Catalyst Catalog Catastrophe

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~ CATA~        prefix from gr KATA = DOWN
               AWAY  AGAINST
               note below CATABOLIC etc
               ukr KAT   = EXECUTIONER implicitly CUTS  or
                           SEPARATES BODY PARTS   
                   KATAI   TRAVEL implies SEPARATION
               sug> CATABOLIC CATABOLISM CATALOG
                    CATASTROPHE etc
~ CATABASIS    gr CATA and BAINEIN implies
                  DOWN     TO GO   = DECLINE
               med> DECLINING STAGE OF A DISEASE
                    as in HEALING  RECOVERY
~ CATABIOSIS   SENESCENCE      sug> EMERITUS EMETIC
               med> AGING in a normal average sense
~ CATABOLISM   id+ BREAKDOWN from          sug> CUT
                   CATA and gr BALEEIN = TO THROW as in
               DESTRUCTIVE DEGRADING or
               ENERGY RELEASING METABOLISM
               id+ SEPARATION OF COMPONENTS as in
                   "TO FALL APART"
                   "TO CUT DOWN"   sug> CATALYSIS
               see> words starting with CATA~
~ CATACHRESIS  gr KATHACRESIS = MISUSE OF WORDS from
               gr KATA          AGAINST
~ CATACLYSM    gr KATA   = DOWN and
                  KYZEIN   TO WASH
               id+ A DELUGE  as in WASHING DOWN
               sug> CATALYSIS
~ CATACOMB     gr KATA KYMBE = DOWN and HOLLOW or
                               A CAVITY
               BURIAL CAVE
               id+ HOLLOW PLACE
~ CATAGENESIS  INVOLUTION  RETROGRESS      opp of PROGRESS
               med> MANY EMBRYONIC TISSUES INVOLUTE BY
                    APOPTOSIS                   sug> APOPLEXY
               implies NATURAL CELL DEATH or    sug> APOLOGY
               NORMAL or EXPECTED               sug> APOCALYPSE
~ CATALASE     sc> ENZYME THAT LIBERATES OXYGEN FROM
                   HYDROGEN PEROXIDE
               from gr KATA and
                       LEGEIN = TO LEAVE OFF or TO CEASE
               med> ACATALASIA IS INHERITED AS AN AUTOSOMAL
                    RECESSIVE DISORDER MOSTLY IN JAPAN AND
               INBRED GROUPS AND CAUSES PROPENSITY TOWARD
               GINGIVAL AND OTHER ORAL INFECTIONS
~ CATALEPSY    ABSENCE SEIZURES or EPILEPSY
               gr KATA and LAMBANEIN = TO TAKE
~ CATALOG      or CATALOGUE 
~ CATALOGUE    gr KATA = DOWN and LEGEIN = TO SAY
               ENUMERATION IN SOME ORDER
               MOSTLY A LISTING IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
               id+ COUNTING AND CLASSIFYING
~ CATALYSIS    gr KATA and LYEIN = LOOSE or DISSOLVE
               med> also TO ARREST or   sug> LIQUIDATE
                    COUNTERACT A PATHOGENIC PROCESS
~ CATALYST     INCREASES RATE OF REACTIONS
               biol> ENZYMES ARE CATALYSTS
               id+ CATALYZE IS TO EXPEDITE WITH
                   MINIMAL SELF CONSUMPTION
~ CATAMENIA    med> MENSES or MENSTURAL FLOW
~ CATAMITE     id+ BREAKDOWN OF THE NATURAL ORDER
                   from lat CATAMITUS or gr GANYMEDES
               or GANYMEDE              
               id+ A BOY AS AN OBJECT FOR
                   A MALE HOMOSEXUAL or PEDERAST
               myth> A YOUNG TROJAN PRINCE SAID
                     TO HAVE BEEN THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BOY
               ZEUS FELL IN LOVE WITH HIM AND
               KIDNAPPED HIM TO OLYMPUS
               PERHAPS AS A LOVER BUT CERTAINLY TO SERVE
               AS A CUP BEARER FOR THE GODS
               hx> IN ROME BOY LOVERS OF ADULT MALES
                   WERE KNOWN AS GANYMEDES or CATAMITE
               id+ PEDERAST PEDERASTY or
                   MALE HOMOSEXUAL RELATION
               sug> PERHAPS "CATA" in CATAMITE DENOTES THE
               KIDNAPPING or SEPARATION OF GANYMEDES FROM A
               NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
               see> CATA  CATAPLEXY  CATAPULT  etc
~ CATAPLEXY    gr KATA and PLESSEIN = TO STRIKE
               A SUDDEN SHOCK PRODUCING MUSCULAR RIGIDITY
~ CATAPULT     gr KATA and PALLEIN = TO TOSS or WHIRL
~ CATARACT     gr KATARRAKTES from KATA and
                       REGNYNAI = TO BRAKE
               lat CATARATA = WATERFALL
               med> OPACITY OF THE CRYSTALLINE LENS
~ CATARRH      gr from KATA and RHEIN = TO FLOW
               as in CATARRHAL SECRETION   see> CATARRHAL
               med> CORYZA from
                    gr KORYZA = CATARRH
~ CATARRHAL    from CATARRH    in ukr KATAR
               med> INFLAMMATION OF A MUCOUS MEMBRANE
               vern> "RUNNY"  NOSE
               sp MOCO        = MUCUS
                  MOCOSO        CHILD
               ukr  SMARKATCH   CHILD
                    SMARK       MUCUS  SNOT
~ CATARRHIN    gr KATARRHIS
               from KATA and RHIS RHINOS =
                    DOWN     NOSE        = CATARRH  
~ CATASTROPHE  gr KATASTROPHE = TO OVERTURN
               from KATA = DOWN and
               STREPHEIN = TO TURN  OVERTHROW  RUIN  CALAMITY
               DISASTER  CATACLYSM  TRAGEDY
               hx> OLD DRAMAS WERE DIVIDED INTO SEVERAL PARTS
               PROSTASIS   = PRO or BEFORE      sug> PROPOSITION
               EPISTASIS     EPI or ABOVE       sug> SCENARIO
               CATASTASIS    CATA or DOWN       sug> EVENTS
               CATASTROPHE   CULMINATION        sug> RESOLUTION or
               CATHARSIS
~ CATATONIA    gr KATA and TONOS = DOWN and TENSION
               med> in EPILEPTIC CONVULSIONS leading to
               FALL RIGIDITY STUPOR         sug> STUPID
~ CATAVASIA    in ukr CONFUSION as TO FALL INTO A DISORDER