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Chapter 6(11-13) Flashcards

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Astronomer

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What’s above… Space nut

Astron–> star: Nomos–>order/arrangement

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Geologist

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Earth scientist

Geo–> earth: logos–> the study of

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Biologist

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One who studies living organisms

Bios–> life: logos–> the study of

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Botanist

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Branch of biology
The flower/herbal studies
(Botane–> plant: logos–> the study of)

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Zoologist

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Branch if biology
The animal studies
(Zoion–> animal: logos–> the study of)

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Entomologist

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A branch of biology
The bug studies
(En–> in: tome–> cutting)

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Philologist

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One who studies language
The Tower of Babel
(Philein–> to love)

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Semanticist

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Language specialist who studies psychological effects on written or spoken word
Sarcastic, straight forward, etc.

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Sociologist

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One who studies society/communities

Socius–> companion: logos–> the study of

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Anthropos

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Mankind

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Logos

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The study of

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Astron

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Star

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Nomos

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Arrangement, order

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14
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Nautes

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Sailor.

Nautilus has an anchor

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Geo

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Earth

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Geometry

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Measurement of the earth

Geo–>earth: metron–>measurement

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Grapein

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To write

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Ergon

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To work

19
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George

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Name
(Geo–> earth: Ergon–> to work)
Farmer

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Bios

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Life

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Biography

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A life story

Bios–> life: graphein–> to write

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Autos

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The self

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Botane

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Plant

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Zoion

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Animal

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Opsis/optikos

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Vision/sight

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En

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In

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Tome

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Cutting

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Tonsillectomy

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Cutting out the tonsil

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Appendectomy

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Cutting out the appendix

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Mastectomy

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Removing a breast

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Hysterectomy

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Removing the uterus

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Prostatectomy

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Removing the prostate

33
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Eccentric

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Behaving differently

centrum–> center)/(kentron–> center

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Atom

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The smallest molecule. One cannot cut further

Tomos–> to cut

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Dichotomy

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Splitting in two

Dicha–> in two: tome–> piece of series

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Epitome

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Condensation of the whole

Epi–> on: tome–> large book/series

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Philein

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To love

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Linguistics

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The study of language

Logos–> the study of: logos–> language: lingua–> tongue

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Philander

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To play around sexually

Philein–> to love: andros–> male

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Philosophy

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The love of wisdom

Philein–> to love: Sophos–> the wise

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Bibliophile

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Love of books

Philein–> to love: biblion–> book

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Socius

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Companion

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Anthropologist

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The study of mankind

Anthropos–>mankind:logos–>the study of

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