Word origins

• exsanguinateTo drain (a living or dead body, or (medicine, surgery) a body part) of blood.
• fabellaOne of the small sesamoid bones situated behind the condyles of the femur, in some mammals.
• falx cerebriThe larger of the two folds of dura mater separating the hemispheres of the brain that lies between the cerebral hemispheres and contains the sagittal sinuses.
• fastigiateErect and parallel.
• faveolateHaving cavities or cells like those of a honeycomb.
• fermiumA transuranic chemical element (symbol Fm) with an atomic number of 100.
• fibrodysplasia ossificans progressivaA very rare, disabling genetic disorder of the connective tissue in which fibrous tissue (including ligaments, muscles, and tendons) ossifies (“transforms into bone”) when damaged.
• fibularisSynonym of peroneus.
• fibularis brevisSynonym of peroneus brevis.
• fibularis longusSynonym of peroneus longus.
• fibularis tertiusSynonym of peroneus tertius.
• fissiparousFactious, tending to break into pieces.
• flabellateFan-shaped; having parts or segments that are flattened and lengthened on one side, such that they are long and narrow.
• flavedoThe exocarp in citruses.
• foliolateOf or pertaining to leaflets of a plant.
• foramen cecumA shallow depression in the posterior dorsal midline of the tongue that is the remnant of the more cranial part of the embryonic duct from which the thyroid gland developed.
• foramen spinosumAn aperture in the greater wing of the sphenoid bone that gives passage to the middle meningeal artery.
• foveolateHaving small pits or depressions, like the receptacle in some composite flowers.
• frambesiaYaws, the disease.
• frigifyTo make cold or frigid.
• frondescenceThe time at which a plant unfolds its leaves.
• frutescentImperfectly resembling a shrub.
• fundiformResembling or arranged in the form of a sling; specifically designating the lower part of the inferior constrictor muscle of the pharynx (cricopharyngeal muscle), and the fibers of this part of the muscle.
• furcaA forked structure, a fork-like part.
• gadoliniaThe rare earth gadolinium oxide
• galacto-Used to form medical and biochemical terms related to galactose
• gambogeAny of several species of trees of the genus Garcinia found in South and Southeastern Asia, especially Garcinia xanthochymus.
• genioglossusA flat, fan-shaped muscle that originates from the superior mental spine and inserts onto the undersurface of the tongue and onto the hyoid bone, acting mainly to extend, protrude or depress the tongue.
• geniohyoidOf or pertaining to the chin and hyoid bone.
• genualOf or pertaining to a genu or to the knee.
• gerontesmagistrates in Sparta who, with the kings, constituted the Gerousia
• glans penisA conical vascularized body forming the extremity of the penis.
• glaucescenceThe quality of being glaucescent, the state of being a bluish-green color.
• globuliferousBearing, containing, or generating globules.
• glomerulo-glomerulus
• glucinumberyllium.
• gnathidiumThe ramus of the lower jaw of a bird as far as it is naked
• gnathitisInflammation of the cheek or upper jaw.
• gonimiumOne of the bluish-green granules that replace the more usual gonidia in certain lichens.
• grossularRelating to, or resembling, a gooseberry.
• guttiferousYielding gum or resinous substance, especially said of trees and shrubs in family Guttiferae (now Clusiaceae) that abound in resinous sap.
• gymnureA small carnivorous mammal, subfamily Galericinae, related to the hedgehogs and resembling a large rat, which inhabits various parts of Southeast Asia.
• haloragaceousOf or relating to the Haloragaceae.
• haplolepidoushaving main teeth formed from a single column of cells up dorsal face;
• HarrovianA pupil of Harrow School, England.
• hederiferousProducing or bearing ivy.
• heliostatA device that includes a plane mirror which turns so as to keep reflecting sunlight toward a predetermined target, compensating for the sun's apparent motions in the sky. The target may be a physical object, distant from the heliostat, or a direction in space, and is almost always stationary relative to the heliostat, so the light is reflected in a fixed direction.
• hemeralopiaThe inability to see clearly in bright light; day blindness.
• hemioneEquus hemionus, the onager or kiang, a kind of wild ass of Tibet.
• hidrosisThe formation and excretion of sweat.
• hiera picraA warming cathartic medicine made from aloes and canella.
• hippophagiEaters of horsemeat.
