Roots: The Human Being and Senses Flashcards
1
Q
dips-
A
thirst
1
Q
ger-
geront-
A
old person/people; old age
1
Q
narc-
A
stupor; sleep
1
Q
life
[See Mod. 8, bi-]
A
bi-*
vit-
2
Q
iatr-
A
medicine; physician
3
Q
hygien-
A
health
3
Q
stupor; sleep
A
narc-
4
Q
necr-
A
death; dead tissue; dead cell; corpse
6
Q
bi-*
vit-
A
life
[See Mod. 8, bi-]
7
Q
mort-
thanat-
A
death
7
Q
male
A
andr-
8
Q
andr-
A
male
8
Q
gyn-
gyne-
gynec-
gynaec-
A
female
8
Q
nat-
A
birth; born
9
Q
death; dead tissue; dead cell; corpse
A
necr-
11
Q
gam-
A
marriage; sexual union
12
Q
thirst
A
dips-
14
Q
people; population
A
dem-
16
Q
medicine; physician
A
iatr-
18
Q
mis-
A
aversion (to something or someone)
[Always a subordinate root]
19
Q
dem-
A
people; population
20
Q
old person/people; old age
A
ger-
geront-
21
Q
birth; born
A
nat-
22
Q
sense of touch; touch
A
hapt-
haph-
24
death
mort-
thanat-
25
ped-\*
paed-
child
[See Mod. 2, ped-]
26
hapt-
haph-
sense of touch; touch
27
anthrop-
hom-\*
homin-
human being
[See Mod. 9, hom-]
28
human being
[See Mod. 9, hom-]
anthrop-
hom-\*
homin-
29
aversion (to something or someone)
[Always a subordinate root]
mis-
31
health
hygien-
32
female
gyn-
gyne-
gynec-
gynaec-
33
marriage; sexual union
gam-
34
child
[See Mod. 2, ped-]
ped-\*
paed-
