UW - clas 205 - exam 2

-ium, -ion

little

-idium, -idion

little

-arium, -arion

little

-isk, -iscus

little

asc-

bag

branchi-

gills

carp-

fruit

-cele

hernia, swelling

colp-

vagina

gen(e)-, gon-

to be produced, to produce

gon-

seed

heli-

sun

mer-

part

nyct-

night

onym-

name

oo-

egg

pachy-

thick

pen-

deficiency, want

phleb-

vein

phthi-

to waste away

phyc-

seaweed, algae

pto-

to fall

salping-

tube, eustachian or fallopian tube

saur-

lizard

xanth-

yellow

-ize

to make, to treat, to do something with

-ate

to make, to treat, to do something with

-agra

painful seizure

brachi-

arm

cente-

to puncture

chir-, cheir-

hand

cel(i)-, coel-, -coel

cavity, abdominal cavity

dendr-

tree

yal-

glass, vitreous body of the eye

laryng-

larynx

lei-

smooth

malac-

soft

mastig-

whip, flagellum

mis-

hate

pter-, pteryg(i)-

wing, fin

schiz-, schis(t)-

to split

splanchn-

entrails, viscera

thi-

sulfur

thorac-

chest, thorax

tox-

poison

trich-, thrix-

hair

xer-

dry

-mata

plural of -ma

-ses

plural of -sis

-a

plural of -on

-itides

plural of -itis

-nges

plural of -nx

-ces

plural of -x

all-

other, different

ankyl-

bent, stiff, adhesion of parts

cycl-

circle, wheel, ciliary body of the eye

er-, erot-

love

geny-

jaw, cheek

geni-

chin

hom-, home-

same, similar

hypn-

sleep

ide-

idea, mental image

leuk-, leuc-

white

ont-

being, individual

phyl-

race, class

pyel-

pelvis, especially of the kidney

pyg-

buttocks

stear-, steat-

fat, tallow

strept-, stroph-

turned, twisted

thall-

young shoot

thym-

mind, emotions

trib-, trip-

to rub, to crush

zyg-

yoke

ammonia

alkaline compound of nitrogen and hydrogen

the temple of Zeus Ammon

aphrodisiac

substance which excited sexual desire

Aphrodite, goddess of love and beauty

hermaphrodite

having both male and female reproductive organs

Hermaphroditus, who became joined in one body with a nymph

narcissism

self-love; in psychiatry, the fixation of libido on one’s own body

Narcissus, who fell in love with his own reflection in a pond

Palinuridae

family of decapod crustaceans comprising the spiny lobsters

Palinurus, Aeneas’s pilot

Charon Evagatus

yellow fever virus

Charon, ferryman who took souls across the river Styx

Eacles penelope

moth that weaves a cocoon

Penelope, Odysseus’ faithful wife, who wove a tapestry

tendon of Achilles

strong tendon joining the muscles in the calf of the leg to the bone of the heel

Achilles, famous warrior vulnerable only in the heel

hemi-

half

mon-

single, one

prot-

first, original, primitive

di-

twice, double

dich-

in two

deut-, deuter-

second

tri-

three

tetr(a)-

four

pent(a)-

five

hex(a)-

six

hept(a)-

seven

oct(a)-

eight

enne(a)

nine

dec(a)-

ten

hect-

hundred

kilo-

one thousand

brachy-

short

cac-, kak-

bad

cau-, caus-

to burn