any ringlike structure;
  • ANNUL-ose, possessing rings
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APIC- (apex, apicis)

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‘tip’, ‘summit’, ‘apex’

  • sub-APIC-al, nearly at the apex;
  • peri-APIC-al, around an apex;
  • APIC-ul-ate, forming abruptly to a
    small tip, as a leaf
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AQU(A)- (aqua)

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‘water’

  • AQUA-tic,
  • AQUE-DUCT;
  • AQUI-FER, a water-bearing bed or
    stratum of permeable rock, sand or
    gravel;
  • AQUA REGIA, a mixture of nitric
    and hydrochloric acids which
    dissolves gold
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ARGENT- (argentum)

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‘silver’

  • ARGENT-eous, like silver;
  • ARGENTI-FER-ous, producing or
    containing silver;
  • ARGENT-in-idae, family of small,
    silvery marine fishes
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AUD-, AUDIT- (audio
→ auditus)

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‘to hear’

  • AUDIT-orium;
  • AUDIT-ion;
  • AUDIO-meter, an instrument for
    measuring the acuity and range of
    hearing;
  • AUDIT-ive or AUDIT-ory,
    pertaining to heard sounds or the
    sense of hearing
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BREV- (brevis)

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‘short’

  • BREV-ity;
  • ab-BREVI-ate;
  • BREVI-PED, having short legs;
  • BREVI-FOLI-ate, having short
    leaves;
  • BREVI-LINGU-al, with a short
    tongue
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BULL-, BULLI- (bulla)

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‘bubble’, ‘blister’ ‘to boil’ (bollire)

  • BULLA, a large bleb or blister
    forming either within or beneath the
    epidermis and filled with lymph;
  • VESI-oluo-BULL-ous, characterized
    by both vesicles and bullae at the
    same time
    NOTE: Not to be confused with the similar Greek
    root BUL- ‘will’ of List 1
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CAD-, (-CID-), CAS- (cado
→ cecidi, casus)

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‘to fall’, ‘to befall’

  • CAD-ence;
  • de-CAD-ent;
  • de-CID-uous;
  • in-CID-ence, the act or manner of
    falling upon; the way in which one
    body strikes another, as angle of
    incidence
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CAMER- (camera)

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‘chamber’

  • CAMERA; CAMER-ation, division
    into a number of separate chambers;
  • UNI-CAMER-al, having only one
    cavity or chamber
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CAN- (canis)

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‘dog’

  • CAN-in-idae, family which includes
    dogs, wolves and jackals;
  • CAN-in-iform, having the form of a
    typical canine tooth
    NOTE: Not to be confused with the homonymous
    CAN- ‘white’ of List 10.
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CAP- (-CIP-), CAPT- (-CEPT-) (capio
→ captus/ceptus)

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‘to take’, ‘to seize’

  • CAPT-ive;
  • re-CEPT-ion;
  • CON-CEPT-ion;
  • EXTERO-CEPT-or, a receptor
    which receives stimuli from outside
    the body
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CAPILL- (capillus)

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‘hair’

  • CAPELL-ini;
  • CAPILL-ary;
  • CAPILL-ar-ec-TAS-ia, dilatation of
    the capillaries;
  • CAPILL-aceous, having hairlike
    filaments
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CAPIT- (-CIPIT-) (caput, capitis)

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‘head’

  • CAPIT-al; BI-CEPS;
  • CAPIT-ulum or CAPIT-ellum,
    knoblike swelling on the end of
    bone;
  • CAPIT-ell-idae, family of worms
    with small heads
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COL- (colo)

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‘to inhabit’

  • FUNGI-COL-ous, living in or on
    fungi;
  • LATEBRI-COL-ous, inhabiting
    holes;
  • DESERTI-COL-ous, desert-
    inhabiting;
  • RADICI-COL-ous, with the flower
    seated immediately upon the crown
    of a root, or dwelling in the root, as a
    parasite
    NOTE: not to be confused with the similar Greek
    roots COL- ‘neck’ and COLL(A)- ‘glue’ of List 2
    and 5 or the homonymous Latin roots COL- ‘below’.
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COLL- (collum)

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‘neck’

  • COLL-ar bone, the clavicle;
  • TORTI-COLL-ar, affected with wry-
    neck or TORTI-COLL-is
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CORI- (corium)

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‘skin’

  • CORIUM, the deep layer of the skin;
  • CORI-aceous, leathery (applies to
    leaves);
  • CORI-aria, a genus of poisonous
    shrubs used in dyeing and tanning
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CORON- (COROLL-) (corona)

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‘crown’; ‘little crown’ (corolla), diminutive
form.

