American Lit Vocab, lessons 16 - 18 Flashcards
prefix:
a-
away, from; not, without
root:
colla
glue, gelatinous
root:
gen
cause, birth, race, produce
root:
mano
gas
root:
meter
to measure
root:
sphygm/sphygmo/sphyx
pulse
suffix:
-age
state, quality, act
suffix:
i-ation
an action or process
suffix:
-ic
like, related to
suffix:
-old
resembling
suffix:
-ous
having the quality of
asphyxiation
act or process of causing suffocation
collage
an artistic composition made of various materials, such as paper, cloth, or wood, glued on a surface
sphygmic
of, or pertaining to the circulatory pulse
colloid
a gelatinous substance
sphygmomanometer
an instrument that measures blood pressure in the arteries
collagenous
forming or producing collagen
root:
dactyl/dactylio/dactylo
finger, toe
root:
glyph
carve
root:
gram
write, written
root:
ptero
wing, feather
root:
scop
look at, view, examine
suffix:
-logy
study of, science
suffix:
-y
state of, quality, act; body, group
dactylology
the science of communicating by using hand signs; sign language
dactylogram
a fingerprint
dactylioglyph
the inscription of the engraver’s name on a finger or gem
dactyloscopy
examinations of fingerprints for purposes of identification
pterodactyl
winged-fingered, prehistoric flying reptile
root:
cryo
cold
root:
cryst
crystal
root:
gen
cause, birth, race, produce
root:
phil
love, loving
root:
scop
look at, view, examine
root:
therap
treatment
suffix:
-ic
like, related
suffix:
-ics
science, related to, system
suffix:
all-ine
like, related to
suffix:
-y
state of quality; act, group
cryophilic
capable of living at low temperatures
crystaline
of the natural crystals
cryoscopy
the science that deals with the determination of the freezing points of liquid
cryogenics
the science that deals with the production of extremely low temperatures (physics)
cryotherapy
therapeutic use of cold
