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Word Clues #4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| path | feeling; disease |
| apathy | abstence or suppression of passion, emotion. or excitement |
| antipathy | a strong feeling of aversion or repugnance |
| pathology | the scientific study of the nature of disease and its causes |
| batho, bathy | depth |
| bathometer | an instrument used to measure the depth of water |
| therap | cure |
| heliotherapy | medical therapy involving exposure to sunlight |
| haem, hem,-aem,-em | blood |
| hematology | the science encompassing the medical study of the blood and blodd-producing organs |
| hemorrhage | an escape of blood from a ruptured blood vessel,espectally when profuse |
| hemicycle | a semicircular shape or structure |
| hemophile | someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding |
| rhea, rheo, rrh, rhag | flow; gush; burst |
| logorrhea | excessive use of words |
| stat, stas | stand; stop |
| static | lacking in movement, action, or change, especially in a way viewed as undesirable or uninteresting |
| erg, urg | work |
| energy | the strength and vitality required for sustained physcial or mental activity |
| gno, gnos | know |
| prognosticate | to forcast or predict (something future) from present indications or signs; prophesy |
| agnostic | a person who doesn't have a definite belief about whether God exists or not |
| hemi- | half |
| anemia | a condition marked by a deficiency of red blood cells or of hemoglobin in the blood, resulting in pallor and weariness |