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Word roots p. 17-18
Kendall Demirjian
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |