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Word Dissection Lesson 5
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7
Language - English
7th Grade
02/05/2012

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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

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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

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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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