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Word Roots pg 21-22
Isaac Young
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| peri | around, surrounding |
| cardi | heart |
| heli | sun |
| meter | measure |
| opt | eye, vision |
| scope | look at, view, examine |
| al | like, related to; an action or process |
| ic | like, related to |
| on | quality,state |
| sym | with, together |
| gen | cause birth race produce |
| homo | same |
| path | feeling disease |
| phob | fear of |
| phono phon | sound |
| poly | many |
| tele | from afar |
| logy | study if, science |
| y | state of quality;act body group |
| phonic | related to sound |
| phonogenic | suitable for producing sound |
| phonology | study of speech sounds |
| phonopathy | speech |
| phonophobia | fear of sound or speaking |
| homophonic | having many sounds |
| polyphoic | related to the combining of harmony |
| telephonic | related to transmission of sound from a distance |
| symphonic | having the same sound |
| perimeter | circumference or distance around a firgure |
| pericandial | situated around the heart |
| periscope | instrument used for viewing the surrounding area, espesscially objects not in line of sight |
| perihelon | point closet to the sun |
| perioptic | situated about surrounding areas |