Transcript Word within a Word

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13A
FORM - shape
Formation: the act
of forming a
shape
Formative: shaping
or forming
SEQU - Follow
Sequence: following
of one thing after
another
Consecutive:
following in
uninterrupted order
HEMO - blood
Hemophilia:
medical condition
in which the blood
does not easily
clot
Hemostat:
instrument used
to prevent blood
flow from an open
blood vessel
MESO - middle
Mesophilic:
bacteria that
grows best at
middle/moderate
temperatures
Mesophyll: tissue
in the middle
section of a leaf
MILLI - thousandth
Millimeter – one
thousandth of a
meter
Millimicron – one
thousandth of a
micron
MEM - Remember
Memory: the
mental capacity
of remembering
facts/events/impr
essions, etc.
Memoir: a record
of events written
as the author
remembers them
LABOR - work
Laboratory: a
building equipped
for scientific work
Elaborate: to
work out and
develop with
great care; to
expand
VAC - empty
Vacant: empty
Vacuole: a fluidfilled but
otherwise empty
cavity in a cell
OSE - sugar
Glucose: a simple
(sweet) sugar that
is an important
source of energy
Lactose – known
as “milk sugar”
PATHO - disease
Psychopath – person
with a disease that
manifests in
criminal/amoral
behavior
(think about this—
what does “path”
mean? How could it
fit into this
Pathogenic:
capable of
producing
disease
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CHROM - color
Chromatic:
relating to color
Chromosome:
literally “color of
the body”
GLYC - sweet
Glucose: a simple
(sweet) sugar that
is an important
source of energy
Hypoglycemia:
low glucose level
in the blood
ULTIMA - last
Ultimate:
happening last/at
the end
Penultimate:
second to last in a
series
13B
INFRA - beneath
Infrared: on the
invisible spectrum
directly beneath the
red end on the visible
spectrum
Infraorbital:
below the orbit
LEUKO - white
Leukemia – any of
several cancers
of the (white)
bone marrow
Leukocyte – white
blood cell
LYS – break down
Analysis: the process
of breaking down
something and
studying it
Dialysis: the
separation (break
down) of large
molecules
GRESS - step
Progress – a step
forward
Regress – a step
back
MYO - muscle
Myogram: tracing
of muscular
contractions
Myotomy:
dissection of the
muscles
OLIGO – few or small
Oligarchy –
government by
the few
Oligopoly – a
market of few
sellers
OSIS - condition
Neurosis: a
condition marked
by excessive
anxiety or
indecision and
compulsive acts
Psychosis: a
condition marked
by hallucinations
and/or delusions
TUDE – state of
Solitude: state of
being alone
Multitude: state of
being many
PHAG - eat
Phagocte – any
cell that eats and
destroys foreign
objects
Geophagy: eating
earthy matter, like
clay or soil
PHOR - carry
Metaphor: a
comparison in
which a term is
“carried” through
writing to describe
something
figuratively
Euphoria: a feeling
of happiness
carried by a person
PHYT - plant
Lithophyte – any
plant growing on
the surface of
rocks
Phytotoxin: any
toxin produced by
a plant
PHYLL – Leaf
Chlorophyll –
green coloring
matter of leaves
Phyllopod – any
crustacean with
leaflike swimming
appendages