Practice. Lesson 12. Green, Greek and Latin Roots of English
FLAN 3002. Fall, 2002. D. Levine. KNOW THESE FORMS.
Write the English meaning next to the combining form, choosing from the list of definitions below each group of roots.
somato-
osteo-
myo-
hema-/hemato-, -emia
dermato-
neuro-
bio-
cephalo-
encephalo-
opthalmo-
oto-
rhino-
stomato-
odonto-
glosso-
cardio-
pneumo-
gastro-
entero-
hepato-
nephro-
list of definitions:
life, liver, bone, brain, head ,heart
stomach,belly/intestine, blood ,skin, tongue ,kidney
eye, ear, nose, mouth, tooth, body, lung ,muscle, nerve
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-osis
-stomy
-itis
-tomy
-oma
-genic
-iasis
-gen
-pathy
-rrhea
-plegia
-odynia
-algia
list of definitions:
diseased condition of, swelling, inflammation of, paralysis, pain, production of
diseased condition/form of treatment ,making an opening, pain, producing
cutting,, incision, diseased condition, state of, flow/discharge
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notes
Green, Greek and Latin Roots of English, chapter 12. Human biology and medicine I.
Professor Daniel B. Levine
p. 109ff.
words with Greek compound forms:
somatology, somatometry, somatotopic
osteoclast, osteopetrosis, osteopenia, osteopoikilosis
(L. mus, Gr. mys = 'mouse') myopericarditis, myoectomy, myomelanosis
doctor, is from passive participle of doceo, docere, doctum 'teach' 'one who has been taught'
hospital: place for a guest to stay, place for a host to take care of a guest
cephalohematoma, cephalometer, cephaloplegia
encephalitis, encephalopathy, encephalon, encephalopyosis
otalgia, otoscope, otosclerosis, otoplasty, otorrhea
androgen, androgyne, androgalactozemia, android
Why does the word *vaccine* derive from the Latin word vacca which means "cow"?
Apollo
Asclepius
Hygieia
Panacea
thanatobiological, thanatology, thanatomania, thanatophidia, thanatophobia (= necrophobia)