English Vocabulary March 2nd
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Logy | study of |
| Dermatology | science dealing with the skin and its diseases |
| Meteorology | Science dealing with the atmosphere and weather |
| Neurology | scientific study of the nervous system and its diseases |
| Bio | life |
| Amphibious | able to live both on land and in water |
| Biography | story of a person's life written by another person |
| Biology | the science that studies living organisms |
| Tomy | incision, cutting into |
| Anatomy | the study of the structure of an organism |
| Atom | smallest particle of an element |
| Dichotomy | a division into two parts |
| Pod | foot or leg |
| Podium | raised platform |
| Tripod | utensil, stool, or caldron having three legs |
| Unipod | one-legged support |
| Homo | same, alike |
| Homochromatic | having the same color; monochromatic; unicolor |
| Homogeneous | of the same kind; similar; uniform |
| Homonym | word that sounds like another but differs in meaning and spelling |
| Hetero | different |
| Heterochromatic | having different colors |
| Heterogeneous | differing in kind; dissimilar; varied |
| Heteronym | word spelled like another, but differing in sound and meaning |
| Hyper | over, above |
| Hyperacidity | excessive acidity |
| Hyperactive | overactive |
| Hypercritical | overcritical |
| Hypo | under, below |
| Hypoacidity | weak acidity |
| Hypoglycemia | low sugar in the blood |
| Hypotension | low blood pressure |
| Endo | within |
| Endocrine | secreting internally |
| Endoskeleton | internal skeleton or supporting framework in an animal |
| Endoparasite | a parasite that lives within a host. |
| Exo | out of, outside |
| Exocrine | secreting externally |
| Exoskeleton | hard protective structure developed outside the body, as the shell of a lobster |
| Exotic | introduced from another country; foreign; strikingly unusual; strange |
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