hiddensky's Ancient Greek words

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• AUTONOMYnounAncient Greek78 findersThe right or condition of self-government; freedom to act or function independently.
• BOLUSnounAncient Greek459 findersA round mass of something, especially of chewed food in the mouth or alimentary canal.
• CATAPLEXYnounAncient Greek128 findersAn abrupt loss of muscle tone, sometimes associated with narcolepsy.
• CYTOSINEnounAncient Greek127 findersA heterocyclic base, 4-aminopyrimidin-2(1H)-one, which pairs with guanine in DNA and RNA (by means of three hydrogen bonds).
• DENDRITEnounAncient Greek34 findersA slender projection of a nerve cell which conducts nerve impulses from a synapse to the body of the cell; a dendron.
• DIEGETICadjectiveAncient Greek167 findersOf or relating to diegesis; existing within a fictional universe (rather than as background), and able to be perceived by the characters.
• EUNUCHnounAncient Greek122 findersA castrated man.
• GERONTICadjectiveAncient Greek40 findersOf or pertaining to old age or the elderly.
• HECTAREnounAncient Greek54 findersA unit of surface area (symbol ㏊) equal to 100 ares (that is, 10,000 square metres, one hundredth of a square kilometre, or approximately 2.5 acres), used for measuring the areas o
• HEMATITEnounAncient Greek18 findersAn iron ore, mainly peroxide of iron, Fe2O3: iron(III) oxide.
• ISOTROPICadjectiveAncient Greek42 findersHaving properties that are identical in all directions; exhibiting isotropy
• MACHINATEverbAncient Greek92 findersTo devise a plot or secret plan; to conspire.
• MASTICnounAncient Greek680 findersAn evergreen shrub or small tree, Pistacia lentiscus (mastic tree), native to the Mediterranean.
• MISANTHROPYnounAncient Greek103 findersA negative view or hatred of the human race.
• OXYTOCINnounAncient Greek117 findersA hormone that stimulates contractions during labor, and then the production of milk; also plays a role in social bonding.
• PAREIDOLIAnounAncient Greek59 findersThe tendency to interpret a vague stimulus as something known to the observer, such as interpreting marks on Mars as canals, seeing shapes in clouds, or hearing hidden messages in
• PHILANDERnounAncient Greek287 findersA lover.
• PHONEMEnounAncient Greek502 findersAn indivisible unit of sound in a given language. A phoneme is an abstraction of the physical speech sounds (phones) and may encompass several different phones.
• POLYTHEISMnounAncient Greek92 findersThe belief in the existence of multiple gods.
• PSEUDnounAncient Greek37 findersAn intellectually pretentious person; a poseur.
• RHEUMnounAncient Greek138 findersThin or watery discharge of mucus or serum, especially from the eyes or nose, formerly thought to cause disease.
• SUBLUXATIONnounAncient Greek161 findersA partial dislocation of a joint, in which the articulating surfaces remain in partial contact.

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