Blue Box Lessons 12-16

sigmoid-

sigmoid colon

pancreat-

pancreas

-clysis noun

fluid injection

diverticul-

pockets in the intestinal wall

conjunctiv-

conjunctiva

-oma noun

eye condition/disease

lex-

read

gnos-

know, recognize

no-

mind, mental activity, comprehension

phren-

mind, diaphragm

esthe(s)-

sensation

mnes-

memory

pha-

speak, communicate

phem-

speech

phras-

speak

lal-

talk

acou(s)-, acu(s)-

hearing

op(s)-

vision

opt-

vision, eye

orex-

apetite

phag-

eating, hunger

dips-

thirst

osm-

sense of smell, odor

geus(t)- (gustat-)

sense of taste

a-

absence

dys-

defective or painful

para-

abnormal, unusual

presby-

loss, accompanying age

pseud-

false, hallucinatory

gravid-

be pregnant (gravid)

cye-

be pregnant (cye)

toc-

give birth (toc)

part-, par-

give birth (part, par)

-gn-, nat-

be born

-partum, adj

relating to giving birth

-gravid adj

having been pregnant

-gravida noun

an individual who is pregant

-parous adj

having given birth

-para noun

an individual who has given birth

-uplet noun

each child born in a multiple pregnancy

-agogue noun

drug that promotes production/secretion of (fluids)

-arche noun

first appearance of

uric-

uric acid

-phobic

resistant to staining

-philic

ease of staining

-cytosis

abnormal increase of cell (in the blood supply)

-penia

deficiency of a cell (in the blood supply)

-blast

primitive cell