Word Units 3

balneo-, balne-
(Greek > Latin: bath, bathing; wash, washing)
balneal
Of or pertaining to baths or to bathing.
balnearii
People who steal clothing from public baths.
balneary
A bathing room.
balneography
A written description about baths

baro-, bar-, bary-
Greek: weight, heavy; atmospheric pressure; a combining form meaning "pressure", as in barotaxis, or sometimes "weight", as in baromacrometer )
baragnosis, baragnosia, baroagnosis
1. The inability to appreciate or estimate weight. 2. Loss of the sense of weight.
baroclinity, baroclinicity, barocliny
In physics, a state of fluid stratification in which isobaric surfaces and isosteric surfaces are not parallel, but intersect.
baric
Relating to barometric pressure (as in isobar) or to weight generally.

bentho-
(Greek: deep, depth; the fauna and flora of the bottom of the sea; sea bottom; depth [by extension, this element includes lake, river, and stream bottoms])
benthos
1. Those organisms attached to, living on, in or near the sea bed, river bed, or lake floor. 2. The biogeographic region at the bottom of a sea or ocean (or, more broadly, at the soil-water interface of an ocean, sea, or lake). The organisms living in such a region include the permanently attached or immobile forms (e.g., sponges, corals, oysters), creeping forms (e.g., crabs, snails), and the burrowing animals (e.g., worms). Barnacles, the larger seaweeds, and sea squirts are also members of this group.3. The organisms living on sea or lake bottoms. The benthos are divided into sessile organisms (those that are attached to the bottom or to objects on or near the bottom) snd vagrant organisms (those that crawl or swim along the bottom).

Berserk
(Old Norse: berserkar, literally, “bear’s skin”; a Norse-myth warrior)
berserk1. Behaving in an uncontrolled way as a result of anger or irrational feeling; to go berserk.2. Extremely excited or enthusiastic about something (informal): "The crowd went berserk when the movie star finally appeared."3. Destructively or frenetically violent: "The berserk worker started to smash all of the windows."4. Mentally or emotionally upset; deranged: "She was berserk with grief."5. Informal: Unrestrained, as with enthusiasm or appetite; wild: "They went berserk over the chocolates."

bio-, bi-, -biotic
(Greek: life; living, live, alive, bi- meaning "two")
biophotometer
An obsolete instrument once used for measuring the rate and degree of dark adaptation, as in vitamin "A" deficiency.
biceps
A muscle with two points of origin; especially, the large muscle at the front of the upper arm that flexes the elbow joint and the large muscle at the back of the thigh that flexes the knee joint.
biophysics
1. The science dealing with the mechanical and electrical properties of the parts of a living organism.2. The study of biological processes and materials by means of the theories and tools of physics.3. The study of physical processes (e.g., electricity, luminescence) occurring in organisms.4. The science that applies the laws and methods of physics to the study of biological processes (used with a singular verb).

Biopiracy
biopiracy1. Biological theft; illegal collection of indigenous plants, microbes, enzymes, etc. by corporations who patent them for their own commercial use.2. The commercial development of naturally occurring biological materials; such as, plant substances or genetic cell lines, by a technologically advanced country or organization without fair compensation to the peoples or nations in whose territory the materials were originally discovered.The patenting of plants, genes, and other biological products that are indigenous to a foreign country; for example, some developing tropical nations are saying that if the West cries foul over piracy of intellectual property or computer software, then biopiracy in Western labs of jungle extracts should also be considered a high economic crime.Biopiracy usually refers to the privatization and unauthorized use of biological resources by entities (including corporations, universities, and governments) outside of a country that has pre-existing knowledge. This privatization and use is sometimes claimed to be predatory. Particular activities usually covered by the term are: Exclusive commercial rights to plants, animals, organs, microorganisms, and genes; as well as, commercialization of traditional communities' knowledge on biological resources; and patenting of biological resources.

bromo-, brom-
(Greek: stench, stink, bad odor; unpleasant bodily odor; bromine)
bromhidrosis, bromidrosis
1. Sweat that is fetid or offensive due to bacterial decomposition. It occurs mostly on the feet, in the groin, and under the arms.2. Also called kakidrosis, cacidrosis, fetid sweat, fetid perspiration, osmidrosis, ozochrotia.Bromhidrosis, or body odor, is caused by bacteria growing on the body. These bacteria multiply considerably in the presence of sweat, but sweat itself is almost totally odorless. Body odor is associated with the hair, feet, crotch (upper medial thigh), anus, skin in general, breasts, armpits, genitals, and pubic hair.
bromohyperhidrosis
Profuse bromhidrosis. Also known as, bromohyperidrosis.
bromomenorrhea
Menstruation characterized by an offensive odor.
bromopnea
1. A strong, offensive smell, or stench from the mouth.2. Foul breath which may be caused by a disease within the mouth (dental caries, severe ulcerative stomatitis, ulceromembranous pharyngitis, etc.) or the nose (ozena, malignant disease, etc.), but frequently defies medical diagnosis.3. Also known as, halitosis, fetor ex ore, stomatodysodia, and ozostomia.

