Module 2 - latinate singular and plural

-culus | Example: musculus → mus + culus

Meaning: Latin for little mouse

-cule | Example: molecule → mole + cule

Meaning: little mass of substance

-cle | Example: muscle → mus + cle

Meaning: little mouse (from the shape of a contracted muscle)

-cle | Example: corpuscle → corpus + cle

Meaning: little body (old term for blood cell)

-cle | Example: clavicle → clav + cle

Meaning: little key (from the shape of an old key)

-cle | Example: ventricle → ventri + cle

Meaning: little belly (a lower chamber of the heart)

-cle | Example: auricle → auri + cle

Meaning: small ear (external ear and heart atria)

-ellum | Example: cerebellum → cereb(r) + ellum

Meaning: little brain

-cle | Example: cuticle → cuti + cle

Meaning: little skin

-ella | Example: patella → pat + ella

Meaning: little pan; kneecap

-el | Example: scalpel → scalp + el

Meaning: little knife

-el | Example: morsel → mors + el

Meaning: little bite

-illus | Example: bacillus → bac + ill + us

Meaning: little staff or rod (from Latin baculus = rod)

-il | Example: tonsil → tons + il

Meaning: a little oar (from Latin tonsa = oar)

-olus | Example: alveolus → alve + olus

Meaning: a small pit (from Latin alveus = hollow sac)

-olus | Example: modiolus → modi + olus

Meaning: small measure (central axis of the cochlea)

-olus | Example: nucleolus → nucle + olus

Meaning: a little kernel (from Latin nucleus = nut)

-ola | Example: arteriola → arteri + ola

Meaning: a little artery; a minute artery

-ole | Example: bronchiole → bronchi + ole

Meaning: little windpipe (from Greek bronchos = windpipe)

-ole | Example: vacuole → vacu + ole

Meaning: little empty space (from Latin vacuus = empty)

-ulus | Example: calculus → calc + ulus

Meaning: a little stone (from Latin calculus = pebble)

-ulus | Example: stimulus → stim + ulus

Meaning: a little goad (anything causing a response)

-ulus | Example: hamulus → ham + ulus

Meaning: a little hook (from Latin hamus = hook)

-ula | Example: uvula → uv + ula

Meaning: a little grape (from Latin uva = grape bunch)

-ule | Example: venule → ven + ule

Meaning: a little vein (from Latin vena = vein)

-ule | Example: granule → gran + ule

Meaning: a little grain (from Latin granum = grain)