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Greek Roots JLM
Greek roots
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| aero | air (aerobics, aerodynamics) |
| arch | ruler ,leader, most important (archbishop, archenemy, matriarch) |
| aut(o) | self, same (autograph,automatic) |
| biblio | book (bibliography, bible) |
| bio | life (biology, biopsy) |
| chron | time (chronological, chronicle) |
| crat, cracy | rule (autocrat, democracy) |
| graph, gram | writing (grapheme, grammar) |
| hydr | water, liquid (hydrogen, hydrant) |
| logy | study of (biology, physiology) |
| meter, metr | measure (metering, metric) |
| micro | small (microscope, microorganism) |
| ortho | straight, correct (orthodontist, orthopedist) |
| path | feeling (sympathy ,pathetic) |
| ped | child (pediatric, pediatrician) |
| phobia | an intense fear of specified thing(agoraphobia, hydrophobia) |
| phon | sound (phoneme, phonology) |
| photo | light (photograph, photosensitive) |
| pod | foot (podiatrist ,podium) |
| poli | city (police, political) |
| psych | mind, soul (psychology, psychopath) |
| scop(e) | to watch, to see (microscopic, telescope) |
| sphere | round solid geometric figure (atmosphere ,hemisphere) |
| tele | distant (telephone,telegraph) |
| mon (o) | one (monarchy,monologue) |
| di | two (divide,digraph) |
| tri | three (tricycle, trice) |
| tetra | four (tetrapod) |
| pent (a) | five (pentacle, pentagon) |
| oct | eight (octopus, octogon) |
| hept (a) | seven (heptagram, heptagon) |
| hex | six (hexagon ,hexachord) |
| ennea | nine (ennead, enneagon) |
| dec (a) | ten (decathlon, decahedron) |
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jmerrill
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