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Word roots p. 17-18
Kendall Demirjian
Term | Definition |
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cry | cold |
cryst | crystal |
gen | cause, birth, produce, race |
phil | love, loving |
scop | look at, view, examine |
therap | treatment |
-ic | like, related to |
-ics | science, related to, system |
-ine | like, related to |
-ize | to make, to act |
-y | state of, quality, act; body, group |
dactyl | finger, toe |
glyph | carve |
gram | write, written |
pter | wing, feather |
scop | look at, view, examine |
zyg | paired |
-logy | study of, science |
cryophilic | capable of living at low temperatures |
crystalline | of the nature of crystals |
cryscopy | the science of dealing with the determination of the freezing points of liquids |
crystallize | cause to form crystals |
cryogenics | the science that deals with the production of extremely low temperatures (physics) |
cryotherapy | therapeutic use of cold |
dactylology | the science of communicating by using hand signs; sign language |
zygodactyl | having toes arranged two in front and two behind |
dactylogram | a fingerprint |
dactylioglyph | the inspection of the engraver's name on a finger ring or gem |
pterodactyl | winged fingered, prehistoric flying reptile |
dactyloscopy | examination of fingerprints for purposes of identification |