Some words based on Greek and Latin roots. Peri, Bi, Eu, Ambi

1. Medical and Legal Terms from
Latin and Greek
Peri – around
Bi – two
EU - good
Ambi -- both, or use of two sides

2. Periodontal
• Literally means “around
the tooth.”
• of, denoting, or
affecting the gums and
other tissues
surrounding the teeth:
periodontal disease

3. pericutaneous
• Around or near
the skin.
• Related: subcutaneous
(beneath the skin)

4. periplasm
• The region
between the
plasma
membrane
and the outer
membrane or
cell wall.

5. periovulatory
• Around the
time of
ovulation.

6. perivertebral
• Surrounding
the
vertebrae.

7. Biannual
•Something
occurring
twice each
year

8. Bicardial
• Having two
separate
hearts.

9. bisexual
•sexually
attracted
to both
men and
women.

10. biasexual
• Romantically or
aesthetically
attracted to
members of
either sex, but
not experiencing
sexual attraction
to others.

11. Biceps
• Literally, 2 heads.
• Related…
– triceps (3 heads)

12. biped
• Two feet

13. bimaculate
• Having two
spots or
similar marks
• Bimaculate crayfish

14. EU
• This ROOT-
WORD is the
Prefix EU
meaning
PLEASANT,WELL
& GOOD

15. Eulogy
• Words of
praise,
especially for
the dead

16. Euphemism
• The use of a
pleasant word
instead of one
that is harsh
or offensive

17. Euphobia
•Fear of
hearing
good news.

18. Eugenics
• Breeding for
race
improvement

19. eugonadal
• Having
healthily
functioning
gonads.

20. eumenorrhea
• Normal or
regular
menstruation.

21. • ambidextrous
(comparative more
ambidextrous, superlative
most ambidextrous)
• Having equal ability in
both hands; in particular,
able to write equally well
with both hands.

22. ambigender
• Of both genders

23. ambilateral
• Affecting both
sides of the
body, or of an
organ.

24. Ambivalent
• Alternately
having one
opinion or
feeling, and
then the
opposite.