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level: Roots: K-O

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level questions: Roots: K-O

Question	Answer
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