  • COROLLA, the petals of a flower;
  • COROLL-aceous, pertaining to a
    corolla;
  • CORON-illa, genus of flowers
    named for crown-shaped flowers
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CORTIC-, CORT- (cortex, corticis)

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‘bark’, ‘outer layer’

  • CORTEX, outer or more superficial
    part of an organ, the cerebral cortex;
  • infra-CORTIC-al, beneath the
    cortex;
  • CORTICI-PET-al, conducting
    toward the cortex
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CREPIT- (crepito)

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‘to creak’, ‘to crackle’

  • de-CREPIT;
  • de-CREPIT-at-ion, the breaking up
    or crackling of certain crystals on
    heating;
  • CREPIT-at-ion or CREPIT-at-io or
    CREPITUS, the grating of fractured
    bones, or the crackling of a joint
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CRIST- (crista)

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‘crest’

  • CRISTA, a crest;
  • CRISTA TERMIN-alis, crest on the
    wall of the right atrium; inter-
  • CRIST-al, between the surmounting
    ridges of a bone, organ or process
    (used particularly in intercristal
    diameter of pelvis, the distance
    between two clear crests)
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CRUC- (crux, crucis)

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‘cross’

  • CRUCI-FY; ex-CRUCI-at-ing;
  • CRUCI-FER, a plant with four petals
    and tetradynamous stamens, a
    member of the family Cruciferae;
  • CRUCI-ate, cross-shaped
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CUNE- (cuneus)

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‘wedge’

  • CUNE-iform;
  • CUNE-ate, wedge-shaped;
  • prae-CUNE-us, the medial surface of
    the parietal or the quadrate lobe of
    the cerebrum
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DUR- (durus)

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‘hard’, ‘dura mater’

  • en-DURE;
  • ob-DUR-ate;
  • in-DUR-at-ion, the hardening of a
    tissue or part;
  • epi-DUR-al, space between the dura
    mater and the wall of the vertebral
    canal;
  • DUR-amen, hard darker central
    region of a tree stem, heart-wood
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ENS- (ensis)

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‘sword’

  • ENS-iform, sword-shaped, as the
    ensiform cartilage
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EQU- (equus)

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‘horse’

  • EQU-estrian;
  • EQU-it-at-ion;
  • EQU-it-ant, overlapping saddle-wise,
    as leaves in a leaf-bud;
  • EQU-idae, family of mammals
    having a single extant genus, Equus,
    which includes the horse, ass and
    zebra
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FALC- (falx, falcis)

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‘sickle’

  • FALX, sickle-shaped fold of dura
    mater;
  • FALC-ate, sickle-shaped, hooked
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FAEC- (FEC-) (faeces)

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‘excrement’, ‘sediment’

  • FAECA-LITH, concretion or
    calcified mass of faecal material (=
    COPRO-LITH);
  • FAEC-al-oid, resembling faeces;
  • FAEC-ula, the faecal pellet of an
    insect
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FLA-, FLAT- (flare → flatus)

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‘to blow’

  • ex-suf-FLAT-ion, forced discharge
    of breath;
  • FLAT-ul-ence, having gas in the
    stomach and intestinal tract
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FLOR- (flos, floris)

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‘flower’

  • FLOR-ist;
  • FLOR-id;
  • ef-FLOR-esc-ence, eruption of
    exanthemous disease;
  • extra-FLOR-al, situated outside the
    flower;
  • pre-FLOR-at-ion, the form and
    arrangement of flowers in the bud
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FORNIC- (fornix, fornicis)

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‘arch’

  • FORNIX, an arched body or surface,
    such as the fornix cerebri;
  • FORNIC-al, like or pertaining to a
    fornix
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FUG- (fugo)

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‘to flee’, ‘to put to flight’

  • re-FUGE;
  • FUGI-tive;
  • NIDI-FUG-ous, leaving the nest
    soon after hatching;
  • CEREBRI-FUG-al, applies to nerve
    fibres which pass from the brain to
    the spinal cord;
  • LACTI-FUGE, a drug or agent that
    lessens the secretion of milk
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GER-, GEST- (gero → gestum)

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‘to carry’, ‘to bear’

  • di-GEST, to convert food in
    assimilable form;
  • in-GEST, to take substances into the
    body;
  • OVI-GER, a leg modified for
    carrying the eggs in some
    pycnogonids (sea spiders)
    NOTE: not to be confused with the Greek root GER-
    ‘old’ of List 1
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GRAV- (gravis)

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‘heavy’

