CLAS 205: Quiz 2 Prep [Lesson 11-20]

CARP-

fruit

GEN(E)-, GON-

to be produced, to produce, seed

HELI-

sun

NYCT-

night

ONYM-

name

OO-

egg

PACHY-

thick

PEN-

deficiency, want

PHLEB-

vein

XANTH-

yellow

BRACHI-

arm

CHIR-, CHEIR-

hand

DENDR-

tree

LARYING-

larynx

MIS-

hate

PTER-, PTERYG(I)

wing, fin

SPLANCHN-

entrails, viscera

THORAC-

chest, thorax

TOX-

poison

XER-

dry

ALL-

other, different

CYCL-

circle, wheel, ciliary body of the eye

ER-, EROT-

love

HOL-

whole, entire

HOM-, HOME-

same, similar

HYPN-

sleep

PHYL-

race, class

THYM-

mind, emotions

TRIB-, TRIP-

to rub, to crush

ZYG-

yoke

Ammonia

the temple of Zeus, Ammon - alkaline compound of nitrogen and hydrogen

Aphrodisiac

Aphrodite, goddess of love and beauty; substance which excites sexual desire

Narcissism

Narcissus, who fell in love with his own reflection in a pond; self-love, in psychiatry, fixation of libido on one’s own body

Charon Evagatus

Charon, ferryman who took souls across the river Styx; yellow river virus

Eacles Penelope

Penelope, Odysseus’s faithful wife, who wove a tapestry; moth that weaves a cocoon

Tendon of Achilles

Achilles, famous warrior vulnerable only in one heel; strong tendon joining the muscles in the calf of the leg to the bone of the heel

MON-

single, one

HEX(A)-

six

OCT(A)-

eight

DEC(A)-

ten

HECT-

hundred

KILO-

one thousand

CAC-

bad

CAU-, CAUS-

to burn

CLY(S)-

to wash

LEPT-

thin, delicate

LOG-

word, speech, reason

MES-

middle

OXY-, OX-

sharp, acid, oxygen

PHON-

sound, voice

PHOT-

light

POIE-

to make

GON(Y)-, GONAT-

knee

KARY-, CARY-

nucleus, nut

KERAT-, CERAT-, KER-, CER-

horn, horny

NOS-

disease

PHRA-

to speak

PNEUM-, PNEUMAT-

air, gas

PORPHYR-

purple

SARC-

flesh

SIT-

food

STEN-

narrow

CYN-

dog

KYM-, CYM-

wave

LYMPH-

water, lymph

ORNIS-, ORNTH-

bird

PLEUR-

side, rib, pleura

PNE(A)-, PNEUST-

breathing

SPA-

to draw, to jerk

STAPHYL-

bunch of grapes, uvula

STETH-

chest

XEN-

host, stranger, foreigner

ADELPH-

brother

ANCON-

elbow

CHORD-

cord

EC-. OEC-, OEK-, OIK-, OIC-

house

OM-

shoulder

PHY-

to grow

POR-

passage, pore

SPOR-

seed, spore

TROCH-

wheel, disk

XYL-

wood

BALAN-

acorn, the glans penis

CERC-

tail

ECH-

echo, repetition

GLI-

glue

IN-

fiber, muscle

SPONDYL-

vertebra

STERN-

chest, breastbone

THEL-

nipple

TOC-, TOK-

childbirth

ZYM-

ferment, enzyme

BRONCH(I)-

air tube

CONDYL-

knob, knuckle

CORM-

trunk of a tree or body

GON(I)-

angle

HAL-

salt

PALI(N)-

again, back

PYL(E)-

gate, entrance

SPERM(A), SPERMAT-

seed, semen