caco-, cac-, kako-, kak-
(Greek: bad, harsh, wrong, evil; incorrect; unpleasant; poor; used most of the time as a prefix)
alexicacon, alexikakon
A preservative against evil; a safeguard against bad.
cacaerometer
Measuring bad air.
cacochylous
A reference to bad chyle or difficult digestion.cacodemon, cacodaemon, cacodemonia1. An evil spirit or demon. 2. A name for nightmare.
cacodermia
Bad skin; i.e., a condition in which one has a pimply or rough skin.cacodontia, cacodentia, cacodentalHaving bad or malformed teeth.
cacodox
Holding what is considered to be wrong or evil opinions, teachings, or doctrines.

digit-, digiti-
(Latin: finger, toe; from Greek daktylos)
digit
1. A finger or toe in human beings or the corresponding part in other vertebrates.2. Any of the Arabic numerals 0 to 9; one of the elements that collectively form a system of numbers.3. Any of the symbols of other number systems, as 0 or 1 in the binary.4. The width of a finger used as a unit of length, equal to approximately 2 cm (3/4 in).5. In astronomy, the twelfth part of the sun's or moon's diameter; used to express the magnitude of an eclipse.In anatomy, a jointed body part at the end of the limbs of many vertebrates. The limbs of primtes end in five digits, while the limbs of horses end in a single digit that terminates in a hoof. The fingers and toes are digits in humans.
digital
1. Pertaining to, resembling, or using a digit or digits.2. Resembling an impression made by a finger.3. Pertaining to data in the form of discrete states as contrasted to analog data in the form of continuously variable physical quantities.In computer science, representing or operating on data or information in numerical form. A digital clock uses a series of changing digits to represent time at discrete intervals; for example, every second. Modern computers rely on digital processing techniques, in which both data and the instructions for manipulating data are represented as binary numbers.

Word Units 2

acous-, acou-, -acoustical, -acusis-, -acusia

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.
You can hear cow bells but you can't hear cow horns.
—Evan Esar
We hear what we listen for.
—Anonymous
A good listener is one who can give you his full attention without hearing a word you say.
—Anonymous
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.
acousia
This is now spelled acusis.
acousma
A simple auditory hallucination, such as ringing or buzzing sounds "in the ears"; also acouasm.
acousmata
Things received (heard) on authority; a technical word for a school of philosophy.
acousmatagnosis
In psychology, an abnormal inability to understand spoken words and to recognize meaningful sounds.
acousmatamnesia
1. Failure of the memory to call up the images of sounds.2. The inability to remember certain sounds.
acousmatic
A professed hearer, a class of scholars under Pythagoras, who listened to his teachings, without inquiring into their inner truths or basis.
acoustic, acoustical, acoustically
Pertaining to the sense of hearing; adapted to aid hearing; the science of audible sounds.
psychoacoustics, psychoacoustical
1. The science that deals with the perception of sound and the production of speech. 2. The scientific study of the psychological and physiological principles of sound perception. 3. A discipline combining experimental psychology and physics that deals with the physical features of sound as related to audition, as well as with the physiology and psychology of sound recepter processes. 4. The scientific investigation of the way in which animals, including man, hear, particularly the reception and analysis of the input signal. It is the study of the relationship between the physical characteristics of sound and its biologic processing.

aesth-, esth-, aesthesia-, -esthesia(Greek: feeling, sensation, perception)

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.
aesthesic, esthesic
A reference to the mental perception of sensations.
aesthesiogenic
Producing or causing sensation.
cryesthesia
1. A subjective sensation of cold. 2. Sensitiveness to cold.
crymoanesthesia
1. The freezing of the skin with ice, carbon dioxide snow, or the evaporation of ethyl chloride. It is used in preparing the skin for the surgical excision of superficial tumors, incisions, and drainage.2. Refrigeration anesthesia.
cryoanesthesia
The freezing of the skin with ice, carbon dioxide snow, or the evaporation of ethyl chloride.
It is used in preparing the skin for the surgical excision of superficial tumors, incisions, and drainage.
dermatosthesia
A condition of having sensitive skin.

