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1 Greek & Latin Word Parts
Vocab Week 1

2 Endo (Greek) within endocrine endodontics endoscope
secreting internally into the blood or lymph endodontics branch of dentistry that deals with the insides of teeth (nerves) endoscope instrument that allows doctors to visually examine interior organs with a camera

3 Fac, Fic, Fec (Latin) To make, To do infect deficient facilitate
to cause to be contaminated with germs deficient lacking some element or characteristic facilitate to make easier; assist Other words: defect, faculty Picture 1: parasite infection Picture 2: potassium deficient mango Picture 3: tool that facilitates peeling an orange

4 Man (Latin) hand emancipate manuscript mandatory
to free from bondage manuscript the original text of an author's work, handwritten or now usually typed mandatory authoritatively ordered (not optional) Other words: manual, manicure

5 Scope (Greek) See, view, look colonoscopy microscope kaleidoscope
visual inspection of the interior of the colon microscope an optical instrument for viewing objects too small to be seen with the naked eye kaleidoscope an optical instrument displaying changing patterns of colors and shapes Other words: telescope, scope, periscope

6 Tang, Ting, Tact (Latin) Touch contingent intact intangible
depending / conditional Ex.: Our plans are contingent on the weather intact not broken; untouched intangible unable to be perceived by the sense of touch Other words: contact, tact, tactile, tangent Picture 2: Partially intact outer wall of the Colosseum in Rome

7 To do, to make, to cause, to act upon
Suffix of the Week: -ate (Latin) To do, to make, to cause, to act upon –implies action, creates a verb form abbreviATE – to make short accelerATE – to cause to go faster vaccinATE – to cause to be free (empty) of disease


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