Greek Roots IV
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24 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
path (root) | feeling; disease |
batho, bathy (root) | depth |
therap (root) | cure |
haem, hem, -aem, -em (root) | blood |
rhea, rheo, rrh, rhag (root) | flow; gush; burst |
stat, stas (root) | stand; stop |
erg, urg (root) | work |
gno, gnos (root) | know |
hemi- (prefix) | half |
apathy | the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally |
anitpathy | Strong dislike |
pathology | the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases |
bathometer | instrument for measuring water depths |
heliotherapy | therapeutic exposure to sunlight |
hematology | the branch of medicine that deals with diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs |
anemia | a deficiency of red blood cells |
hemorrhage | flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessels |
hemicycle | semicircular form or structure |
logorrhea | excessive talkativeness. |
static | not active or moving |
energy | the ability to do work |
prognosticate | to predict or foretell a future event |
hemophile | someone who is subject to uncontrollable bleeding |
agnostic | one who is skeptical of the existence or knowability of a god or any ultimate reality |
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