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Word Roots 23-24
Term | Definition |
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centr | center |
chron | time |
gen | cause, birth, race, produce |
geo | earth, ground |
graph | write, written |
therm | heat |
-al | like, related to; an action or process |
-er | one who, that which |
-ic | like, related to |
-logy | study of; science |
-ous | having the quality of |
-y | state of, quality, act; body, group |
geochrony | system of time divisions used in the study of the earth |
geology | study of the earth's surface |
geocentric | related to the earth's center; earth-centered |
geothermal | related to the heat of the earth's interior |
geogenous | growing on or in the ground |
geographer | one who writes about the earth's features |
crac | government, rule |
derm | skin |
meso* | middle |
phil | love, loving |
somat | body |
mesodermic | related to the middle layer of skin(Biology) |
mesocracy | government by the middle classes |
mesotherm | plant that requires a moderate degree of heat(Botany) |
mesophilic | thriving in a moderate environment(Biology) |
mesosomatic | related to the middle region of the body of various invertebrates |