2022-05-23

Published: 2022-05-23

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-05-23.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

word list

• cot
• beeswax
• clatter
• tumult
• homing instinct
• vagus
• stunt
• cyanosis
• asphyxia
• convulsion

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cot

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• cf. camp bed, crib

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beeswax

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• bee + -s- + wax
• Japanese 蜜蝋

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clatter

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• onomatopoeic

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tumult

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• Latin tumeō (I swell)
• cf. tumor

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homing instinct

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• Japanese 帰巣本能, 回帰本能

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vagus

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• Latin vagus (wandering) -> vagor (I wander) -> English extravagant, vague, vagrant
• vagus nerve
• plural vagi /ˈveɪdʒaɪ/
• Japanese 迷走神経

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stunt

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• “to prevent the growth or development of something from reaching its limit”

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cyanosis

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• κύανος (kúanos, “a dark-blue mineral”) + -osis (denoting a condition of disease)
• cf. cyan
• Japanese チアノーゼ

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asphyxia

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• ᾰ̓σφῠξῐ́ᾱ (stopping of the pulse) <- ἀ- (a-, “not”) + σφῠ́ξῐς (sphúxis, “pulse”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā)
• cf. aphasia, amnesia, anorexia, akinesia

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convulsion

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