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Word Roots
Word Roots 17&18
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Bibli | book |
| Graph/Grapho | write,written |
| Klept/Klepto | to steal |
| Mania | intense craving,loss of reason |
| Phil | love,loving |
| Phob | fear of |
| -ia | condition |
| -logy | study of,science |
| -y | state of,quality,act;body,group |
| Bibliophobia | dread or hatred of books |
| Biblioklept | one who steals books |
| Bibliology | history and science of books as physical objcts |
| Bibliography | list of books |
| Bibliophile | lover of books |
| Bibliomania | excessive preoccupation with books |
| Kleptomania | persistent craving to steal |
| Graphomania | obsessive desire to write |
| Monomania | obsession with one object or idea |
| Anthrop/Anthropo | mankind,man |
| Meter | measure |
| Nom | name,law,custom,order |
| Path | feeling,disease |
| -ic | like,related to |
| -oid | resembling |
| Anthropoid | resembling man |
| Philanthropy | love of mankind |
| Anthropology | study of mankind |
| Anthropometer | device used to measure the proportions of the human body |
| Anthroponomy | natural laws of human development as they relate to the environment |
| Anthropopathic | relating human feelings to something not human |