A | B |
hypodermic | hypo-, under, below + DERM-, skin |
hypochondriac | hypo-, under + CHONDROS, cartilage in breastbone (where melancholy was thought to be seated) |
metatarsus | meta, with, after, among + TARSUS, ankle, sole of foot |
metathesis | meta-, after, changed + TITHENAI, to place |
hypercritical | hyper-, over, excessive + KRITIKOS, able to make judgments |
hypersonic | hyper, over, excessive + SONUS (Latin), sound |
hypertension | hyper, over, excessive + TENSIO (Latin), stretching |
hypothesis | hypo, below, less than normal + THESIS, a placing, proposition |
hyphen | hypo, under + HEN- (HEIS), one |
metabolism | meta, after, changed + BALLEIN, to throw |
metamorphosis | meta, after, changed + MORPHE, form |
method | meta, after, changed + (H)ODOS, a traveling, a way |
paralysis | para-, beside, disordered + LYEIN, loosen, untie |
parasite | para-, beside, disordered + SITOS, food |
parenthesis | para, beside + TITHENAI, put, place |
parody | para-, beside, disordered + OIDE, song, ode |
perimeter | peri-, around, near + METRON, measure |
periscope | peri-, around, near + SCOP-, behold, look, consider |
program | pro-, before, in front of + GRAPH-, to write |
prologue | pro-, before, in front of + LOG(UE)-, speech, discourse |
proselyte | pros-, towards, in addition + ELEUSESTHAI, to be going to come |
prosthetic | pros-, towards, in addition + THESIS, a placing |
syndicate | syn-, with, together + DIKE, judgment, justice, usage, custom |
synonym | syn-, with, together + ONOMA, name |
synthetic | syn-, together + TITHENAI, put, place |
sympathy | sym- (syn-), togther + PATHOS, feeling |
symphony | sym- (syn-), together + PHONE, voice, sound |
syllable | syl- (syn-), together + LAMBANEIN, to take |
systole | syn, together + STELLEIN, to bring together, draw in, to put |
system | syn-, together + HISTANI, cause to stand |
diabolic | dia-, across + BALL, to throw (diaballein, to slander) |
parable | para-, alongside + BOL-, throw |
scleroderma | SKLEROS, hard + DERM-, skin |
dermabrasion | DERM-, skin + ab- (Latin), off + RADERE (Latin), to scrape |
doxology | DOXA-, glory, praise, opinion + LOG-, speech, word |
paradox | para-, beside, disordered + DOX-, opinion |
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