Module 8

Anatomical Roots: Cardiovascular and Haematological Systems aneurysmangivas-* vasculaneurysm; dilation of the wall of the heart, artery, or vein blood vessel; vessel; duct [often used of blood vessels even without a specific root for blood] [See Mod. 7, vas-] aorta; main vessel of arterial system artery [vessel that carries blood away from the heart] arteriole; small artery [adjoining capillaries] atrium [pl. atria]; chamber; cavity [in the body] capillary; smallest blood vessel heart cell blood [See Mod. 7, hem-]

aortarteriarteriolatricapillarcardicythemathaemathem-* haemsanguinphlebvenplasmplasmatrhythmsersphygmthrombthrombocytvalvvalvulvaricvenul-

vein [vessel that carries blood to the heart] plasma rhythm; heart beat serum pulse clot thrombocyte; platelet valve varix; a tortuous dilation of a vein venule; small vein

Adjective Roots for Numbers Take careful note of the connecting vowels for numbers: many take i. Any number root which ends in a, such as penta-, is not followed by a connecting vowel. nullmonunprimnone; no [connecting vowel is i] one [un- with -gravida or -para means once] [connecting vowel for un- is i] first [with -gravida or -para means first time] [connecting vowel is i] two; double [no connecting vowel follows di-, bi-, bin-] [Use bi- if consonant follows, bin- if vowel follows] [See Mod. 4, bi-] second [with -gravida or -para means twice] [connecting vowel is i] three; third [connecting vowel is i] three [no connecting vowel follows] three; triple four [connecting vowel is i] four; fourth [connecting vowel is i] five; fifth [connecting vowel is i] five six; sixth [connecting vowel is i] six

didiplbi-* binsecund-

terttritriplquadrquartquintpentpentasexthexhexasexheptheptasept-* octoctanon-* nona-

seven; seventh [connecting vowel for hept- and sept- is i] [See Mod. 11, sept-] eight; eighth [connecting vowel for oct- is i] nine; ninth [connecting vowel for non- is i] [See Mod. 3, non-]

decmerpolymultplur-

ten; tenth; one-tenth [connecting vowel is i] part; partial many; multiple [no connecting vowel follows poly-] [connecting vowel for mult- and plur- is i]

Adjective Roots for Colours anthrac-* melannigrargent-* argyraur-* chrys-* chlorviridchromchromatcirrhcrocflavlutexanthcoccincyanerythrrhodrubrubrrubecandidleucleukalbalbidiodviolpoli-* purpurblack [See Mod. 12, anthrac-] silver [See Mod. 12, argent-] golden [See Mod. 12, aur-, chrys-] green colourful; tinted [adjectives] colour; pigment [nouns] yellow

scarlet blue red

white

violet whitish grey; grey [See Mod. 5, poli-] purple

Terminations -emia -hemia -aemia -haemia condition of the blood; presence of (a substance) in the blood; presence of blood in (an organ)