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Word Dissection Flashcards lesson 5
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7
Language - English
7th Grade
02/07/2012

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Term

dem / demo

 

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Definition

people    


~ Spelling - demo  =  dem + vowel

      

  demology - the study of people


Term

cephal / cephalo / cephaly

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Definition

head                                                                                                                             ~ Spelling -  cephalo  =  cephal  +  vowel

        cephalic - having to do with the head
        cephalology - the study of the head

Term

morph

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Definition

                                        shape or structure                                       

~Spelling -  morpho  =  morph  +  vowel

        morphic - having to do with the shape of something
        zoomorphy – shape or structure of animals
        anthropomorphism – belief in the structure of early man

Term

centr / center  

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Definition

center

centricity - condition of being in the center
anthropocentrism - belief that early man is the center                             

 geocentrism - belief that the Earth is in the center of the universe

Term

dyna / dynam / dynamo

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Definition
power 
        psychodynamic (adj.) - having to do with the power of the mind
        astrodynamic (adj.) - having to do with the power of the stars or space
Term

uni  

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Definition

one

        unity – condition of being one
        uniformity - condition of being one form
        unicycle - vehicle having one wheel
        unicorn - an animal having one horn

Term

metry / ometry 

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Definition

measuring 

        sociometry - the measurement of relationships of living things
        dynamometry - the measurement of power

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