Asthenes~ weak. Outer core. A layer of molten metal that surrounds the inner core (liquid)

The origin of weakness can be traced all the way back to its Proto-Indo-European root of weik, “to bend.”

Hydrosphere comes from the word ‘hudor’ meaning water.

stone

Litho-: Prefix meaning stone, as in lithotomy (an operation to remove a stone), or lithotripsy (a procedure to crush a stone).

emotional appeal

Troph- is a combining form used like a prefix meaning “nourishment.” It is used in some medical and scientific terms. The combining form -troph is used like a suffix meaning “nutrient matter” or naming “an organism with nutritional requirements” as specified by the first part of the word.

crushing

What is another word for trippy?

1. to cause or produce disintegration of a compound, substance, or cell. 2. to undergo lysis.

iasis, fr. – ia + -sis] Suffix meaning disease characterized by or produced by (something specified).

A Latin word-forming element meaning “process” or “morbid condition”. Originally from Ancient Greek ἴασις (íasis).

“Cyto-” is derived from the Greek “kytos” meaning “hollow, as a cell or container.” From the same root come the combining form “-cyto-” and the suffix “-cyte” which similarly denote a cell.

-itis

• appendicitis. inflammation of the appendix.
• arthritis. disease causing inflammation of the joints.
• bronchitis. inflammation of the mucous membrane in the bronchial tubes.
• colitis. inflammation of the lining of the colon.
• conjunctivitis.
• cystitis.
• dermatitis.
• encephalitis.

The suffix -itis is the feminine form of the Greek suffix -ite¯s, which turned a noun into an adjective. Since the word for a disease, no’so (nosos), was feminine (despite its apparent masculine form), any adjective that described a disease of a part of the body ended in -itis.

Attaching the suffix “-itis” to the end of a word, often a Latin word, can make many common illnesses seem more severe and more frightening than they often are. “-itis” means “inflamed”, which in turn means that the body’s inflammatory process has occurred in certain body tissues.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The surgical terminology suffix “-ectomy” was taken from Greek εκ-τομια = “act of cutting out”. It means surgical removal of something, usually from inside the body.

Prefix an- means without; Suffix –emia means condition of blood.

gullet

-rrhexis

Cancers are usually named using -carcinoma, -sarcoma or -blastoma as a suffix, with the Latin or Greek word for the organ or tissue of origin as the root.

The term neoplasm is derived from a combination of the Greek words “neo” meaning new and “plasma” meaning formation. The term oncology is derived from the Greek word “onkos” meaning bulk or mass and “logy” which means the study of. The term tumour used to be applied in cases of swelling caused by inflammation.

Formation of Medical Terms

The combining form that means cause (of disease) is: Eti/o. The word part carcin means: The combining form chrom/o is defined as: Color.

The suffix ‘-otomy’ is derived from the Greek suffix τόμος, -tómos, “meaning cutting, sharp, or separate”.