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word roots pg13-14
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| mono- | one |
| bio | life |
| geo | earth, ground |
| graph/grapho | write, written |
| macro | large, great |
| neo | new, resent |
| -logy | study of, science |
| -y | state of, quality,act;body, group |
| bi- | two |
| tri- | three |
| centr | center |
| dermat | skin |
| gen | cause, birth, race, produce |
| gynec/gyneco | women, female |
| pod/podo | foot |
| poly | many |
| biography | an account of someone's life written by someone else |
| macrograph | an image taken at a scale that is visible to the naked eye, as opposed to a micrographic image. |
| graphology | the study of hand writing |
| monography | a written study of a single specialized subject or an aspect of it |
| geography | the study of the physical features of the earth and its atmosphere |
| neography | A constructed script is a new writing system |
| bipod | two-legged stand |
| podology | the scientific study of the morphology and physiology of the feet |
| polypod | having many feet |
| tripod | three-legged stand |
| pododermatitis | Bumblefoot is a bacterial infection and inflammatory reaction |
| gynecocentric | a female point of view |
| gynecoid | relating to or characteristic of a woman. |
| gynecology | Characteristic of a woman |