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BIO & MED TERM Unit3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| faci-face | facet (facets of a diamond) |
| fasc | band, bundle (fascial sheath) |
| fauna | animals |
| febr | fever |
| fec | sediment, dregs (feces) |
| fecund | ability to produce offspring rapidly in lg numbers |
| fer | to carry, bear |
| fertil | capacity to conceive (fertile) |
| femin | individual that bears young (feminine) |
| ferv | boil, hot (fervor) |
| fibr | fiber, thread-like (fiber, fibril) |
| fiss | split (fission) |
| flagell | whip (flagellum) |
| flat | to blow (inflate) |
| flex, flect | bend, turn (flexor) |
| flor | flower, blossum (flora, florist) |
| flu | flow (flux) |
| folli | bag (follicle) |
| fora | bore, drill (foramen) |
| frag, fract | break (fragment, fracture) |
| fruct | fruit |
| fug | flee (refuge) |
| furc | fork |
| galact | milk |
| gam | marriage, husband, wife (germ cell) (gamete, monogamy) |
| ge | earth (geology) |
| gen | 1) bear, produce, give rise (genesis/gene) 2) birth, kind, race (genus) |
| gera, gero, geri | old age (geriatrics) |
| germ | 1) living organism capable of developing into an organism (germ cell/germinate) 2) microorganism (germ, germicide) |
| gest | bear, carry (ingest, gestation) |
| gli | glue |
| gluten | glue |
| glob | ball, sphere (globule) |
| gluc, glyc | sweet |
| gnos | know, judge (diagnosis) |
| gran | grain, seed (granule) |
| gymn | naked (gymnosperm) |
| gyn, gynec | female (gynecology) |
| haem, hem, hemat, em | blood (hemolysis) |
| hal | breath (exhale) |
| hapl | single (haploid) |
| haust | draw out, drink (exhaust) |
| helic | coil, sprial (helicase) |
| helmin | worm (helminth) |
| hermaphr | both sexes |
| herp, herpet | creep; reptile |
| hist | tissue (histology) |
| hol | all, entire (holocaust) |
| homo | man |
| hosp, hospit | host, guest |
| human | man |
| humor | liquid, moisture (humid, humors) |
| humus | earth, soil, decayed vegetation |
| hormon | excite, set in motion (hormone) |
| hyal | glass (hyaline cartilage) |
| hybrid | mixed origin, mongrel |
| hydr | water (hydrophobia) |
| hygr | moist (hygrometer) |
| hypn | sleep (hypnosis) |
| ichthy | fish |
| immun | free, exempt (immune) |
| irid, iris | rainbow, pigmented portion of eye |
| isthm | narrow passage |
| ixo | tick |
| jaund | yellow (jaundice) |
| jac, ject | throw (ejaculate) |
| jug, junct | join (junction, conjugate) |
| juven | young (juvenile) |
| kary | nut, kernel (prokaryote) |
| kerat | horn, horny tissue; cornea (keratin) |
| kine | move (kinetic) |
| klept | steal |
| lact | milk |
| lacun | small pit (lacuna) |
| lamin, lamell | thin plate, layer (laminate, lamina) |
| lance | spear, tapers to a point |
| later | side (bilateral) |
| lepid | scaly |
| lepr | scaly (leprosy) |
| leth | death (lethal) |
| leuk | white |
| lex, lect | word, speech (dyslexia, lecture) |
| liga | tie, bind (ligament) |
| ligh | wood |
| lin | stripe, streak, line (line, linear, lineage) |
| lip | oil, fat (lipid) |
| lith | stone |
| loc | place (location) |
| log | word, speech (dialogue) |
| lumin, lumen | 1) light (luminescent) 2) cavity (lumen) |
| luna | moon (lunar) |
| lys | break-up, digest (lysis) |
| mamm | breast (mammary) |
| mast | breast |
| malaria | complete word: (mal =bad, airia =air) |
| malign | bad, evil (malignant) |
| mani | rage, madness (maniac) |
| mastig | whip |
| mater | mother |
| matur | ripe (mature) |
| mea, meat | pass, passage (permeate) |
| medull | innnermost part |
| melan | dark, black (melanin, melanoma) |
| ment | mind (mental) |
| mit | thread (mitosis) |
| mio, meio | smaller, less (meiosis) |
| mne | memory (amnesia) |
| morph | form, shape (morphology) |
| mort | death (mortal) |
| mot | move (motile, motion) |
| mus | mouse |
| muta | change (mutation) |
| my | mouse, muscle (myosin) |
| myc | fungus |
| narc | numbness, stupor (narcotic) |
| nat | to be born, birth (natal) |
| naus, naut | ship, sail (nautical, nausea) |
| necr | dead (necrosis) |
| nem, nemat | thread |
| neur | nerve (neuron) |
| nod | knot, small mass of tissue (lymph node) |
| nom, nome(i)n | name (nomenclature) |
| nos | diease |
| nud | uncovered, naked (nude) |
| nucle | little nut, kernel; eye (nucleus) |
| nutr | feed, nourish (nutrition) |
| ole | oil |
| omn | all, every (omnivore) |
| onc | tumor (oncology) |
| onom, onym | name (synonym) |
| opercul | lid (operculum) |
| onych | nail of finger |
| opi | poppy juice (opium - from poppy plant) |
| orex | desire, appetite (orexia) |
| orni | bird (ornithology) |
| orth | straight (orthodontist) |
| osm | thrust, push (osmosis) |
| oste | bone (osteology) |
| osti | small opening (ostiole) |
| oxy | sour, sharp (oxygen) |
| palae | old (palaeontology) |
| parthen | virgin (parthenon) |
| part | bring forth, give birth (postpartum) |
| ped | 1) child (pediatrician) 2) food (petal) |
| pod | foot (gastropods) |
| pend | hang (appendage) |
| petal | leaf (petas = modified leaves) |
| petr | rock (petrify) |
| pisc, icthy | fish |
| pharmac | drug, medicine (pharmacy) |
| phen | show, appear (phenotype) |
| phor | carry, bear |
| phren | mind, diaphragm (schizophrenia) |
| phyc | algae (phycology) |
| phyl | leaf (chlorophyll) |
| phyliax | protection |
| physi | nature (physics) |
| phyt | plant (bryophyta) |
| poie | make, produce |
| poikil | spotted, mottled, changeful |
| pollen | fine flour |
| psych | soul, mind (psychology) |
| pter | wing (helicopter, pteradactyl) |
| pterid | fern |
| pup | 1) doll, child (pupus, pupa, puppy) 2) opening of eye (pupil) |
| pylor | gate, entrance (pyloric valve) |
| py | pus (pyogenic, strep pyogenes) |
| pyr, pyret | fire, heat, fever (pyrotechnic) |
| rabi | mad, raging (rabies) |
| rad | spoke, ray, beam (radius, radiation) |
| reticul | net, network (ER) |
| rhin | nose |
| rhiz | root (rhizoid) |
| rumen | stomach (ruminants = stomach chambers) |
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