• HomologoumenaThe books of the New Testament which were acknowledged as canonical by the early church, as opposed to Antilegomena.
• homo sapiensA human being (Homo sapiens).
• humificationThe process of humifying; conversion into humus.
• hydrargyrumMercury (chemical element).
• hydrocaulusThe hollow stem of a hydrozoan
• hyoglossusA flat muscle on either side of the tongue, connecting it with the body and the thyrohyal of the hyoid bone.
• hypochondriumThe upper region of the abdomen, covering the upperribs, at each side of the epigastrium.
• hypoptilumAn aftershaft.
• hyraceumThe petrified remains of hyrax urine and feces produced by the rock hyrax (“Cape hyrax”), Procavia capensis (“P. apensis”), typically found in the communal midden piles of hyrax colonies.
• hysterophyteA plant or fungus that lives on dead or living organic matter.
• ichthyopterygiumfish fin.
• ignis fatuusA will o' the wisp.
• in a nutshellIn summary; briefly or simply.
• inferribleSynonym of inferable.
• infusoriumAny of the many minute aquatic creatures, such as protozoa and unicellular algae, found in freshwater habitats.
• ingestaMaterial introduced into the body by the stomach or alimentary canal.
• in statu quoIn the former or same state.
• intenerateTo soften; tenderize.
• in vino veritasSynonym of in wine, there is truth (one tells the truth under the influence of alcohol)
• irrealisInflected to indicate that an act or state of being is not a fact.
• ischialgiapain in the region of the ischium; sciatica
• -itisDenoting diseases characterized by inflammation, itself often caused by an infection.
• ixodicRelating to or caused by hard ticks.
• JaponiaJapan: A country in East Asia.
• JaponicOf or pertaining to the Japonic language family.
• jugum penisA device to compress the penis, used to prevent masturbation in Victorian times.
• Juno MonetaSynonym of Juno, particularly as a patron of the state mint and Roman coinage.
• JuntineOf, pertaining to, occurring in, or typifying any one or more of the editions of texts published by the Giunti family of Renaissance Florentine printers.
• kalianContaining potassium.
• kaliumpotassium.
• laryngismuslaryngospasm.
• laurestineThe Viburnum tinus, an evergreen shrub or tree of the south of Europe, which flowers during the winter months.
• lemniscateA closed curve having the shape of a figure eight or an infinity symbol (∞).
• lenticelOne of the small, oval, rounded spots upon the stem or branch of a plant, from which the underlying tissues may protrude or roots may issue, either in the air, or more commonly when the stem or branch is covered with water or earth.
• lenticellaSynonym of lenticel.
• lepidoteCovered with scurfy scales.
• lepromaAn area of inflammation in the skin symptomatic of leprosy
• leproseSynonym of leprous, afflicted with leprosy.
• letheondiethyl ether, used as an anaesthetic agent.
• levator anguli orisA facial muscle that arises from the maxilla, inclines downward to be inserted into the corner of the mouth, and draws the lips up and back.
• levator labii superiorisA facial muscle arising from the lower margin of the orbit and inserting into the muscular substance of the upper lip which it elevates.
• levator labii superioris alaeque nasiA muscle of the face that arises from the nasal process of the maxilla, that passes downward and laterally, that divides into a part inserting into the alar cartilage and one inserting into the upper lip and that dilates the nostril and elevates the upper lip.
• levator palpebrae superiorisA thin flat extrinsic muscle of the eye arising from the lesser wing of the sphenoid bone, passing forward and downward over the superior rectus, and inserting into the tarsal plate of the skin of the upper eyelid which it elevates.
• levator prostataeA portion of the pubococcygeus muscle that helps to support the prostate gland.
• levator veli palatiniA muscle arising from the temporal bone and the cartilage of the Eustachian tube and descending to insert into the midline of the soft palate which it elevates especially to close the nasopharynx while swallowing is taking place to prevent regurgitation of liquid or solid matter through the nose.
• lignum rhodiumThe fragrant wood of several shrubs and trees, especially of species Convolvulus scoparius and Convolvulus floridus (Convolvulaceae) from the Canary Islands, and of the West Indian Amyris balsamifera (Rutaceae).
• lingualisA longitudinal band of muscular fibres, situated on the undersurface of the tongue, lying in the interval between the hyoglossus and the geniohyoglossus, and extending from the base to the apex of the organ.
• lithomargeSynonym of kaolinite.