Third Declension: Consonant Stems

love

amor, oris, m

heat

calor, oris, m

color

color, oris, m

pain

dolor, oris, m

fetor / stench

fetor, oris, m

sopor / coma

sopor, oris, m

perspiration / sudation / sweating

sudor, oris, m

margin / border / edge

margo, inis, m

lung

pulmo, onis, m

tendo / tendon

tendo, inis, m

embryo

embryo, onis, m

blood

sanguis, inis, m

spleen

lien, lienis, m

kidney

ren, renis, m

apex / tip

apex, icis, m

tail bone / coccygeal bone

coccyx, ygis, m

cortex / bark / layer

cortex, icis, m

fornix / an anatomical arch or fold

fornix, icis, m

the great toe

hallux, ucis, m

index

index, icis, m

thumb

pollex, icis, m

nail / nail plate / unguis

onyx, ychis, m

Larynx (voice box)

larynx, yngis, m

pharynx / muscular tube in the middle of your neck. It helps you to breathe and digest food

pharynx, yngis, m

chest

thorax, acis, m

meninx / any of the three membranes that envelop the brain and spinal cord and include the arachnoid, dura mater, and pia mater.

meninx, ingis, f

father

pater, tri, m

ureter / either of the paired ducts that carry away urine from a kidney to the bladder

ureter, eris, m

abdomen, the belly

venter, tris, m

air / gas

aer, aeris, m

mother

mater, tris, f

adeps / lard

adeps, ipis, m

herpes / serpigo

herpes, etis, m

a wall

paries, etis, m

foot

pes, pedis, m

atlas / first cervical vertebra

atlas, antis, m

lumbago / Low back pain

lumbago, inis, f

prurigo / a condition of itching papules.

prurigo, inis, f

vertigo / a sensation of motion or spinning that is often described as dizziness

vertigo, inis, f

virgin

virgo, inis, f

region

regio, ionis, f

abrasion / a minor superficial scrape of the skin

abrasio, ionis, f

abruption / an instance of sudden interruption

abruptio, ionis, f

adhaesion / a band of scar tissue that joins two internal body surfaces that are not usually connected

adhaesio, ionis, f

amputation

amputatio, ionis, f

articulation / The site of close approximation of two or more bones; a joint

articulatio, ionis, f

compression / The act of pressing together

compressio, onis, f

degeneration

degeneratio, ionis, f

dilatation / the act or action of stretching, widening, or enlarging an organ or part of the body

dilatatio, onis, f

discoloration / any change in your natural skin tone

discoloratio, onis, f

eruption / A visible breaking out, esp. of a skin lesion or rash accompanying a disease such as measles or scarlet fever

eruptio, onis, f

exclusion

exclusio, onis, f

fusion

fusio, onis, f

gemination / a doubling, duplication, or repetition

geminatio, ionis, f

induration (thickening and hardening of soft tissues of the body)

induratio, onis, f

infection

infectio, onis, f

inflammation

inflammatio, onis, f

semination

inseminatio, onis, f

interruption

interruptio, onis, f

a wound

laesio, onis, f

dislocation (Complete dislocation of a joint)

luxatio, onis, f

mastication / bite / chewing,

masticatio, onis, f

migration / Movement from one location to another

migratio, onis, f

obturation / obstruction / block, close up

obturatio, onis, f

occlusion / a complete or partial blockage of a blood vessel

occlusio, onis, f

operation

operatio, onis, f

perforation / a hole that develops through the wall of a body organ

perforatio, onis, f

section

sectio, onis, f

transposition / the act or process of changing something from one position to another, or of exchanging the positions of two things

transpositio, onis, f

nurse

nutrix, icis, f

midwife

obstetrix, icis, f

neck

cervix, icis, f

scar

cicatrix, icis, f

matrix (The basic substance from which a thing is made or develops. 2. The intercellular material of a tissue)

matrix, icis, f

root

radix, icis, f

a cavity

cavitas, tatis, f

extremity / limb

extremitas, tatis, f

fertility

fertilitas, tatis, f

pregnancy

graviditas, tatis, f

carotid

carotis, idis, f

health

salus, utis, f

venter / stomach

abdomen, inis, n

foramen / trema

foramen, inis, n

seminal fluid

semen, inis, n

genus

genus, eris, n

head

caput, itis, n

occiput

occiput, itis, f

leg

crus, cruris, n

thigh

femur, oris, n

liver

hepar, atis, n

flank

latus, eris, n

oral cavity

os, oris, n

chest

pectus, oris, n

pus

pus, puris, n

the temple / time

tempus, oris, n

ulcer

ulcus, eris, n

wound

vulnus, eris, n

heart

cor, cordis, n

milk

lac, lactis, n

injury

trauma, atis, n