Etymology: Greek Lesson 6

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Tom

Cut

Ton, ten

Stretch; tone

Chir

Hand

Pod

Foot

Cephal

Head

Dactyl

Finger; toe

Gloss, glott, glot

Tongue; language

Osteo

Bone

Derm, dermat

Skin

Plas, plasm, plast

Mold; shape; form; substance

Pachy-

Thick

Tauto-

Same

-algia, -algy

Pain

-algiac

One who suffers pain

-algic, -algetic

Pertaining to or causing pain

-itis

Inflammation

-itic

One who has inflammation; characterized by inflammation

-machy -machai

War; fight

-machist

One who fights

-machic, -machical, -machal

Pertaining to fighting

Atom

The smallest particle of a substance that can exist by itself or be combined with other atoms to for a molecule

Monotone

A way of talking or singing without raising or lowering the sound of your voice

Chirography

Handwriting; penmanship

Cephalopod

Any class (Cephalopoda) of marine mollusks (such as squids and cuttlefish) that move by expelling water from a tubular siphon under the head

Dactylology

Communication by signs made with fingers

Polyglot

Someone who knows several languages

Osteotomy

A surgical operation in which a bone is divided or a piece of bone is excised (as to correct a deformity)

Pachyderm

A type of animal that has hooves and thick skin

Plastic

Any group of synthetic or natural organic materials that may be shaped when soft and then hardened

Cephalalgia

A headache

Dermatitis

A disease in which the skin becomes red

Logomachy

A dispute over or about words

Chiromancy

The art or activity of looking at the lines on the palms of people's hands and telling them what will happen to them in the future

Hypodermic

Going under the skin

Tautology

A statement in which you repeat a word