  • in-GRAV-esc-ent, increasing in
    weight or severity;
  • GRAVI-GRADE, any of several
    large, heavy-footed mammals, as
    elephants;
  • PRIMI-GRAV-ida, a woman who is
    pregnant for the first time
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GUTT- (gutta)

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‘drop’

  • GUTT-er; GUTT-ate, having droplike markings;
  • GUTT-at-ion formation of drops of
    water on plants;
  • GUTT-iform, drop-shaped;
  • GUTT-ul-ate, in the form of a small
    drop, as markings
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JAC- (iacio)

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‘to lie’

  • ad-JAC-ent, lying nearby, having a
    common border;
  • sub-JAC-ent, lying beneath
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LAB-, LAPS- (labo; lapso)

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‘to slip’, ‘to fall’, ‘to glide’

  • LAPSE;
  • col-LAPSE;
  • re-LAPSE;
  • LAB-ile, unstable, readily changing,
    moving from place to place;
  • LAB-il-ity, in psychiatry, very rapid
    fluctuation in intensity and modality
    of emotions
    NOTE: careful not to confuse with similar LABI-
    ‘lip’ of List 9
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LACRIM- (LACHRYM-) (lacrima)

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‘tear’

  • LACRIM-al, pertaining to tears or to
    tear-secreting organs, the lacrimal
    bone;
  • NASO-LACRIM-al, pertaining to
    the nose and lacrimal apparatus
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LACUN- (lacuna)

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‘small pit’, ‘gap’

  • LACUNA, a space between cells; a
    sinus; a cavity in bone; a small
    cavity or depression on the surface of
    lichens; a leaf gap;
  • LACUN-oso-RUG-ose, having deep
    furrows or pits, as some seeds and
    fruits
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LIMIN- (limen, liminis)

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‘threshold’

  • e-LIMIN-ate;
  • LIMEN, threshold, minimum
    stimulus or quantitative difference in
    stimulus that is perceptible, or
    boundary;
  • LIMEN NASI, boundary between
    the osseous and cartilaginous
    portions of the nasal cavity;
  • LIMIN-al, pertaining to a threshold,
    applies to stimulus, sensations
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LINE- (linea)

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‘line’

  • LINE-ar;
  • de-LINE-ate;
  • LINE-at-ion, an arrangement of
    lines;
  • LINE-ol-ate, marked by fine lines or
    striae
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LUC- (lux, lucis)

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‘light’, ‘to shine’

  • LUC-id;
  • e-LUC-id-ate;
  • NOCTI-LUC-ent, phosphorescent,
    luminescent;
  • LUCI-FUG-al, fleeing from or
    avoiding light
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MAL- (mala)

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‘cheek’, ‘cheekbone’

  • MAL-ar, pertaining to the cheek or
    to the zygoma
    NOTE: Don’t confuse with similae MAL(E)- ‘bad’
    and MALLE ‘hammer’ of List 10
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MATR-, MATERN- (mater; maternus)

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‘mother’

  • MATRO-CLIN-ous, derived from or
    inherited from the maternal line;
  • MATR-ix, something within which
    something else originates or takes
    form or develops
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MOLL- (mollis)

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‘soft’

  • MOLL-ities, softness;
  • MOLL-SOL, surface layer of
    permanently frozen ground in which
    ice melts during the summer;
  • e-MOLL-ient, a substance used
    externally to soften the skin
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MONT- (mons, montis)

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‘mountain’

  • MONTI-COL-ous, inhabiting
    mountainous regions;
  • MONT-iculus, largest part of the
    superior vermis of the cerebellum;
  • MONT-icules, small eminences or
    prominences
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MORB- (morbus)

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‘disease’

  • MORB-id;
  • MORB-ose;
  • morbus anglicus, rickets;
  • morbus divinus or morbus caducus,
    epilepsy;
  • morbus hungaricus, typhus
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MOV-, MOT- (moveo → motus)

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‘to move’

  • pro-MOTE;
  • de-MOT-ion;
  • OCULO-MOT-or, causing
    movements of the eyeball (applies to
    the third cranial nerve);
  • VENO-MOT-or, causing veins to
    contract or dilate
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MULT- (multus)

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‘many’

  • MULTI-CARIN-ate, having many
    carinae or ridges;
  • MULTI-COST-ate, with many ribs,
    ridges or veins;
  • MULTI-OCUL-ur, many-eyed
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NAEV- (NEV-) (naevus)

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‘birthmark’, ‘mole’

  • NAEVUS, birthmark;
  • NAEV-al, of or related to a naevus;
  • NAEVO-XANTHO-endo-THELIoma, a group or group of yellowish
    brown nodules sometimes found on
    extremities in early childhood
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NASC-, NAT- (nascor → natus)

