BIBLE WORDS
Some Christians never tire of telling us that this word comes from the Greek meaning "to dip."
BAPTISM/BAPTIZE
It's a particle of light.
PHOTON
It's what you look at with an otoscope.
EAR
Pikas are in class Lagomorpha, which means they are related to these animals.
RABBITS or HARES
It's a fake name you might use to write books.
PSEUDONYM
TRANSFIGURATION
From the Latin verb to rub, it's the force that slows things down when they move over a surface.
FRICTION
It's an instrument used for examining the chest.
STETHOSCOPE (στήθος + σκοπέω)
It's a women's name meaning "little bear."
URSULA
Amoebas move using these "fake feet."
PSEUDOPODS
It's the straight Latin translation of Golgotha, place of a skull.
CALVARY (< calvarium, skull)
From the Greek for "first," it's one of the particles in the nucleus of an atom.
PROTON
This type of pregnancy is from the Greek meaning out of place.
ECTOPIC (ἐκ + τόπος)
a MOUSE (Lat. mus)
It's from the Greek and Latin for "fake knowledge", like alchemy or phrenology.
The word diabolical comes from a Greek verb meaning this, the same meaning as Hebrew "Satan."
ACCUSE (διαβάλλω)
CENTRIPETAL (< Lat. peto, petere)
From the Latin verb to sew, it's a term for stitches used to close a wound.
SUTURES
It's the meaning of the Greek root behind echidna and echinoderm.
SPINE
From the Latin verb "to make up" or "imagine," it's the term for literature that never really happened.
FICTION (< fingo, fingere)
It's the literal meaning of "Paradise," from Avestan or Old Persian, via Greek.
GARDEN
It's the point in a planet's orbit that is farthest away from the sun.
APHELION (ἀπό + ἥλιος)
From the Latin verb meaning "to brand with a hot iron," it's the action of using a hot tool to seal off blood vessels and stop bleeding.
CAUTERIZE
This term is used to describe human noses, especially Roman ones, that are hooked like the beak of a predatory bird.
AQUILINE
From the Latin "made in opposition," its anything fraudulently made to fool people into thinking it is actually something valuable.
COUNTERFEIT