Classics 10 Midterm 2 Part 2: Word Derivation Descriptions

Absence of hair

Atrichia

(Abnormally) long colon

Dolichocolon

Paralysis of the stomach

Gastroplegia

Study of worms

Helminthology

Pertaining to nutrients carried in the blood

Hemotrophic

Around a vertebra

Perispondylic

(Congenital) fissure of the face

Schistoprosopia

Concerned with nourishment

Trophic

Condition in which (paired) limbs are (noticeably) unequal

Anisomelia

Excision of (part of) the lip

Cheilectomy

Any disease affecting ligaments

Desmopathy

Destructive to cells

Cytoclastic

Physician who specializes in the care of elderly people

Gerontologist

Defective formation of the spinal cord

Myelodysplasia

Umbilical hemorrhage

Omphalorrhagia

Any poison (developed) in food

Sitotoxin

Plastic repair of any tube

Tuboplasty

Pertaining to a rib and its cartilage

Costochondral

Pain in the abdomen

Abdominalgia

Behind the ear

Retroauricular

Pertaining to the blood supply of the kidneys

Sanguirenal

Calculus formed in a bursa

Bursolith

Excessive amount of insulin (in the blood)

Hyperinsulinemia

Development of fibrous tissue

Fibrogenesis

Paralysis (of the muscles) on one side of the face (two words)

Facial hemiplegia

To cut out

Excise

Agent that destroys a virus

Virucide

Surrounding the mouth

Circumoral

Capable of being cut

Sectile

Infestation with lice

Pediculosis

Incapable of being destroyed by low temperature

Frigostabile

Pertaining to the teeth and face

Dentofacial

Irregularity or loss of rhythm, especially of the heart

Arrhythmia

Excision (of a portion) of a (varicose) vein

Phlebectomy

Toward the right (side)

Dextrad

Within the lungs

Intrapulmonary

Instrument for measuring the pulse

Sphygmometer

Having three points

Tricuspid

Incision into the abdominal cavity

Ventrotomy