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Joy of Vocabulary 19
Vocab 19
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| carpal | having to do with the carpus or bones of the wrist |
| cerebral | having to do with the cerebellum (brain); intellectual |
| cervical | pertaining to a neck (cervix) |
| corporal | having to do with or inflicted on the body; bodily |
| digital | 1. involving a finger or fingers2. involving numbers 0-9 |
| eviscerate | remove the intestines (viscera, entrails, guts) from; disembowel; gut |
| genuflect | bend the knee, as in reverence or worship; kneel |
| gustatory | having to do with the sense of taste or tasting |
| guttural | produced in the throat; harsh; rasping; throaty |
| labial | involving the lips; pronounced with the help of one or both lips |
| lachrymose | given to shedding or causing tears; tearful; mournful |
| lingual | having to do with the tongue, language, or languages; produced with the aid of the tongue |
| manual | having to do with a hand or the hands; worked by hand |
| olfactory | concerned with the sense of smell |
| plantar | having to do with the sole of the foot |
| prone | 1. lying face downward2. having a bent or inclination; predisposed |
| pulmonary | having to do with the lungs |
| sanguinary | bloody; having to do with bloodshed; bloodthirsty |
| spleen | 1. ductless organ, near the stomach, containing many blood vessels2. malice; anger; bad temper |
| subcutaneous | situated, occurring, or applied beneath the skin |
| supine | 1. lying on the back, face upward2. mentally or morally inactive; lethargic; listless |
| tactile | having to do with the sense of touch |
| vascular | having to do with, composed of, or provided with vessels that convey blood or lymph |
| visceral | having to do with or occurring in the viscera (internal organs, intestines, guts, etc.) |