1 / 13

Set #7

Set #7. Miscellaneous Suffixes cont. -lysis - cytolysis. Loosening, split apart. -oid – humanoid, factoid, nucleoid. like, similar to. -logy - zoology. Study of. -oma - carcinoma. tumor. -osis – halitosis,hypnosis. A condition, disease. -pathy – homeopathy, psychopath. disease.

xandra-riley
Download Presentation

Set #7

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Set #7 Miscellaneous Suffixes cont.

  2. -lysis - cytolysis • Loosening, split apart

  3. -oid – humanoid, factoid, nucleoid • like, similar to

  4. -logy - zoology • Study of

  5. -oma - carcinoma • tumor

  6. -osis – halitosis,hypnosis • A condition, disease

  7. -pathy – homeopathy, psychopath • disease

  8. -phore – chromatophor-phora - chlorophora Chromatophores are pigment-containing and light-reflecting cells found in amphibians, fish, reptiles, crustaceans, and cephalopods. They are largely responsible for generating skin and eye colour in cold-blooded animals • bearer Some species can rapidly change colour through mechanisms that translocate pigment and reorient reflective plates within chromatophores. This process, often used as a type of camouflage

  9. -sect – dissect-tome – microtome-tomy - tonsilectomy • cut

  10. -some – ribosome,chromosome-soma – somatic cells • body somatic cell: internal organs, skin, bones, blood, and connective tissue are all made up of somatic cells.

  11. -stat - thermostat • stationary, placed

  12. -tropic – phototropic • Change, influence

  13. -vor - carnivore • To eat

More Related