Word Dissection Lesson 14

1. multi= many, much

Multifold- to fold many times

Multilingual- having to do with many languages

Multiped- having many feet

Multiply- in many or multiple ways

2. chron = time

Chronology- the study of the arrangement of events in time

Chronometer- device which measures time

Synchronize- to occur at the same time

3. path, pathy = feeling, suffering, disease

Pathos- the feeling, as of sympathy or pity, so aroused

Sympathy- a feeling of pity for the distress of another

Antipathy- a strong feeling of hostility

Apathy- lack of feeling

Telepathy- the communication of feelings or thoughts from a distance

4. bibl = book

Bible- the sacred book of Christianity

Bibliography- a list of books or other material on a subject

Bibliomaniac- one who is obsessed with books

5. tele = far, distance

Telephone- a device for transmitting sound over a distance

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Telegram- a message transmitted by telegraph over a distance

Telescope- an instrument that gathers visible light, permitting direct observation of objects in the distance

Television- broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects that are far away

Telephoto- relating to a photographic lens system used to produce a distant object

Telecast- a television broadcast coming from far away

Telepathy- communication through means other than the senses, as by the exercise of an occult power from a distance

6. trans- = across, beyond, through

Transatlantic- having to do with being across the Atlantic Ocean

Transpolar- across a polar region

7. port= carry

Porter- a person employed to carry burdens

Portable- capable of being carried with ease

Transport- to carry from one place to another

Report (Verb)- to carry back and repeat to another

Export- to carry, send, or transport

Import- to carry or bring in from an outside source

Support- to carry or bear the weight of

Transportation- the condition of carrying or conveying

8. dys= bad, abnormal, difficult, defective

Aurodysomophobia- abnormal fear that one has a bad odor

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Dysmorphia- abnormality of shape or structure

Dysmorphophobia- an abnormal fear that one's body, or any part of it, is bad looking

9. dont= tooth, teeth

Aerodontology- the study of the effects of high altitude flying on the teeth

Cacodentia- having bad or malformed teeth

Odontophobia- an abnormal fear of teeth

Polyphyodont- having many successive sets of teeth

10. tox = poison

Toxic- having to do with poison

Intoxicate- to poison

Antitoxin- an antibody for neutralizing poison

Detoxification- the condition of being in which the body neutralizes poison or toxin

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