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  2. List of commonly used taxonomic affixes - Wikipedia

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    Meaning: a prefix used to make words with a sense opposite to that of the root word; in this case, meaning "without" or "-less". This is usually used to describe organisms without a certain characteristic, as well as organisms in which that characteristic may not be immediately obvious.

  3. List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes - Wikipedia

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    skin Latin cutis: subcutaneous: cyan(o)-having a blue color Greek κύανος, κυάνεος (kúanos, kuáneos, blue, of the color blue) cyanopsia, cyanosis: cycl-circle, cycle Greek κύκλος (kúklos) cyclosis, cyclops, tricycle cyph(o)-denotes something as bent (uncommon as a prefix) Greek κυφός (kuphós), bent, hunchback cyphosis

  4. List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic ...

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    Search for titles containing the word or using the prefix: acanthus etc. G ἄκανθος (ákanthos) thorny, spiny: Acanthus plant; Parorchis acanthus, a flatworm Munida acantha, a squat lobster; prickly ceratina, Ceratina acantha spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias; Reinhardt's snake-eater, Polemon acanthias cotton thistle, Onopordum acanthium

  5. List of Greek and Latin roots in English/A–G - Wikipedia

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    The following is an alphabetical list of Greek and Latin roots, stems, and prefixes commonly used in the English language from A to G. See also the lists from H to O and from P to Z . Some of those used in medicine and medical technology are not listed here but instead in the entry for List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes .

  6. Anatomical terminology - Wikipedia

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    Anatomical structures are often described in relation to landmarks, such as the umbilicus, sternum, or anatomical lines like the midclavicular line (from the center of the clavicle). The term cephalon or cephalic region refers to the head, which is further divided into the cranium (skull), facies (face), frons (forehead), oculus (eye area ...

  7. List of medical abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    Pronunciation follows convention outside the medical field, in which acronyms are generally pronounced as if they were a word (JAMA, SIDS), initialisms are generally pronounced as individual letters (DNA, SSRI), and abbreviations generally use the expansion (soln. = "solution", sup. = "superior").

  8. Glossary of biology - Wikipedia

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    This glossary of biology terms is a list of definitions of fundamental terms and concepts used in biology, the study of life and of living organisms.It is intended as introductory material for novices; for more specific and technical definitions from sub-disciplines and related fields, see Glossary of cell biology, Glossary of genetics, Glossary of evolutionary biology, Glossary of ecology ...

  9. Taxonomy (biology) - Wikipedia

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    A whole set of terms including taxonomy, systematic biology, systematics, scientific classification, biological classification, and phylogenetics have at times had overlapping meanings – sometimes the same, sometimes slightly different, but always related and intersecting. [1] [11] The broadest meaning of "taxonomy" is used here.