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‘to be born’

  • NAT-ive,
  • NAT-ure;
  • NAT-ion;
  • ad-NATE, congenitally attached or
    united;
  • in-NATE, inherited, present from
    birth;
  • ante-NAT-al, occurring or existing
    before birth, prenatal
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NID- (nidus)

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‘nest’

  • NID-at-ion, the renewal of uterine
    lining between menstrual periods;
  • de-NID-at-ion, disintegration and
    ejection of superficial part of uterine
    mucus;
  • NID-ament-al, applies to glands
    which secrete material for an eggcovering
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OCUL- (OCELL-) (oculus)

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‘eye’; ‘little eye’ = ocellus, Diminutive form

  • MON-OC-le;
  • OCELL-ate, like an eye or eyes,
    applies to marking in many animals;
  • TRANS-OCUL-ar, extending across
    the eye;
  • MON-OCULE, a one-eyed animal
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PALAT- (palatum)

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‘palate’, ‘roof of the mouth’

  • PALAT-ine, pertaining to or in the
    region of the palate (said of artery,
    bone, foramen);
  • PALAT-itis, inflammation of the
    palate;
  • PALAT-iform, resembling the palate
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PARIET- (paries, parietis)

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‘wall’

  • PARIES, wall of a hollow structure;
  • PARIET-al, pertaining to or forming
    part of the wall of a structure (of
    cells, membrane, etc.), also the
    parietal bone in the roof of the skull;
  • UTERO-PARIET-al, pertaining to
    the uterus and abdominal wall
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PATI-, PASS- (patior → passus)

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‘to suffer’, ‘to endure’

  • PATI-ent;
  • PASS-ion, an intense emotion; com-
  • PAT-ibil-ity, congruity; the power of
    a medicine or a substance in a
    medicine to mix with another
    without deleterious chemical change
    or loss of therapeutic power; refers
    also to blood types
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Q

PLAN- (planus)

A

‘flat’

  • PLANE;
  • de-PLAT-ate, levelled, flattened;
  • PLAN-at-ion, a process of erosion
    that produces flat surfaces;
  • PLAN-ula, very young, flat-bodied
    larva or free-swimming coelenterates
    NOTE: don’t confuse with Greek root PLAN-
    ‘wandering’ of List 4.
77
Q

PLANT- (planta)

A

‘sole of the foot’, ‘sprout’

  • PLANTA-, the sole of the foot, or
    the first tarsal joint of insects;
  • PLANTI-GRADE, walking on the
    full sole of the foot;
  • im-PLANT;
  • trans-PLANT-at-ion
78
Q

PONT- (pons, pontis)

A

‘bridge’

  • PONT-oon;
  • PONTI-FF;
  • PONS, a process or bridge of tissue
    connection two parts of an organ, or
    a convex white eminence situated at
    the base of the brain;
  • CEREBRO-PONT-ine, relating to
    cerebrum and pons;
  • PONTO-BULB-ar, pertaining to the
    pons and the medulla oblongata
79
Q

PRUR-, PRURIT- (prurio → pruritus)

A

‘to itch’

  • PRURITUS, itching;
  • anti-PRURIT-ic, relieving or
    preventing itching;
  • PRUR-igo, a chronic inflammatory
    disease of the skin characterized by
    itching
80
Q

PULVER-, PULV- (pulvus, pulveris)

A

‘dust’

  • PULVER-ize;
  • PULVI-PLUME, a powder-down
    feather;
  • PULVER-aceous, covered with a
    layer of powdery granules
81
Q

PULVIN- (PULVIL-) (pulvinus);

A

‘cushion’; ‘little cushion’ (pulvillus),
diminutive form.

  • PULVINUS, a cellular swelling at
    the junction of axis and leaf stalk;
  • PULVILLUS or PULVIN-ulus, pad,
    process or membrane on the foot or
    between the claws, the lobe between
    each claw
82
Q

RADIC- (radix, radicis)

A

‘root’

  • RADIC-al;
  • e-RADIC-ate;
  • RADIC-ul-ose, having many
    rootlets;
  • MONO-RADIC-ul-ar, having only
    one root;
  • MYELO-RADIC-ul-itis,
    inflammation of spinal cord and
    roots of spinal nerves
83
Q

RAM- (ramus)

A

‘branch’

  • RAMI-fic-at-ion;
  • RAM-ate,branched;
  • BI-RAM-ose, divided into two
    branches;
  • RAMI-FLOR-ous, having flowers on
    branches
84
Q

REG- (-RIG-), RECT- (regere → rectus)

A

‘to make straight’, ‘to rule’ (regere, v.);
‘straight’, ‘rectum’ (rectus, adj.)

