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Word Clues #7
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| bio | life |
| biography | One’s life story |
| phys | nature; growth |
| physiology | The study of living functions |
| psych | mind; soul; spirit |
| psychosomatic | Interrelation between body and mind |
| soma, somat | body |
| lith, lite | stone |
| paleolithic | Of the earliest stone age |
| petr, peter | rock |
| petrology | The science of rocks |
| glyph; glypt | carving |
| hieroglyphics | Ancient, sacred carvings |
| icon | image |
| iconoclast | One who attacks beliefs |
| astr | star |
| astronomy | Study of star arrangement and galaxies |
| nom | arrangement; law |
| anonymous | Without a name or source |
| economics | Science of production and distribution of wealth |
| onoma, onym | name |
| ec, oec | house; environment |
| ethn | nation |
| ethnologist | One who studies different cultures |
| paleo | ancient |
| neo- | new |
| misoneism | The hatred of change |
| hier- | sacred |
| -clasm, | breakage; destruction |
| -lysis; -lytic; -lytical | a loosening or solution; one who solves; dissolving |
| analysis | Separation of a whole into parts in order to study |
| -iatry, -iatrics, -iastrist, -iatric | a healing; one who heals; promoting healing |
| psychiatry | Medical study of mental illness. |
| anomaly | An abnormality (something is wrong) |
| -clast | one who shatters/ destroys |
| -clastic | breaking; destructive |