zzombie's Ancient Greek words

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• ALGOPHOBIAnounAncient Greek73 findersFear of pain.
• CAEOMAnounAncient Greek6 findersAn aecium of some rust fungi that has no peridium or outer membrane.
• CATABOLISMnounAncient Greek17 findersDestructive (lytic) metabolism or metabolization, usually including the release of energy and breakdown of materials.
• DERMATICadjectiveAncient Greek11 findersOf or relating to the skin.
• DIPHYODONTadjectiveAncient Greek14 findersHaving two successive sets of teeth (deciduous and permanent), one succeeding the other.
• ECOPHOBIAnounAncient Greek64 findersFear of one’s home.
• ELAEOPTENEnounAncient Greek5 findersThe more liquid or volatile portion of certain oily substances, such as rose oil.
• ENIGMATICadjectiveAncient Greek204 findersPertaining to an enigma.
• EUDAEMONICadjectiveAncient Greek88 findersOf or pertaining to a eudaemon.
• EXSTROPHYnounAncient Greek26 findersThe eversion or turning out of any organ, or of its inner surface. A congenital malformation of the bladder in which the normally internal mucosa of the organ lies exposed on the a
• GLYPHICadjectiveAncient Greek284 findersCarved, sculpted.
• GYMNICadjectiveAncient Greek22 findersGymnastic; athletic.
• IAMBnounAncient Greek85 findersA metrical foot in verse consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.
• NYMPHAnounAncient Greek21 findersA nymph.
• NYMPHOLEPTnounAncient Greek11 findersA person in a state of nympholepsy.
• PHYLAXISnounAncient Greek51 findersProtection against infectious disease.
• PHYLEnounAncient Greek38 findersA local division of the people; a clan or tribe.
• PHYTONnounAncient Greek118 findersOne of the parts which by their repetition make up a flowering plant, each being a single joint of a stem with its leaf or leaves.
• PSCHENTnounAncient Greek119 findersThe double crown of ancient Egypt, combining the white crown of Upper Egypt with the red crown of Lower Egypt, worn by pharaohs after the union of the two kingdoms in around 3000 B
• PTERYGOIDadjectiveAncient Greek37 findersOf, pertaining to or lying in the region of the inferior part of the sphenoid bone of the vertebrate skull.
• PTYXISnounAncient Greek42 findersThe way in which an individual leaf is folded in the bud.
• RHOEADINEnounAncient Greek9 findersAny of a group of benzazepine alkaloids found in the poppy.
• RHYTONnounAncient Greek38 findersA container from which fluids are intended to be drunk, having one handle and usually a base in the form of a head.
• SPHYGMICadjectiveAncient Greek53 findersOf or pertaining to the circulatory pulse.
• TRIGLYPHnounAncient Greek158 findersA vertically channeled tablet of the Doric frieze.
• XYSTERnounAncient Greek82 findersA surgical instrument used to scrape bones.

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