Word Within The Word

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Word Within The Word

• Lesson 15
• Day 1

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1. tropo

• Definition turn
• Example heliotrope a type of shrub its
  flowers turn towards the sun
• -phototropism trophy

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2. gastro

• Definition stomach
• Example gastronomy the art or science of good
  eating
• A gastric bypass

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3. arthro

• Definition joint
• Example arthritis inflammation of the joints
• -arthropod

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4. ventri

• Definition belly
• Example ventral abdominal- relating to the
  belly
• -ventriloquist

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5. dors

• Definition back
• Example dorsal refers to the back of an animal

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6. macro

• Definition large
• Example macroscopic large enough to be
  observed by the naked eye
• (compare to microscopic)

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7. dextro

• Definition right or clockwise
• Example dextral inclined to the right as in
  right handed of or relating to the right
• -dexterous dexterity

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8. brachy

• Definition short
• Example brachypterous having short wings.

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9. brachio

• Definition arm
• Example brachiate
• to progress by swinging from one hold to another
  by the arms

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10. branchio

• Definition gills
• Example branchiopod small freshwater
  crustaceans with many appendages (fairy shrimp or
  water fleas).

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11. kin

• Definition motion
• Example telekinesis moving something without
  physical contact
• Kinetic energy

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12. phylo

• Definition kind
• Example phylum tribe or race a direct line
  of descent in a group.

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13. blasto

• Definition embryo
• Example erythroblast a cell related to the
  initial formation of red blood cells

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14. dactylo

• Definition finger
• Example pterodactyl dinosaur with winged
  fingers

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15. phos

• Definition light
• Example phosphorus a substance that glows in
  the dark

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16. gon

• Definition angle
• Example pentagon polygon having five angles
  and five sides
• -octagon hexagon

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17. lite

• Definition mineral or fossil
• Example anthracite - a hard natural coal that
  burns cleanly
• halite rock salt

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18. vore

• Definition eating
• Example carnivore a flesh eating mammal
• omnivore devour
• voracious

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19. holo

• Definition whole
• Example holistic concerned with complete
  systems rather than parts of a system
• Example holistic medicine would be concerned
  with the treatment of the mind and the body
• holocaust, holograph

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20. haplo

• Definition simple or single
• Example haplology contraction of a word by
  one or more similar sounds or symbols.
• (mineralogy for hypothetical mineralology)

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21. opia

• Definiton sight
• Example myopia defective vision for viewing
  distant objects or a lack of foresight, narrow
  view.

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22. lent

• Definition full of
• Example excellent superior or first class
• Turbulent full of unrest or violence

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23. ef

• Definition out
• Example effluent something that flows out, as
  a stream from a river or pollution from a river.

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24. ium

• Definition an element
• Example sodium a silver white substance that
  occurs abundantly in nature.
• radium, uranium, helium

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25. dicho

• Definition in two parts
• Example dichotomy the division into two
  mutually exclusive or contradictory groups
  something with contradictory qualities