alcoholo-, alcohol-, alcoho-
(Arabic > Latin: alcohol, originally an "essence or very fine powder", from Arabic al-kuhl which is from al-, "the", and kohl or kuhl, "antimony sulfide" )

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.
alcoholate
A tincture or other preparation containing alcohol.
alcoholature
An alcoholic tincture prepared with fresh plants.
alcoholemia, hyperalcoholemia
The presence of ethanol in the blood.
alcohol-ether
A chemical compound used in shampoos, bubble baths, body wash, liquid soaps.

andro-, andr-, -ander,-andry
(Greek: man, men, male, masculine; also, stamen or anther as used in botany)

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.
androcracy, androcratic
The political rule by men or males; male supremacy.
androcyte
Male sex cell, especially of an immature stage; spermatid.
androgenetic
Producing masculine characteristics; a reference to androgenesis.
androgenic
Relating to an androgen; having a masculinizing effect.
androgenicity
The quality of exerting a masculinizing or virilizing action or effect; a property of androgenic hormones.
androgenization
Excessive androgen production in the female or the clinical state of virilization resulting from it or from the administration of androgen.
androgenize, androgenized
1. Subjected to the production or presence of an excess of androgen in the female. 2. Normally virilized, as in the male.

angio-, angi-, -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).
angiostrophe
The twisting of a vessel to arrest or stop a hemorrhage.
angiostrophy
The twisting of the cut end of a blood vessel to stop bleeding.
angiosynizesis
The collapsing of the walls of a blood vessel.
angiotelectasis
Dilatation of the minute arteries and veins.
angiotenic
Resulting from or associated with distension of blood vessels.

arena [harena], areni-
Latin: sand, sandy place, sea-shore; place of combat [literally, "place strewn with sand"]; gives us arena with two important descriptive parts.

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.
arenicolite
A worm-hole made originally in sand and preserved in a sandstone rock.
arenicolous
Occurring or growing and developing in sandy areas.
arenilitic
Of or pertaining to sandstone.

auto-, aut-
(Greek: self, same, spontaneous; directed from within)

autarcesiology
The scientific study of natural immunity.
autarcesis
Natural immunity.
autarch
An absolute ruler; autocrat; a tyrant.
autarchy
1. Absolute sovereignty, despotism. 2. Self-government; an autocratic government by one person with unlimited authority over others.
autarkist
Someone who rules a nation that has a policy of economic independence.
autarky, autarkic, autarkical
1. The condition of self-sufficiency; especially, economic, as applied to a nation.2. A national policy of economic independence.
autism
1. Mental introversion in which the attention or interest is fastened on the patient's own ego; a self-centered mental state from which reality tends to be excluded.2. A mental disorder characterized by severely abnormal developments of social interaction and verbal and nonverbal communication skills.3. A tendency to view life in terms of one's own needs and desires.
Affected individuals may adhere to inflexible, nonfunctional rituals or routine. They may become upset with even trivial changes in their environment. They often have a limited range of interests but may become preoccupied with a narrow range of subjects or activities. They appear unable to understand others' feelings and often have poor eye contact with others.
Unpredictable mood swings may occur. Many demonstrate stereotypical motor mannerisms; such as, hand or finger flapping, body rocking, or dipping. The disorder is probably caused by organically based central nervous system dysfunction, especially in the ability to process social or emotional information or language.
automotive
1. Moving by itself; self-propelling or self-propelled.2. Of or relating to self-propelled vehicles.3. Relating to motor vehicles; such as, "automotive supplies".
automysophobia
An excessive fear of being dirty and stinking or of personal filth which may result in abnormally frequent washing.
autonarcosis
Self induced sleep.
autonephrectomy
The complete destruction of a kidney by a disease process.
autonephrotoxin
A toxin directed against the kidneys of the organism in which it was produced.
autonepiophilia
A perversion in which sexual arousal and orgasm are dependent on the subject acting as or being treated as an infant. The subject may need to wear diapers, for example, in order to become sexually aroused.
autonomic
Functioning independently of the will; not under voluntary control: a reference to that part of the nervous system that regulates the activities of blood vessels, secretory glands, and viscera. It comprises parasympathetic and sympathetic components.
autonomism
The belief in or a movement toward autonomy.
autonomist
Someone who strives for autonomy or independence.
autonomotropic
Relating to or important in the control of the autonomic nervous system.