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Greek and Latin Roots of English. Practice. Lesson 13. KNOW THESE FORMS.

Define the words below from the lists beneath each section.

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brachy-

xero-

malaco-

platy-

sclero-

brady-

tachy-

lepto-

pachy-

list of definitions:

short, slow, slender, soft, thick, broad, hard, hard, fast, dry

 

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adeno-

tricho-

myelo-

histo-

cysto-

-cyte; cyto-

-blast; blasto-

list of definitions:

tissue, gland, germ/seed, cell, sac, hair,
bone marrow

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-phage; phago-

-geusia

-orexia

-trophy

list of definitions:

appetite, taste (noun), food/nourish, eat

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pancreato-

cholecysto-

colo-

recto-

pyloro-

jejuno-

ileo-

list of definitions:

gall bladder, colon, jejunum, rectum, pancreas, ileum, pylorus

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pneo-

pharyngo-

tracheo-

phreno-

pleuro-

bronchio-

lympho-

corono-

vasculo-

arterio-

phlebo-

veno-

list of definitions:

lymph, bronchia (air passages for lungs),
windpipe, coronary (artery ‘crowns’ a heart), throat, breathe, pleura (membrane
around lungs), vessel, artery, vein, vein, diaphragm/mind

 

Practice Vocabulary. Green, Lesson 13. Define and divide
the words properly.

 

arteriosclerosis

 

pharyngodynia

 

pharyngorhinoscopy

 

pharyngorrhea

 

pharyngotomy

 

adenosis

 

adenoma

 

adenopathy

 

adermia

 

histography

 

histonomy

 

trichotrophy

 

leptocephalus

 

phagocyte

 

vasculopathy

 

lymphatology

 

lymphenteritis

 

lymphadenectomy

 

lymphadenotomy

 

bronchitis

 

bronchostomy

 

cholecystnephrostomy

 

myelography

 

myeloencephalic

 

myelitis

 

malacosis

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Words for practice: Chapter 13 Green. FLAN 3002. D. B. Levine

 

Digestion

peptic ulcer, dyspepsia, peptone, peptonuria

 

Taste

dysgeusia, cacogeusia

 

Dry

xerocyte, xeroderma, xerosis, xerostomia

 

Soft

malacia, malacosarcosis, malacotomy, malacosteon

 

Fast

tachygastria, tachyphrasia, tachylalia, tachyphrenia, tachypnea,
tachyrhythmia

 

Slow

bradyphagia, bradylexia, bradylogia, bradyphrasia, bradyphrenia,
bradypnea, bradytachycardia

 

Slender

leptocephalia, leptodactyly, leptophonia, leptoprosopia

 

Short

brachybasia, brachydactylia, bracycephalic, brachycheilia, brachygnathia,
brachymorphic, brachyphalangia

 

Broad

platyopia, platypnea, platycephaly, platyglossal

 

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