Greco-Roman words with multiple English definitions
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35 terms
Other / Unknown | English |
|---|---|
| amygdal- |  tonsil; almond |
| arachn- | arachnoid mater/arachnoid/interior layer of the meninges; spider/spider-like/spider web/web-like |
| argent- | silver [either the color or the metal] |
| aur- | ear/hearing; golden [either the color or the metal] |
| bi- | life; two/double [no connecting vowel] [Use bi- if consonant follows, bin- if vowel follows] |
| blast- | embryonic cell; bud; germ; embryonic cell |
| carp- | carpus/carpal bone/wrist/wrist bone [i.e., either the wrist joint or one or more of the bones which make up the wrist joint]; fruit; seed |
| cerat- | cornea; horn [noun]; horn-like [adjective] |
| cervic- | neck; any neck within the body structure; cervix; the neck of the uterus |
| chrys- | golden [either the color or the metal] |
| corne- | cornea; horn [noun]; horn-like [adjective] |
| cornu- | cornea; horn [noun]; horn-like [adjective] |
| cortic- | cortex [pl. cortices]; the outer layer (of an organ or biological structure); bark; outer layer |
| gli- | glia; supporting tissue of the brain and spinal cord; glue |
| hem- | half [connecting vowel is 'i']; blood |
| hom- | human being; same/unchanging |
| kerat- | cornea; horn [noun]; horn-like [adjective] |
| later- | the side [of the body]; side |
| mast- | breast; mastoid process [a process is a projection or outgrowth of bone] |
| ment- | chin; mind; mental activity |
| non- | not; nine/ninth [connecting vowel is "i"] |
| -ous | containing; [creates an adjective]; pertaining to; located in |
| oxy- | oxygen/acid/acute/swift/sharp/sour [no connecting vowel follows] |
| ped- | foot; child |
| phren- | mind; mental activity; diaphragm |
| pneum- | lung; air; gas |
| poli- | grey matter [of the nervous system]; whitish-grey/grey |
| sept- | seven/seventh [connecting vowel is "i"]; septum [a wall that divides two cavities] |
| spin- | thorn; spine |
| trachel- | neck/any neck within the body structure; cervix/the neck of the uterus |
| vas- | vas deferens; blood vessel; vessel; duct [often used of blood vessels even without a root for blood] |
| ven- | vein [vessel that carries blood to the heart]; poison |
| ventr- | abdomen; front |
| super- | above/beyond/superior [prefix:no connecting vowel follows]; above [adj. root: when it is followed by a connecting vowel] |
| anthrac- | black; coal |
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