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level: Roots: K-O

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level questions: Roots: K-O

QuestionAnswer
new (caenozoic)kainon/e/os
bad (cacophony)kakon/e/os
beautiful (calisthenics, calligraphy)kalon/e/os
cup of a flower (calyx)kalyx
to cut (acarid)keirein
heart (cardiology, cardiac, electrocardiogram)kardia
crab (carcinogenic, carcinoma)karkinos
wrist (metacarpus)karpos
fruit (carpels)karpos
nut, kernel...nucleus (karyogenesis, karyogamy)karyon
cleaning (cathartic)kat/har/sis
kaiein = to burn, kau(s)tos = burned (cauterize, caustic, hypocaust, holocaust)kaiein, kau(s)tos
tumor (hydrocele, gastrocele)kele
kenteen = to prick, kentron = sharp point (centesis, centre, amniocentesis)kenteein, kentron
head (encephalogram, dicephalous)kephale
horn (rhinocerus, keratoma, keratoplasty)keras/keratos
to move (kinesis, kinetic, cinematography)kineein
to break (iconoclast)klaein
kleiein = to close, kleis/kleidos = key (cleidocostal, clitoriditis)kleiein, kleis/kleidos
to steal (kleptomania)kleptein
to slope or lean (clinic, enclitic, thermocline)klinein
snail with spiral shell (cochlea)kochlias
cavity, belly, abdomen, koilos/e/on = hollw (celiac, celiotomy)koilia
common (coenobitic, epicene)koinon/e/os
berry (streptococci)kokkos
cuckoo (coccyx)kokkyx
glue (collagen, colloid)kolla
colon (colitis, colonoscopy, colibacillus)kolon
bay, vagine (colpocele, colpohysterectomy)kolpos
deep sleep (coma)koma/komatos
hair (comose, comet)kome
mussel (conch)konche
dust (coniosis, conidia)konis/konios
cone (coniferous)konos
dung (coprolalia, coprophagia)kopros
koptein = to strike, kope = stroke, cutting (syncope, apocope)koptein, kope
girl, doll = pupil of eye (corediastasis, coreometry)kore
order, decoration = universe (cosmos, cosmology, cosmetics, microcosm)kosmos
skull (cranium)kranion
mizing, krater = mixer (crater, idiosyncracy)krasis
strength, power (democracy, autocracy)kratos
meat (pancrease)kreas/kreatos
to separate (endocrine, crisis, critical)krinein
ice-cold, frost (cryogen, crymotherapy)kryos or krymos
ice, rock-crystal (crystallography)krystallos
to hid, krypots = hidden (cryptogram, cryptology, cryptic)kryptein
dark blue (cyanide)kyanon/e/os
to steer, kybernetes = helmsman (cybernetics, cyberspace)kybernaein
kyein = to swell, kyma = wave (kymograph)kyein, kyma
bladder (cyst, cystitis)kystis/kystidos
container (cytology)kytos
ring, wheel (cyclical, bicycle)kyklos
dog (cynic, cynophobia, cynosure)kyon/kynos