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Chapters 27-28
Bioscientific Terminology: Ayers
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Undergraduate 2
02/12/2012

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Term

 

 

-(i)ent, -(i)ant

 

Definition

 

 

person who, that which

Term

 

 

-ile

Definition

 

 

able to be, able to, tending to

Term

 

 

-able, -ible

Definition

 

 

able to be, able to, tending to

Term

 

 

-id

Definition

 

 

tending to, inclined to

Term

 

 

-uous

 

 

Definition

 

 

tending to, inclined to

Term

 

 

AUD-, AUDIT-

Definition

 

 

to hear

ex: audiologist

Term

 

 

CAMER-

Definition

 

 

chamber

ex: camera

Term

 

 

CAD-, -CID-, CAS-

Definition

 

 

to fall, befall

ex: accident

Term

 

 

CAP-, -CIT, CAPT-, -CEPT

Definition

 

 

to take, seize

ex: accept

Term

 

 

CREPIT-

Definition

 

 

to creak, crackle

ex: decrepit

Term

 

 

GRAV-

Definition

 

 

heavy

ex: gravity

Term

 

 

JAC-

Definition

 

 

to lie

ex:  adjacent

Term

 

 

LAB-, LAPS-

Definition

 

 

to slip, fall, glide

ex: collapse

Term

 

 

MOLL-

Definition

 

 

soft

ex: molligy

Term

 

 

MORB-

Definition

 

 

disease

ex: morbid

Term

 

 

MOV-, MOT-

Definition

 

 

to move

ex: motion

Term

 

 

NASC-, NAT-

Definition

 

 

to be born

ex: nature

Term

 

 

PATI-, PASS-

Definition

 

 

to suffer, endure

ex: surpass

Term

 

 

PLAN-

Definition

 

 

flat

ex: planaria 

Term

 

 

PRUR-, PRURIT-

Definition

 

 

to itch

ex: prurigo

Term

 

 

REG-, RIG-, RECT-

Definition

 

 

to make straight, rule/straight, rectum

Term

 

 

RUMP-, RUPT-

Definition

 

 

to break, burst

ex: errupt

Term

 

 

SCIND-, SCISS-

Definition

 

 

to cut, split

ex: rescind

Term

 

 

TANG-, TING-, TIG-, TACT-

Definition

 

 

to touch

ex: contact

Term

 

 

VESIC-

Definition

 

 

bladder, blister

ex: vesicle

Term

 

 

-ulous

Definition

 

 

tending to, inclined to

Term

 

 

-ive

Definition

 

 

tending to, inclined to

Term

 

 

-ory

Definition

 

 

tending to, serving for

Term

 

 

-itious

Definition

 

 

tending to, characterized by

Term

 

 

-acious

Definition

 

 

tending to, inclined to

Term

 

 

AMBUL-

Definition

 

 

to walk

ex: amble

Term

 

 

CED-, CESS-

Definition

 

 

to go, yield

ex: concede

Term

 

 

DEXTR-

Definition

 

 

righthand

ex: dextral

Term

 

 

FAC-, FIC-, FACT-, FECT-

Definition

 

 

to do, make

ex: factory

Term

 

 

FID-, FISS-

Definition

 

 

to split

ex: fissure

Term

 

 

GUST-

Definition

 

 

to taste

ex: disgust

Term

 

 

INSUL-

Definition

 

 

island

ex: peninsula

Term

 

 

JUNCT-/JUG-

Definition

 

 

to join/yoke

ex: conjunction

Term

 

 

LEV-

Definition

 

 

lefthand

ex: levophoria

Term

 

 

MACUL-

Definition

 

 

spot

ex: maculation

Term

 

 

NOCT-

Definition

 

 

night

ex: nocturnal

Term

 

 

PAR-, PART-

Definition

 

 

to give birth to, produce

ex: biparous

Term

 

 

PEND-, PENS-

Definition

 

 

to hang, weight, pay

ex: compensation

Term

 

 

PRED-

Definition

 

 

prey

ex: predator

Term

 

 

ROT-

Definition

 

 

wheel

ex: rotate

Term

 

 

SALI-, SILI-, SALT-, SULT-

Definition

 

 

to leap, jump

ex: result 

Term

 

 

SORB-, SORPT-

Definition

 

 

to suck in

ex: absorption

Term

 

 

STRING-, STRICT-

Definition

 

 

to draw tight

ex: drawstring

Term

 

 

TEN-, TIN-, TENT-

Definition

 

 

to hold

ex: retinaculum

Term

 

 

VIV-

Definition

 

 

living

ex: vivid

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