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Word Roots 11 & 12
word roots
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| des- | from,away,down,apart,not |
| in- | in,into;not |
| re- | back,again |
| cant | song |
| -ation/ill-ation | an action or process |
| i-cle | small |
| a-trice | feminine |
| a- | away,from ;not,without |
| di- | two |
| en- | in,into |
| meta- | beyond,change |
| cephal/cephalo | head,brain |
| morph | form |
| thorax | chest |
| -ic | like,related to |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ology | study of, science |
| -osis | condition |
| -ous | having the quality of |
| incantation | the chanting of supposedly magic words |
| recant | to withdraw from something previously said |
| cantillation | the action of unaccompanied chanting in free rhythm |
| canticle | a hymn derived from the Bible; literally a "little" song |
| cantatrice | female professional singer |
| descant | high melody above the main melody |
| dimorphic | occuring,or existing in two different forms |
| cephalic | of,relating to the head |
| morphology | the study of the form and structure of organisms |
| metamorphosis | a complete change of character,appearance,condition,etc |
| amorphous | without definite form;shapeless |
| encephalitis | inflammation of the brain |
| cephalothorax | fused head and thorax of an arachnid or higher crustacean |