30 November 2006

ROOT WORDS SET 2

(Prefix) Acous-, acou-, acouo-, acoustico-, acouto-, acousti-, acu- (Suffix) – acousia, -acousis,- acoustical, -acusia, (Both)-acusis –
© Greek- hearing, listening, of or for hearing
© acouasm
In psychiatry: a nonverbal auditory hallucination, such as a ringing or hissing in the ears; acousma; also known as tinnitus.
© acoubouy
Used by military ordnance, a listening device dropped by parachute onto land and water, used to detect sounds of enemy movements and transmit them to orbiting aircraft or land stations.
© acouesthesia
The sense of hearing; auditory perception.
© acoumeter
An instrument used for estimating the power or extent of the sense of hearing before the introduction of audiometers. Variant spellings include these words: acouometer, acoumeter, acousmeter, acousmetric, acousmometric, acoumetry, and acoumetric.
© acouophone
An obsolete term for an electric hearing aid.
(Prefix) acro-, acr-
Greek: high, highest, highest point; top, tip end, outermost; extreme; extremity of the body
© acroagnosia
Lack of sensory recognition of a limb.
© acroagnosis
Lack of sensory recognition of a limb (arms and/or legs); also, acragnosis.
© acroanesthesia
Loss of sensation in the extremities; such as the hands, fingers, toes, and feet.
© acroarthritis
Arthritis affecting the extremities (hands or feet).
© acroasphyxia
1. An obsolete term for acrocyanosis.
2. Neurosis marked by asphyxia of the extremities. 3. Impaired digital circulation, possibly a mild form of Raynaud’s disease, marked by a purplish or waxy white color of the fingers, with subnormal local temperature and paresthesia. Also known as “dead fingers”, or “waxy fingers”.
(Prefix)aesth-, esth-, aesthe-, esthe-, aesthesio-, esthesio-, aesthesia-, (Suffix)-esthesia, -aesthetic, -esthetic, -aesthetical, -esthetical, -aesthetically, -esthetically
© Greek: feeling, sensation, perception
© acoustic hypoesthesia (hypoacusis)
Partial loss of hearing.
© acrodysaesthesia
1. Dysesthesia (impairment of the senses) in the extremities, usually the hands and feet.
2. An abnormal and unpleasant sensation in the peripheral portions of the extremities.
© acroparesthesia
1. Disease marked by attacks of tingling in the outer parts of the body.
2. Numbness, tingling, and/or other abnormal sensations of the extremities (for example, the fingers, hands, forearms, and toes); usually due to a carpal tunnel syndrome but also from other causes; seen frequently in organic disorders, especially peripheral nerve lesions.
There are times when the term refers only to those unpleasant sensations that occur without any demonstrable organic basis.
© aesthacyte
A sensory cell of primitive animals such as sponges.
© aesthesia, esthesia
The ability to feel sensations; perception.
(Prefix) alcoholo-, alcohol-, alcoho-
© Latin: alcohol, originally an "essence or very fine powder"
© alcholimetric
A reference to a device, called a alcoholometer, that measures the quantity of alcohol contained in a liquid.
© alcholizer
An alcohol breath-test screening instrument; a breathalyzer with an analyzer cell used in police units worldwide to check drivers suspected of excessive drinking.
© alcholometrical
A reference to the use of an alcoholometer.
© alcogel
A gelatinous precipitate from a colloidal solution in alcohol.
© alcohol
1. A colorless, volatile, pungent liquid; synthesized or derived from fermentation of sugars and starches, it can be burned as fuel, is used in industry and medicine, and is the intoxicating element of whiskey, wine, beer, and other fermented or distilled liquors. It is also called "ethyl alcohol".
2. Any of a series of hydroxyl compounds, the simplest of which are derived from saturated hydrocarbons, and include ethanol and methanol.
(Prefix)andro-, andr-, (Suffix) -ander, -andra, -andria, -andrian, -andric, -andrism, -androus, -andries, -andry
© Greek: man, men, male, masculine; also, stamen or anther as used in botany
© adynamandrous, adynamandry
1. Having non-functioning male reproductive organs.
2. The condition of being self-sterile.
© anandrious, anandria
1. Without virility; impotent.
2. In biology, said of a flower lacking stamens.
© anandrous
In botany, having no stamens; a reference to certain flowers.
© andragogy, andragogue
1. The methods or techniques used to teach adults. Mistakenly used to refer to adult education for both male and female learners. “Mistakenly” because andro, -andra- refers only to males.
2. Another erroneous definition is, the art and science of helping adults learn.
© andranatomy
1. The dissection of the male body.
2. The physical structure of the male body
(Prefix) angio-, angi-, angei-, (Suffix) – angium
© Greek > Latin: [receptacle], vessel, often a blood vessel; "covered by a seed or vessel", a seed vessel; a learned borrowing from Greek meaning "vessel", "container"
© adenoangiosarcoma
An angiosarcoma involving gland structures.
© anangioid
Seemingly without blood vessels.
© anangioplasia, anangioplastic
1. The imperfect vascularization (formation of new blood vessels) of a part due to poorly formed or unformed blood vessels.
2. Imperfect vascularization of a part due to nonformation of vessels, or vessels with inadequate caliber (diameter of a hollow tubular structure).
© androgametangium (antheridium [s], antheridia [pl])
1. A male reproductive structure producing gametes, occurring in ferns, mosses, fungi, and algae.
2. The male sex organ of spore-producing plants; produces antherozoids; equivalent to the anther in flowers.
© angialgia, angialgistic
Pain in a blood vessel.
© angiasthenia
Instability or loss of tone in the vascular system.
(Prefix) arena [harena], areni-
© Latin: harena; sand, sandy place, sea-shore; place of combat [literally, "place strewn with sand"]
© arena
1. An indoor or outdoor area, surrounded by seating for spectators, where shows or sports events take place.
2. A group of adjoining mating territories of a species.
© arenaceo
A prefix that can be attached to other words with the meaning of sandy, mixed with sand; as with arenaceo-argillaceous: of the nature of sandy clay.
© arenaceous
1. Used to describe rocks or deposits that are composed of sand grains or have a sandy texture.
2. A reference to plants that grow best in sandy soil.
3. Derived from or containing sand; having the properties of sand; growing in sand; sandy.
4. Resembling sand in texture, sandy, or gritty.
© arenavirus
A reference to the dense granules resembling sand inside their virion.
© arenicole
1. Living or growing in sand.
2. Any organism that thrives in sandy areas.
(Prefix) auto-, aut-
© Greek: self, same, spontaneous; directed from within
© autacoid, autacoidal
An organic substance formed by cells of an organ and carried by the circulatory system to a remote site where it affects another organ.
© autaesthesy, autesthesy
Self-consciousness.
© autagonistophilia
A sexual perversion in which sexual arousal and orgasm are contingent upon displaying one’s self in a live show, i.e. being observed performing on stage or on camera. The observer’s condition (if the stage or camera performance by the partner is a necessity for sexual arousal) is termed scoptophilia, [scopophilia], not voyeurism.
—Psychiatric Dictionary, 7th ed., by Robert J. Campbell]

© autantonym
A word that means its opposite.
An example is the word fast, which when referring to a fast runner means a runner who runs rapidly or swiftly; but when it refers to a fast color, it means a color that doesn't run at all.
© autarcesiology
The scientific study of natural immunity.

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