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Bioscientific Terminology - Vocab
Greek Prefixes/Bases
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Undergraduate 2
03/28/2012

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analgesic
Definition
remedy for relieving pain
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neuralgia
Definition
pain along the course of a nerve
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algolagnia
Definition
sexual pleasure derived from the experiencing or inflicting of pain
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algedonic
Definition
pertaining to the pleasantness/unpleasantness dimension in experience
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causalgia
Definition
burning pain sometimes present in injuries to the nerves
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arthritis
Definition
inflammation of a join
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dysarthria
Definition
impairment of speech articulation
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arthropod
Definition
a member of the phylum Arthropoda, including crustaceans, insects, and spiders
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enarthrosis
Definition
a ball-and-socket joint, as, for instance, the hip
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arthrobranchial
Definition
joint gills
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arthropterous
Definition
having jointed fin-rays, as fishes
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diarthrosis
Definition
a freely movable articulation
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nearthrosis
Definition
a new and abnormally produced articulation in the sequence of a fracture, dislocation or disease of the bone
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stereoarthrolysis
Definition
loosening stiff joints by operation or manipulation in cases of ankylosis
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synarthrophysis
Definition
progressive ankylosis of a joint
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biomorphic
Definition
related to the forms of living beings; often used of primitive art
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symbiosis
Definition
a condition in which two organisms live together for mutual benefit
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diplobiont
Definition
a plant flowering or bearing fruit twice in a season
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biopsy
Definition
the examination of living tissue
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abiogenesis
Definition
the theory of the production of living matter from nonliving matter
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biochrome
Definition
a pigment synthesized in the metabolic process of living organisms
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biotherapy
Definition
the treatment of diseases by means of substances secreted by living organisms, as serums
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dermatobiasis
Definition
infection with Dermatobia (botflies); larvae are obligatory sarcobionts
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geobios
Definition
terrestrial life
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metabiosis
Definition
a relationship between two organisms in which only one of the partners benefits
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photobiotic
Definition
living in light exclusively
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psychobiology
Definition
psychology in relation to biology
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xeriobole
Definition
a plant that scatters its seeds by dehiscence through dryness
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metabolism
Definition
the process by which assimilated food is built up into protoplasms and by which protoplasm is broken down into waste matter with the release of energy
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embolism
Definition
the destruction of a blood vessel by foreign matter lodged in it
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hemiballismus
Definition
a condition characterized by violent spasmodic movements of the extremities on one side of the body
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embololalia
Definition
the insertion of meaningless words into speech in some schizophrenic states
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epiboly
Definition
a process of overgrowth in gastrulation in telolecithal eggs
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periblem
Definition
layers of ground or fundamental tissue between dermatogen and plerome of growing points
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Sporobolus
Definition
genus of grasses to which dropseed belongs
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bradycarpic
Definition
fruiting after the winter in the second season after flowering
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bradycardia
Definition
abnormal slowness of the heart (pulse rate less than sixty beats a minute)
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bradylexia
Definition
abnormal slowness in reading
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crypt
Definition
various recesses, glandular cavities, etc. in the body, as tonsillar crypts
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cryptogam
Definition
a plant that does not have apparent reproductive organs
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cryptorchism
Definition
a condition in which the testes fail to descend
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cryptesthesia
Definition
the power of perceiving without sensory mechanism; clairvoyance
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cryptoclastic
Definition
made up of minute fragmental particles, often used to designate a type of rock
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cryptophyte
Definition
a plant that produces its buds underwater or underground
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cryptovolcanic
Definition
produced by completely concealed volcanic action
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cryptozoic
Definition
fauna dwelling in darkness or under rocks
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syncryptic
Definition
pertaining to protective resemblance between diverse species
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acrodromous
Definition
pertaining to a leaf in which the veins converge at the point
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syndrome
Definition
a number of symptoms that occur at the same time, characterizing a particular disease
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heterodromia
Definition
a condition in which a nerve conducts impulses better in one direction than in the other
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dromomania
Definition
a pathological desire to wander
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anadromous
Definition
pertaining to fishes migrating annually from salt to fresh water
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adromia
Definition
a complete failure of impulse conduction in muscles or nerves
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dromography
Definition
process of registering by instrument the velocity of blood current
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photodromy
Definition
the movement of particles suspended in a fluid toward light or away from it
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geomancy
Definition
divination by examining the figures formed on the ground when a handful of earth is thrown
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geocarpy
Definition
the ripening of fruits underground, as with the peanut
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geophagy
Definition
the practice of eating earth
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geophilous
Definition
living in or on the earth
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amphigean
Definition
native around the world
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geophyte
Definition
a land plant; a plant with dormant parts underground
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geotaxis
Definition
locomotor response to gravity
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hypogeous
Definition
growing or maturing under the earth's surface
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anode
Definition
a positive electrode
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hodophobia
Definition
abnormal fear of travel
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esodic
Definition
afferent nerve conducting impulses to the central nervous system
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prosodus
Definition
a canal in sponges
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urodeum
Definition
the portion of the cloaca into which the urogenital ducts open
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amnesia
Definition
loss of memory
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pseudomnesia
Definition
a condition in which events seem to be remembered which have not been actually experienced
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acousmatamnesia
Definition
inability to remember sounds
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autoanamnesia
Definition
a history related by the patient
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catamnesis
Definition
the medical history of a patient following illness or behaviour disorder
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ecmnesia
Definition
loss of memory of recent happenings but retention of events occurring in a remote period
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mnemodermia
Definition
pruritis and discomfort of the skin hours and days after the cause of symptoms has been removed
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theriomorphic
Definition
pertaining to a divinity represented in the form of an animal
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morphology
Definition
the study of structure and form
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polymorphonuclear
Definition
having a nucleus with several lobes
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