  • REG-ent;
  • di-RECT;
  • ar-RECT-or a muscle which erects;
    para-RECT-al, beside or near the
    rectum;
  • REG-imen, a systematic plan or
    course to maintain or improve health
85
Q

RET- (rete)

A

‘net’, ‘network’

  • RETE, a network or net;
  • RET-ina, the light-receptive layer
    and terminal expansion of the optic
    nerve in the eye;
  • RET-icle or RET-iculum, a delicate
    network of cell protoplasm
86
Q

ROSTR- (rostrum)

A

‘beak’

  • ROSTRUM, beak or beaklike
    process;
  • LONGI-ROSTR-al, with a long
    beak;
  • ROST-ell-iform, shaped like a small
    beak
87
Q

RUMP-, RUPT- (rumpo → ruptus)

A

‘to break’, ‘to burst’

  • ab-RUPT;
  • inter-RUPT;
  • ab-RUPT-ion;
  • RUPT-ure, a forcible tearing of a
    part, or a hernia;
  • RUPT-io, rupture of a vessel or
    organ
88
Q

SAX- (saxum)

A

‘rock’

  • SAXI-CAV-ous, applies to rockborers (as some molluscs),
    lithophagous;
  • SAXI-FRAGE, plant of the family
    Saxifraga, perennial herbs frequently
    found growing in rock crevices;
  • SAXI-COL-ous, inhabiting or
    growing around rocks
89
Q

SCIND-, SCISS- (scindo → scissus)

A

‘to cut’, ‘to split’

  • re-SCIND;
  • SCISS-ile, separating, easily split;
  • ab-SCIND, to cut off;
  • dis-SCISS-ion, state of being torn
    apart
90
Q

SCUT- (scutum)

A

‘shield’

  • ESCUT-cheon;
  • SCUTE, an external scale, as of
    reptiles, fish or scaly insects;
  • SCUT-ate protected by large scales
    or horny plates
91
Q

SEN- (senex)

A

‘old’

  • SEN-ior; SEN-ate;
  • pre-SEN-il-ity, premature old age;
  • SEN-OP-ia, the change of vision in
    the aged in which persons formerly
    myopic acquire what seems to be
    normal vision because of presbyopia
92
Q

SERR- (serra)

A

‘saw’, ‘saw-tooth’

  • SIERRA;
  • SERR-at-iform, like a saw;
  • sub-SERR-ate, somewhat notched or
    saw-toothed;
  • SERRI-CORN-ia, a genus of beetles
    with saw-toothed antennae
93
Q

STERCOR-, STERC- (stercus, stercoris)

A

‘excrement’

  • STERCO-BIL-in, the brown pigment
    of faeces;
  • STERC-oma, a fecalith, a hard faecal
    mass, usually in the rectum;
  • STERC-ul-ia, a type of plant with a
    fetid odour
94
Q

SULC- (sulcus)

A

‘furrow’, ‘groove’

  • SULC-ate, furrowed, grooved;
  • BI-SULC-ate, having two grooves;
  • SULCO-MARGIN-al, situated at the
    margin of the spinal cord adjacent to
    the ventral median fissure
95
Q

TANG- (-TING-), TIG-, TACT- (tango →
tactus, -tingere)

A

‘to touch’

  • con-TACT;
  • con-TING-ent;
  • TACT-ile, pertaining to the sense of
    touch;
  • a-TACT-ia, loss of the tactile sense;
  • MYO-TACT-il-ic, relating to the
    muscular sense
96
Q

TORQU-, TORT-, TORS- (torqueo →
torsi, tortus)

A

‘to twist’

  • TORT;
  • re-TORT;
  • TORT-ure;
  • dis-TORS-ion, the act of twisting;
  • LATERO-TORS-ion, a twisting to
    one side; con-TORTU-PLIC-ate,
    applies to a bud with contorted and
    plicate leaves
97
Q

VERM- (vermis)

A

‘worm’

  • VERMI-celli;
  • VERM-icul-at-ion, wormlike or
    peristaltic movement, or fine, wavy
    markings;
  • VERMI-LINGU-al, having a wormshaped tongue;
  • VERMI-PAR-ous, producing
    wormlike young, as do blowflies
98
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VESIC- (vesica)

A

‘bladder’, ‘blister’

  • VESIC-le, a small bladder,
    especially a small sac containing
    fluid, a small bulla;
  • peri-VESICUL-itis, inflammation
    around a seminal vesicle;
  • VESIC-at-ion, the formation of a
    blister, or a blister itself.

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